I love Wired magazine

My brother-in-law, who heads the IT dept at some Californian univeristy - got me a subscription to Wired magazine after I perused his one day. I really loved the geography bits of it - the maps are great! - but what I learned about technology was ever more fun. An earlier post showed a link to the graphic illustration of how a blog works. I preferred the paper copy to the online version but I could see how the online version would appeal more to someone who doesn't read. I didn't like how I could not see the whole thing at once like I could in the paper format.

Anyway, there's an article "Air Force Blocks Access to Many Blogs" which I found extremely interesting. Having read many anonymous blogs about the war experience in Iraq (something only those in the front lines can really talk about, those with the experience), I find it interesting that while the spokesperson for this decision states that the information from blogs are not "primary, official-use resources" and they do not want their troops misinformed, I believe it also stops those who were blogging from having access to do so. Political I know, but having lived near military bases all my life, decisions are made and reasons given that all too often have underlying purposes in them that have nothing to do with the public explanation.

Very interesting, and right back to when is information misinformation, or propaganda, or just some idiot who doesn't know what he's (or she) is talking about.