Fewer links today, in fact, fewer posts all week. It’s been rather busy. . . .

Microsoft wants you to Give Us Feedback for Microsoft Office 2007. No, really. (Thanks for the link, Echo.)

Sept. 12, 1958: Kilby Chips In, Integrates Circuit (Wired Magazine). I didn’t see this link in time to include it with my last link dump. Last Friday was not only my father’s birthday, but also the 50th anniversary of the first successful demonstration of the integrated circuit, by Jack Kilby of TI, who eventually received the Nobel Prize for this development which has completely infiltrated modern life.

In Competing Tax Plans: Two Perspectives, Justin Wolfers compares different graphical representations of the McCain and Obama tax plans, and how the different approaches give greatly differing impressions of the effects of these plans. The article also links to the report by the Tax Policy Center, so you can carry out your own analyses.

This week the PTS Blog passed a milestone: Akismet Spam has now caught over 3000 spam comments.

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