Schneier on Security - Self-Enforcing Protocols

"Here’s a self-enforcing protocol for determining property tax: the homeowner decides the value of the property and calculates the resultant tax, and the government can either accept the tax or buy the home for that price. Sounds unrealistic, but the Greek government implemented exactly that system for the taxation of antiquities. It was the easiest way to motivate people to accurately report the value of antiquities."


http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/08/self-enforcing.html

Creating a book with OpenOffice.org Writer

"OpenOffice.org Writer uses templates to store the initial formatting of a document. If you plan to use Writer to write your next book, you will need a good book template, or rather several, for the different components of your book. This article walks you through the process of creating a complex book template that includes front matter (copyright, acknowledgments, and preface), table of contents, chapters, appendixes, and an alphabetical index -- all assembled into a master document."


http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/51448

The Bentley Beetham Collection - Tibetan Life

"The images of Tibet in 1924, contained within the collection, have become an important historical record of Tibetan culture and a way of life that in modern times has rapidly begun to disappear following ‘The Peaceful Liberation of Tibet’ by Chinese forces back in 1951. "

http://www.bentleybeetham.org/pages/collection-themes/tibetan-life.php

http://www.bentleybeetham.org/index.php