Semi-random links and thoughts
This is the type of thing that makes me so love the Internet: Mount St. Helens volcanocam!
If you teach or study copyright law, and want some visuals with which to illustrate (or at least contemplate) the functionality doctrine that cabins copyrights in pictorial, graphic and sculptural works, yesterday's NYT Magazine has great photos of design objects. Online (with NYT registration), they are available as "slide shows" here.
From the "just because you are paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get you" department, Salon.com reports that the FBI spent years spying on free speech activist Mario Savio, despite no indication he broke laws or posed any particular danger. Short story here (you need to either subscribe to Salon or watch some ads to access it).
Finally, since I opened with a volcano I'll close with the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates (more steam!). If you are interested in a very partisan, very humorous take on them, check out the Democratic Underground's Top Ten Conservative Idiots.
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