city's unwanted terraces. Like most British cities bulldozers are part of the problem, they let the developers and their architects in! [new start news]

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Reuters: "A lawyer was arrested late Monday and charged with trespassing at a public mall in the state of New York after refusing to take off a T-shirt advocating peace that he had just purchased at the mall."Link [Boing Boing]

Sandia Labs have patented a MEMS-based nanoscale padlock as a new anti-hacker measure. The security benefits sound pretty dubious, but boy, the tech is awfully cool!

The Recodable Locking Device consists of two sides -- the user side and the secure side. To unlock the device, a user must enter a code that identically matches the code stored mechanically in the six code wheels. If the user makes even one wrong entry -- and close doesn't count -- the device mechanically "locks up" and does not allow any further tries until the owner resets it from the secure side.Link

6 & 8 march Heart of Hackney walk and 8 march Clapton walk. 2hours historical/architectural walks through old and new Hackney led by local guides. Meet 11am hackney Town hall steps Tel: 07710 414 240 [respice prospice]

[New York Times: Technology]

A head teacher bans stories about pigs from the classroom to avoid offending Muslim children. [BBC News | UK | UK Edition]

Sir Alex Ferguson says Arsenal could miss out on the Premiership title if they fall victim to arrogance. Now what would Ferguson know about that?[BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition]