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Archive for November, 2007

Government agencies not to be trusted with people’s personal data.

Posted on November 28th, 2007 by Shawn L.

Remember the Tom Hanks / Leonardo DiCaprio film “Catch Me If You Can”?Well Frank Abagnale is still in the news as a security consultant, and has his say on the recent theft of a CD full of confidential data from a U.K. government agency.Gordon Brown ‘profoundly regrets’ data loss - TelegraphFrank Abagnale, the reformed fraudster […]

A respectful defence of Ayn Rand

Posted on November 28th, 2007 by Shawn L.

A disgraceful article | Samizdata.net:People will recall that when the USA was founded, the Founders spoke about ‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness’. It says something about the state of ideas when a so-called defender of liberal capitalism regards a woman who championed the pursuit of happiness and attacked statism as some sort of […]

Follow up to cigar bar discussion:

Posted on November 28th, 2007 by Shawn L.

There’s a big stink about the new cigar shop in Bangor:Cigar smoke odor permeates pizzeria - Boston.com

A night of random commercial activity in Portland.

Posted on November 17th, 2007 by Shawn L.

Sometimes no plan is a good enough plan.Lately I’ve been in the Portland area for business on Friday afternoons. That’s given me opportunity to be out in the “big city” on Friday nights. Something I haven’t done much of in quite a while.A couple of times I took in a pro hockey game. Another night […]

Time to be smug…

Posted on November 11th, 2007 by Shawn L.