This Day in Blogging History: Security-corporate complex owns America; Lawyers on why everyone hates DRM; Open letter to crackhead

One year ago today

The takeover of the US by the security-corporate complex: Some 1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies work on programs related to counterterrorism, homeland security and intelligence in about 10,000 locations across the United States. … An estimated 854,000 people, nearly 1.5 times as many people as live in Washington, D.C., hold top-secret security clearances.

Five years ago today

Lawyer podcast on "Everyone Hates DRM": The Intellectual Property Colloquium, a podcast for lawyers, has a one-hour show up about the reasons that DRM is the most reviled consumer technology in the market today.

Ten years ago today
Open letter to crackhead: They explained to me that "people" – I use the term loosely here – like you break off the tops of spark plugs and use the porcelain tubes to smoke crack. As an engineer and former MacGyver fan, in a way I think this is kind of cool. But then I remember that I just paid $100 for YOUR crackpipes, and I get angry again.