I suppose no one should be shocked that the state that calls “Music City” its capital would end having clashes between music fans and copyright owners. Now, a state bill seeks to get state-funded universities to do some of the dirty work. From ArsTechnica: A new bill proposed in the Tennessee state senate aims to… Continue reading RIAA Has Friends in Nashville
Month: February 2008
Hollywood Couldn’t Do These Guys Justice
I can’t classify this as one of the greatest jobs in history, because the chance of getting killed is way too high. However, if you’re looking to read a story on some real bad-ass action heros, check out the current issue of Wired Magazine and their story on how Titan Salvage rescued a cargo ship… Continue reading Hollywood Couldn’t Do These Guys Justice
How To Behave on the Internet
This pretty much sums up, well, everything. Even if you think you know how to behave on the internet, you should probably watch it anyway. How To Behave On An Internet Forum
Yea, Sony?
Cable and telcos side with Comcast in FCC BitTorrent dispute. From ArsTechnica: But other parts of the private sector have sent the FCC urgent requests for protection from potentially unfair ISP behavior. Sony Electronics, which now offers a wide variety of legal content for its web-enabled TV sets, wrote to the Commission on February 13… Continue reading Yea, Sony?
Greattest Jobs In the History of the World — Part 1
One of the best parts of my childhood was Lego’s line of space kits. If you asked either of my brothers, I think they’d say the same. That’s why it was so cool to learn about Bjarn Tveskov, who got a job designing those kits for Lego in his late teens: My LEGO career started when… Continue reading Greattest Jobs In the History of the World — Part 1
Video for Sen Obama’s Campaign
I’ve yet to decide of who is left in the running whom I’m voting for in November for President, so please don’t mistake this as any sort of endorsement. However, a photo of mine has found its way into a promotional video for Sen. Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign (though I don’t think is from the… Continue reading Video for Sen Obama’s Campaign
Weeks Roll By
It’s a tired cliché of blogging: apologizing for not posting in so long. The excuses are always the same, and this is no different. There has simply been too much going on here take any time to write down [or type — ed.]. The Job I started my new job at the beginning of January (before… Continue reading Weeks Roll By
Classic Unboxing P@rn
For those of you who couldn’t get enough of my iMac and TiVo unboxing, let alone the radio interview I did the topic of unboxing porn, feast your eyes on this: the unboxing photos of a classic Apple //c computer. Is it me or did it just get a little warm in here?