When an author signs a publication contract, insofar as it contains strict and traditional copyright notices, he is pretty much signing his life away. It used to be that the publisher would maintain control only so long as the book is in print. Today, with digital printing, this means forever: your lifetime plus 70 years.

Morgan Webb brings an overview of three very interesting TED talks, about aging prevention or life extension, technological transformation of humanity (Kurzweil's singularity) and regrowing of body parts. She also links to the full talks at TED.com.

Our economy is being hit hard by the failure of the banking system on many levels. What can we do about it?

An excellent article about the power of internet as means of attaining more liberty. It helped end the Soviet Union and continues to help liberate people from oppression of big governments, while being far more efficient than government's methods of controlling it.

An excellent article about GNU/Linux and Freedomware from a libertarian perspective (which I personally share).

A great excerpt: