del.icio.us links for 2005-10-25

• blummy - The bookmarklet management bookmarklet: blummy is a tool for quick access to your favorite web services via your bookmark toolbar.It consists of small widgets, called blummlets, which make use of Javascript to provide rich functionality (such as bookmarklets). (ajax del.icio.us tool web)
• Media ignored Bush administration's machination ... [Media Matters]: The story that the Bush administration may have defied a June 2004 deadline and delayed a report on outsourcing until after the 2004 elections, then edited the report to generally support the practice, has failed to gain any media attention. (bush economics evil media news politics)
• FBI Net-wiretapping rules face challenges | CNET News.com: New federal wiretapping rules forcing Internet service providers and universities to rewire their networks for FBI surveillance of e-mail and Web browsing are being challenged in court. (bush calea declan evil internet liberty network politics privacy surveillance)
• Mermaids, Dinosaurs Deemed Terror Targets: The mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs are probably not very high on the list of terrorist targets. Neither is the stegosaurus at Dinosaur World in Plant City. Yet both facilities were sites the federal government wanted "hardened" against attack. (bush dinosaur funny mermaid terrorism)
• Theme from Shaft as it might have been written by Geoff Chaucer: Wha be tha blake prevy lawe That bene wantoun too alle tha feres? -- SHAFT! -- Ya damne righte! (chaucer funny issachayes mashup)
• VeriSign and ICANN strike monster net deal | The Register: VeriSign has dropped all its lawsuits against internet overseeing organisation ICANN, agreed to hand over ownership of the root zone, and in return been awarded control of all dotcoms until 2012. (dns icann internet news politics verisign)