Podcasts as social artifacts
Jason Scott collects podcasts. Scott, a filmmaker, is archiving about 1500 different podcasts. He's written a small program that automatically finds and downloads the podcast files. Scott listens to very few podcasts, but takes an anthropologists interest in them. One reason they're worth collecting, says Scott, is because so many podacsters quit after a few months.
Jon's tech news links:
Fake Bin Laden e-mail hides virus (BBC)
Illinois library requires fingerprint (CSM)
Microsoft's Korean MSN site hacked (AP)
Fashion industry covets "iPod factor" (New Scientist)