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John Battelle has a great idea about storing data in info-privacy friendly countries. But I'd go a step further and say that big data stores should also store data in an encrypted format, so only someone with a key can make the data useful.

put in some text, and see if this script can guess the author's gender based on word usage. (I was looking for a Perl module that does this, but no luck.)

"...we are now about to vest in the President the power to order anyone -- U.S. citizen, resident alien or foreign national -- detained indefinitely in a military prison regardless of where they are -- U.S. soil or outside of the country." [via MeFi]

how new media stars like Ze Frank might be using media theory to connect with (manipulate?) audiences [via kottke]

looks like an interesting backup program that doesn't require you to shut down apps

the Bend Bulletin reports that local political coverage is all but dead in Oregon. [via OMI]