This weeks links (2010-09-06)

In brief:

* ACTA Text Leaks Again (2010-Sep-06) [mp3newswire]
U.S. Concedes on Secondary Liability, Wants To Go Beyond DMCA on Digital Locks

* Shrew Soft VPN Client
The Shrew Soft VPN Client for Windows is a free IPsec Remote Access VPN Client for Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7 operating systems ( x86 and amd64 versions ). … It now offers many of the advanced features only found in expensive commercial software solutions and provides compatibility for VPN appliances produced by vendors such as Cisco, Juniper, Checkpoint, Fortinet, Netgear, Linksys, Zywall and many others.

* Feeling Them Up (2010-Sep-06) [Life And Other Crises]
Fascinating debate continues about #feelthemupfriday

* cool google doodle
Worth loading up Chrome for a look. http://www.google.de/

Ian Tregillis, Bitter Seeds

Ian Tregillis – Bitter Seeds
Ian Tregillis’ Bitter Seeds is the first volume of the Milkweed Triptych.

In the Spanish Civil War, British secret agent Raybould Marsh thinks he saw a German woman with wires growing out of her head. Once WWII erupts, he learns that his eyes weren’t fooling him. The Germans have developed various kinds of real live supermen, such as the wired-up lady, with the ability to foretell and influence the future. The British have their own, equally secret occult arsenal, including warlocks to conjure “friendly” demons and fight the other kind. A member of the Wild Cards group, Tregillis begins a saga in his first novel, one that may rival Naomi Novik’s Tales of Temeraire as a sustained historical fantasy. –Roland Green

Extract – Bitter Seeds Prologue [PDF]

Reading because:
Bitter Seeds was the The Sword and Laser book for June 2010.

Music Monday #034 – Daddy Cool

This week we have another example of Aussie rock at its best; it’s not a real Aussie BBQ unless you play Eagle Rock

Daddy Cool
Daddy Cool is an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1970 with the original line-up of Wayne Duncan (bass, Vocals), Ross Hannaford (lead guitar, bass, vocals), Ross Wilson (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica) and Gary Young (drums, vocals) . Their debut single “Eagle Rock” was released in May 1971[1][3] and stayed at number 1 on the Australian singles chart for ten weeks. Their debut July 1971 LP Daddy Who? Daddy Cool also reached number 1 and became the first Australian album to sell more than 100,000 copies. Their name comes from the 1957 song “Daddy Cool” by US rock group The Rays, Daddy Cool included their version on Daddy Who? Daddy Cool.
Daddy Cool’s music featured 1950s Doo-wop style rock cover versions and originals which were mostly written by Wilson. On stage they provided a danceable sound which was accessible and fun. Their second album was Sex, Dope, Rock’n'Roll: Teenage Heaven from January 1972 and reached the Top Ten. Breaking up in August 1972, Daddy Cool briefly reformed during 1974-1975 before disbanding again, they reformed with the band’s original line-up in 2005. Their iconic status was confirmed when they were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame on 16 August 2006.
– wikipedia

Time for some music …

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