Satori in the Valley.

Interview with Prof. Fred Turner on relationships between Zen, counterculture, and Silicon Valley. The Bus meets The Chip.

Another nice day on Pirate Bay.

The Kooks' new album "Konk" isn't commercially available yet, but of course you can find it over at Pirate Bay, along with some tense torrenters:

lethrinops at 2008-03-15 12:20 CET: thaanks!!

woutdr at 2008-03-18 01:27 CET: how nice of you to upload other people's torrents and take credit for them as if they were yours

steviebabs at 2008-03-20 09:01 CET: look here you cunt!!! its people like you that make me nolonger want to upload stuff!!!! why dont you go fuck yourself with the ruff end of a pineapple! PRICK!

My fellow countrymen.

God help us all.

Send me your stereotypes.

Queen Rania of Jordan launches her own YouTube channel in hopes of challenging Arab stereotypes. A welcome voice of sanity.

"One Day Like This."

Excellent music video by Elbow.

Microsoft wants to bluescreen your coffee table, too.

Hands-on with the Microsoft Surface.

Google senior executive to run EMI.

Can't help but think this is a good thing for the industry and for consumers.

New interview with Michael Stipe.

Via The Huffington Post. Much about politics.

Radiohead: make your own remix.

From Apple:

"'Nude,' the third song on Radiohead's latest release, In Rainbows, is a moment of both bliss and calm in a record that is largely energized. Now Radiohead, iTunes, and GarageBand are giving fans the opportunity to remix this new single. Fans can mix five "stems" in any way they like, either by adding their own beats and instrumentation, or just remixing the original parts. The public will listen and vote for their favorite remix, and select mixes will be made available on iTunes later this year."

More here.

The automotive criticism of Jeremy Clarkson.

I never thought I'd enjoy automotive criticism, but the Times Online's Jeremy Clarkson is the man. Clever, biting stuff.