Original Apple 1 Computer sells for $374,500 in Sothebys auction [WSJ]

Economists demonstrate exactly why bank robbery is a bad idea [Ars Technica]

We're all Kulaks now: The war on property rights [James Bovard]

Actual sword fighting techniques are not what you see in movies [ARMA]

Man bit by feral cat in Oregon now has plague [Seattle Times]

Film director Joe Cornish to make Neal Stephenson's Snowcrash into a movie [Deadline]

Gawker: On second thought Steve Jobs was actually kinda of a dick in many ways

Leave it to the people at Gawker to speak ill of the dead. But I have to say all this postmortem adulation for Steve Jobs is getting kind of over the top. No wonder some call the obsession some people have with Apple, Jobs, and all things Mac a cult.  Irony alert: This blog post is being written on a MacBook.

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Apple store employee wants to form a union (Poornima Gupta, Huffington Post)
It will be interesting to see how the Apple executive types handle this development. Heh.

Death-With-Dignity movement deserved better than Jack Kevorkian (Betty Rollin, LA Times)
Sure Dr. Death was a show-off and an exhibitionist. But he put his money where his ass was too. By all accounts he was sincere about his beliefs and work. He endured multiple arrests and trials and finally an eight year stint in prison too. So give him some credit.

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A review of Francis Fukuyama's new book  (Steve Sailor, American Conservative)
Diversity weakens not strengthens. You can't separate race and ethnicity from political organization no matter how you try.

The sheep leading the wolves; Nietzsche on the modern state (Michael Kleen, Alternative Right)
"Nietzsche saw socialism as the driving force behind the “perfect State” (der vollkommene Staat), or the State taken to its ultimate modern expression. With its striving for a comfortable life for the greatest possible number, Nietzsche imagined this State would choke the life out of the geniuses who had previously found themselves at the top of the social ladder."

Next year's Steve Jobs bio already a bestseller (Lance Whitney, Cnet)
"The upcoming authorized biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs won't be out until next March, but it's already a bestseller on Amazon thanks to a flurry of preorders."