Just watched yet another documentary on Iraq. The most astounding fact revealed by it was that there have been 93 journalists killed during the conflict. To give perspective, about (sources vary) 70 journalists died during Vietnam (1955-75). The refreshing bit is that the internet seems to be having an impact on this. The documentary finishes by talking about bloggers from Iraq whom by virtue of fitting in are not targeted like western journalists and manage to get first-hand accounts out via the internet. This makes me wonder about the status of internet availability, though. And even if it is available ...

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The lack of posts is Jackson's fault.

The overly inactive open-source revolutionary in me spoke the words 'if you ever write a textbook, please make it free' to two different professors this week. Should books be free like Linux is free? Yes, they should. Of course, printing costs are a reasonable thing to charge for and the author's time also has monetary value (which open-source software authors are usually willing to forfeit as probably would some academics). As it is there exist plenty free 'text books' online. Don't believe me? Check this out. Online books are nice ...

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