The Commission on Electronic Voting wants submissions about the proposed electronic voting system. It’s a pity the government has left it so late to evaluate its EUR 60m investment in technology.
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Bourgois Bohemian Joey deVilla writes about Toronto’s strategy for cycling in the city.

Day 254 of the Planning Tribunal. Tom Gilmartin recounts his allegation of how a former EU commissioner asked him to lie about money that had been paid over Read it and weep.
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A court report in the Irish Times gives an insight into the problems on the PULSE computer system used by the Gardai in Ireland to coordinate and record police activities.
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The government’s ‘Group Broadband Scheme’ will help small communities in Ireland to set up their own local high-speed Internet access, even if the big telco’s aren’t interested in deploying services in the area.
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Edward Tufte, the famous information designer, argues that the design of the Pioneer Space Plaque, which embellished the first spaceship to leave our solar system was fundamentally wrong-headed, and proposes an alternative.

Martin describes the progress of a course he and a colleague taught at Institudo Empresa. Illustrates that free markets aren’t fair, but they might work better if they were.

Ted Shelton describes what you need to set up as an Internet telco. No doubt about it, it is now possible to build a system with a couple of Linux boxes that does the same thing as an expensive telecommunications switch.
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IE Domain Registry Ltd. has appointed a new CEO. The directors didn’t bother to advertise the job. Are they being lazy or are they being smart?