Reading (and Listening) Recommendations -- 9/23/2006

• "Unplug It!" -- One piece from this week's edition of that always fine program, On The Media, especially stands out. This is an interview with Daniel Ellsberg about the responsibility of insiders to leak classified information. Yes, you read that right. (You can listen now. The transcript will be available on Tuesday.)
  
  
• "Why Johnny Can't Code" -- a non-geeky … okay, not too geeky … article on Salon.com fretting about the disappearance of BASIC from today's computers.
  
  
• "Amazing X-Ray Glasses from Sprint!" -- all products that deserve it should be so well trashed. In this case, Joel Spolsky rightfully and righteously destroys the cell phone called the LG Fusic, its corresponding service, Power Vision, and the marketing tactics of Sprint.