links for 2005-07-17

A French bus line has sued a group of cleaning ladies who car-pooled to their jobs instead of taking the bus, accusing them of “unfair and parasitical competition.” (Hat tip to Groklaw<

A retired Yale classics professor and his wife relocate themselves — and their library — to Manhattan.

‘High-end programmers’ skills are in demand as corporations and tech companies adopt a slew of new technologies from wireless computing to Web services — pieces of software that fit together like Lego blocks.”