In the cover feature, Van Smith
some dead Baltimoreans who have been ghost-voting since the late 1980s. To look at the Johns Hopkins computer-science students' study that inspired Smith's story, visit Professor Aviel Rubin's
. No direct link, so go to Rubin's "Work Page," then "Course #CS 600.443," "Spring 2005," finally "Assignment #2." Other links worth clicking include the
and
boards of elections, and the May 18
that got things slightly wrong. And, of course, this isn't the first time Avi Rubin's research has made news: Remember last year's
?
In Mobtown Beat, Anna Ditkoff
along with the thousands of kids turned away from the Baltimore City summer job program
. And Christina Royster-Hemby
with those behind
's new Urban Video Game Academy. Who are they? Local tech guru
,
co-founder Roderick Weldon Woodruff, and
CEO Joseph Saulter.
W/R/T Joe MacLeod's
with
and pal,
would be happy if we linked to his new
imprint. And in A&E, Bret McCabe
with
's new documentary about krumping,
, which gives me an excuse to link to Ernest Hardy's
LA Weekly
.