We give you an excuse to waste even more time using the world’s favorite search engine with this book by Phillipp Lanssen.

A rant from the techno-librarian, about the failure of commercial businesses to make their databases usable by the people who actually use them.

David Morris explains how states’ rights dominates the discussion about city-based municipal broadband.

Richard Stallman offers the world his thoughts on why software should be free, as in free speech.

Some thoughts about the failure of Fotopedia.

Security is yours. Chip Phillips on the beat.

We turn this week to mathematics via the playground. What? Let Moebius Noodles explain it for you.