I don’t know who Ran Prieur is but his obsessively detailed and entertaining apocalyptic visions are fascinating to read. (And probably infuriating if you don’t lean toward the left side of the political spectrum.)

I bet I wouldn’t kill every plant I try to grow if I could rotate my house to follow the sun, like this place in Australia.

Paul Graham tackles the question, “Are software patents evil?” It’s a long essay and well worth reading, but I’ll give you a sneak preview of the conclusion: they’re mostly incidental.

eWeek’s article on the return of the web mob is a bit overhyped, but even after discounting the histrionics as typical of security professionals, it presents a portrait of Internet crime that is far more organized than we’re prone to believe.

Bigelow Aerospace is gearing up to launch the demonstration version of their inflatable space station.