August 2002

economics of free software development - paper by Lerner and Tirole

Tirole's The Theory of Industrial Organization is on my reading list

European Free/Libre/Open Source Software report - ZDnet [LWN] - full report

failure of WB-forced water privatisation - Bechtel sues Bolivia [RW]

online racial vilification in Australia - EFA submission to HREOC - background

United States' fertility rising, Europe's falling - the Economist [RW]

really must read one day - Borges Collected Fictions [CR]

vox pop on invading Iraq - the Onion [RW]

open online bounties for industrial science solutions - CNN [RW]

a nice synthetic overview - An Economic History of Indonesia [review]

National Library of Australia to collect web porn - SMH [EFA]

economist Stan Liebowitz on file-sharing and CD sales - Salon [/.]

sight-impaired not wanted for Australian of the Year - no ALT tags

a call to political action on copyright law - Lessig [LWN]

net traffic mimics earthquakes - TRN mag [link]

a mystery set in Peking in 1911, at the end of Manchu China - René Leys [review]

the German monarchy, 1024 to 1125 - The Salian Century [review]

great review of our gamelan/dance gig - John Shand in the Herald - Sydney gamelan

"a stunning display of precision and melting shapes, against a musical backdrop as soothing as the lapping of waves"

an interview with Ursula Le Guin - sfsite - my Le Guin reviews