links for 2008-07-26

Dave is right, it’s an impressive photo (of Obama greeting the crowd in Berlin) on several levels.

BrowseRank sounds a lot like an algorithm I saw being discussed internally a few years ago. Interesting to see the proposal in daylight, as it relies on browser plugins and the cooperation of server admins rather than publicly accessible HTML documents.

Alas, Randy Pausch has given his last “Last Lecture.”

Update to yesterday’s link about vulnerable banking sites: Breezy, old, inaccurate security research considered harmful.