Surveillance and Security Lessons From the Petraeus Scandal: I did not know this:

\"The guest lists from hotels, IP login records, as well as the creative request to email providers for “information about other accounts that have logged in from this IP address” are all forms of data that the government can obtain with a subpoena. There is no independent review, no check against abuse, and further, the target of the subpoena will often never learn that the government obtained data (unless charges are filed, or, as in this particular case, government officials eagerly leak details of the investigation to the press). Unfortunately, our existing surveillance laws really only protect the “what” being communicated; the government’s powers to determine “who” communicated remain largely unchecked.\"

Steven Sinofsky to Leave Microsoft: It's not a good time to be a senior executive in tech.

‘Firefly’: Jewel Staite calls Whedon show ‘the one that got away’: Nice interview with Jewel Staite, including this bit:

\"I met the cast for the first time during a read-through of the pilot. Something we’ve always all agreed on is how fast we clicked. It’s rare you get nine actors together and have everyone bond as strongly and as quickly as we all did. They’re honestly like a second family to me.\"

Flip All The Pronouns: What a great story. If only all video games were coded this way in the first place.

Charles Tillman, Brian Urlacher, Cory Wootton help lead Bears' rout of Titans: This game was crazy, but this:

\"Chicago became the first team in NFL history to record a passing TD, rushing TD, interception return for TD and blocked-punt TD in the same quarter in NFL history.\"