Internet The time is right for dissidents, a guy site and Czech Beer

Cognitive Dissident

John Perry Barlow, the man who popularized the term 'cyberspace', discusses the Total Information Awareness project, online activism, file sharing, and the prospect of a digital counterculture.
· Beerless Cyberspace [Mother Jones]

Recalling how hard it was for people to understand what the Web was when he crafted it in 1989, Berners-Lee said he's having difficulty again explaining his new idea of the Semantic Web, for the same reason:
· There's this mental leap involved [Washington Post]

An online destination for real men links to highlightsfrom its subscription-based service to sports events, swimsuit-model videos, and other testosterone-heavy content.
For years the Internet audience was mainly technically savvy, higher-income men. They helped RealNetworks get its subscription service off the ground. But as the men's lifestyle market has developed and blossomed, if you don't think so, just check out your favorite magazine store or see Maxim. So, unless you live in one of those the cities peppered with brotherly, go grab a beer, guys, because RealNetworks wants to be the place where guys hang out online. (grin)

It was suggested in the pub last night that if the Rev. Nile is concerned that flowing, traditional clothing worn by other cultures could be used to conceal weapons, he should avoid Scottish functions and consider becoming a country member at Byron Bay.
· Taking off pieces of clothing in the name of Peace: Highly Approved by Real Men [AAP via SMH]