Can I get You a Deck for Your Interstate?

Some interesting plans for the development of the City of Wilmington were unfurled this morning. Amongst them is a deck that would cover part of Interstate 95, which bisects the City of Wilmington.

Some of the plans have people concerned that the neighborhoods they know will be completely changed. They're right.

But, it's reassuring that there are plans as complete as the ones being discussed, which show some vision for a better City. Now the City just needs to find some money to make it happen.

Delaware has a New Chief Justice

Delaware's Supreme Court has a new leader with the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Myron T. Steele as Chief Justice. May his twelve year term be a successful one.

eBay tricks and traps

I might be the only member of my family that doesn't sell stuff on eBay.. But, I've thought about it.

While I'm usually pretty careful anyway, this article, Seller Beware: Protecting Yourself Against Auction Fraud, points out some fo the pitfalls of selling in a risk filled world. Recommended.

Search warrants and user information

LLRX presents an interesting question: Could you be sued for turning over an Internet user's sign-up information to law enforcement? The answer is a definite maybe.

Listening to Internet Phone Calls

The federal government is working to get authorization to listen to "voice over internet protocol" based calls, and have asked the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a rulemaking to create new regulations making it easier for them to provide easy eavesdropping of those internet based calls.

The laws that might enable the FCC to create such regulations without Congress hearing these issues, depend upon an interpretation of the Communications Asssitance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). The Electronic Frontier Foundation has comments on the matter for the FCC that are thoughtful, and worth paying a lot of consideration.

Google's French Lawsuit

The third largest insurance company in the world has brought a lawsuit challenging Google's adwords advertising and the use of their registered trademarks as search terms which display their competitors' advertisements.

what's in rebecca's pocket?

One of the hallmark blogs... a blog against which all other blogs are measured... is rebecca's pocket.

I am always delighted when I get a chance to peruse the pocket. I think you will be pleased too.

Today I was very interested in 4 or 5 articles. But I won't tell you which ones. You'll just have to find out for yourselves.