I know, I know

It's been a while. I was in Hawaii! Here are some lovely pictures:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/neha/sets/1485594/

It was a great time, Kauai is a gorgeous island. I highly recommend it.

The FBI sucks

This is seriously scary. A quote from the blogpost:

To summarize: under the Patriot Act, the FBI can present entities--individuals, libraries, companies, non-profits, universities, hospitals, banks--with a letter--a secret letter! that the presentee can never metnion to anyone ever again!--requiring them to share records they have about a person's banking, purchasing, correspondence and reading. They can then collect that information and keep it forever. The person they are collecting information on never need be informed (indeed, cannot be informed!) and does not need to be any kind of foreigner or terror suspect.