"I have never seen such flagrant disregard for online security as I have seen on Obama's Website and ACTBLUE (DNC PAC)" ... and nearly three dozen Congressional candidates.

The Washington Post reports that Maryland and Virginia will replace their electronic voting machines with paper ballots after this election. These are machines which don't print a paper copy. Maryland will continue paying for its $65 million system through 2014. Several kinds of systems are used in Virginia, while Maryland uses Premier Election Solutions machines.

Early drafts of Darwin's theory of evolution are now online, along with private papers. I look forward to further information so we can see these ideas evolved.

The CheckFree service is trying to move their paperless check services from businesses to the home. If banks use the service, customers will be able to deposit checks from home. Apparently the service involves more than scanning and bookkeeping, as antifraud tools include electronically reading what is written on the check.

Music video for the astronomer in you: Hotel Mauna Kea.

While his store was being robbed, the clerk was worried about what the security camera video would look like on YouTube. So he attacked the robber with a ceramic mug and drove him off, losing only $90 and the police gaining the thief's cap.

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said he expects to scrap subscription fees for The Wall Street Journal's Web site, WSJ.com.

On WSJ.com, Mr. Murdoch said, "We are studying it ...

• THE FULL WSJ.com ARTICLE IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS."

A recently released open source project management program, OpenProj seems to be doing nicely. It uses Java and is rather active on SourceForge. It won't do everything but has many features and should fit most smaller businesses well.

The European Union banned lead in electronics, but lead prevents tin whiskers which destroy electronics. Oops.

An AP story in the L.A. Times says that some modified iPhones no longer work after installing the latest Apple update.