links for 2006-11-30

Excellent Howard French piece on the divergence of Chinese and English wikipedias on sensitive Chinese political topics

There may not be a market for a better mousetrap, but there is for a better nail. An engineer with Bostitch has redesigned a nail, adding a larger head, barbs on the shank and a twist, which radically increases the ability of the nail to withstand shear f

Really interesting court case – donor’s children sue Princeton for using a gift for different purposes than had been intended. Very interesting implications for donor/university/charity relationships in the US