This could be tremendously interesting: ShareID and Zopto. ShareID is a single sign-on and authentication system built around FOAF and the Atom API, while Zopto is the companion Social Networking system, again built around FOAF. All come from the dastardly mind of Ben Nolan.
Meanwhile, via Linkfilter, comes news of modern English translations of Shakespeare. Excuse me, I feel a bit sick.
"Beware the ides of March."
— Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2.
"Beware of March 15."
— Same scene, "No Fear Shakespeare" translation.
I'm going to immerse myself in 15th century political history, just to wash that out of my mind. Bastards.
[Ben Hammersley's Dangerous Precedent]