Expanding the Public Domain: Part Zero, CC0 1.0 has been released. It is a universal waiver that may be used by anyone wishing to permanently surrender the copyright and database rights they may have in a work, thereby placing it as nearly as possible into the public domain. This is a great step for the Creative Commons!
Public Domain Donor, why let all of your ideas die with you?
Six-Word Reviews of 1,302 SXSW Mp3s, Paul Ford did it again!
A Nominal Theory of Objects with Dependent Types (PDF), by Martin Odersky, Vincent Cremet, Christine Röckl, and Matthias Zenger. A.k.a the vObj paper.
When Reality Meets Product Concepts, more USB Finger.
Bidding chess, and other bidding games. By Jay Bhat and Sam Payne. Recommended.