Sean’s Blog

I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, but have always been destracted. There is so much good information ou there that it is impossible to find all the good stuff. Every Saturday or Sunday I will try to share the best stuff I have seen the previous week. So without further ado, here are the weekly links for week ending 2/16/2007:

Unasked for Advice to New Writers About Money - John Scalzi over at Whatever stirred up the hornet’s nest with this post. Regardless, it really contains some good advice for anyone (not just writers) for dealing with money. Check out the followup posts here and here.

What People Eat Around the World - Photos and food costs for a week of food from around the world. It’s great (and in the case of Darfur, incredibly depressing) to see it laid out like this.

Lori Nix’s Art - Lori Nix build beautiful surreal models and then photographs them. They are really fantastic.

1975: And The Changes To Come - What the future of 1975 holds! I love these. People of the 60s looking ahead to the wild world of the mid 70s. I’m pretty sure all our predictions will look as ridiculous to future generations.

Maybe you have heard of Tor, a way to anonymize your internet traffic. Maybe you have even used it. I have and occasionally do. But as it gains popularity, it becomes more important to understand the limitations of Tor and internet anonymity. Most users confuse anonymity and privacy. Tor provides anonymity, but not privacy.

If that statement is confusing to you, your not alone. Recently a Swedish security researcher set up a sniffer (a computer with a network card that captures all network traffic) on the 5 Tor servers his company ran. He ended up capturing login credentials and messages, from embassies, human rights groups and corporations.

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