Something i was not aware of until recently is that not only can the border patrol ask to look at your computer, they can also boot it up and search its contents. ive even heard of laptops being seized. anyways, cory doctorow over at boingboing posted a good quote about the options you have to protect yourself. If you encrypt your hard drive with strong crypto, it will be prohibitively expensive for CBP to access your confidential information. This answer is imperfect for two reasons—one…

Some of you may remember a long time ago, i posted about the compubeaver! well, today he returns, on boingboing.tv! see this little guy in action, and his buddy the Text-o-Possum too! [Source boingboing.tv]

well, i got to touch my first iphone, and check it out yesterday. and ive gotta say, its really really cool. of course, i didn’t doubt that it wasnt cool, but its nice to actually get your hands on it and see for yourself. heres a picture of me checking out I can had cheezeburgers in the store on the iphone anyways, it was pretty amazing. i was in this mall in seattle in the apple store, and people would just walk in, pick up…