Required reading from Paul Krugman in New York Times: Cronies in Arms. These are the people who are gonna start a war against another sovereign country without UN backing. How can you trust such a government?

Nytimes: A Microsoft Pioneer Leaves to Strike Out on His Own.
Charles Simonyi, a computer scientist who joined Microsoft when it had 40 employees and who helped set its technical strategy for years, is leaving the company to found his own software start-up, Intentional Software Corporation. [via scripting.com]
Exciting to see this digital legend, whom i had the pleasure of meeting a couple of months ago, venture out on his own for the first time. For more info om Simonyi check out this profile and interview on edge.org.

Nelson Mandela: The U.S.A. Is a Threat to World Peace

“Good ideas are a dime a dozen. Good people are rare”.
“If you’re interested in building a business to make money, forget it. You won’t. If you’re interested in building a business to make a contribution to society, then let’s talk.”
Arthur Rock. Co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and the first investor in Intel and Apple.

2001: A Space Odyssey in 60 seconds – in LEGO!
ONE: A Space Odyssey

Burn Rate Board Game – “Here’s your chance to go back to 1999 and do it wrong, all over again…. “

Loudthinking on the end of danish software company Caput. Nicely put.