The BBC ran an article yesterday written by free software pioneer Richard Stallman about some of the ethical issues surrounding proprietary software.
“Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, and the rest, offer you software that gives them power over you. A change in executives or companies is not important. What we need to change is this system. “

For a split second, you can catch a glimpse of Bond and M working at a very cool tabletop display in the Quantum of Solace trailer.
More information about the unique properties of Stradivari’s fiddles. The latest research supports the mini Ice-Age theory.

Laguna Gloria is a 1916 Italianate villa and the adjacent property that once belonged to Clara Driscoll. The villa was the home of the Austin Museum of Art until 1996 when the museum moved to 8th and Congress.
More photos here.
LA Times article about Ilse Ackerman and Meeno Peluce who turned their once-dead yard in Lincoln Heights into Skyfarm - an oasis for their family, their 15 animals and 60,000 bees. There’s a photo gallery to accompany the article.