November 2008
The Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade just Rickrolled me.
Cooking Mama Shows How To Respond To Critical... →
We’ve seen plenty of organizations react poorly and sue when someone creates a parody of what they do. Parody is protected under fair use rules, but that doesn’t always stop lawsuits. And, some…
Apple Downgrades Macbook Video with DRM →
Once again, thanks to DRM, a new product ends up less useful than the one it replaces. This time, it’s the new family of Apple Macbook laptop computers that gets the downgrade.
When it…
britt committed to britt/test-tube Fri Nov 21... →
bf1ca2077f6216077d2e426dc5836758cd67a120 Added Rails app components and migration
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1e597773e4f7a27bb5d49e32cef6933987e2d6e9 Converted to Rails plugin structure.
britt committed to britt/test-tube Fri Nov 21... →
c73eff66cb9553fb9f54358c787d4c85692a7571 Enhanced url matching
britt committed to britt/test-tube Fri Nov 21... →
b500e5e1ab6703af05bdde35d85b259f2f366e10 Added an installation rake task
britt committed to britt/test-tube Fri Nov 21... →
b0d9387990759fb04fff913a22053e36156bc15d Added content-type filtering. GWO code is only add to HTML responses.
I Have Seen The Truth And It Doesn’t Make Any... →
[life] I Have Seen The Truth And It Doesn’t Make Any Sense [via] …
Dark Knight... Both Most Pirated And Highest... →
You may recall when The Dark Knight opened, we pointed out that its record breaking opening was because movie makers created a movie that people wanted to see in a theater. The fact that parts of…
As Internet Usage Grows, Sexual Offenses Against... →
We’ve been pointing out for a while that the supposed “threat” of online sexual predators has been blown way out of proportion, thanks to the press and politicians’ desire to create moral panics…
Looking at some of the challenged ballots from the Minnesota Senate race http://tinyurl.com/6jvtou
I wonder if anyone saw their own and went “Oh shit…”
It’s getting late in the day and my brainpower is waning quickly. ♫ http://blip.fm/~t6w8
listening to "Title Music from Merchant-Ivory's... →
It’s getting late in the day and my brainpower is waning quickly.
World's first transplant of a whole organ grown in... →
“Now, Hank, touch your throat. That tube you feel is your trachea. Think of it as your handle. That thing your thumb is on is your carotid artery. Think of it as your button. I want you to grab…
RIAA Agrees To Settlement, Then Asks For Twice As... →
Ray Beckermann is, once again, highlighting some highly questionable activities by the RIAA, noting that after getting defendants to agree to a settlement amount, the RIAA sometimes immediately asks…
RIAA Lawsuits May Be Unconstitutional →
Harvard law professor Charles Nesson is arguing, in court, that the Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999 is unconstitutional: He makes the argument that the…
I stay under glass I look through my window so bright ♫ http://blip.fm/~t2ey
There are lots of people coughing in this meeting. Fear of contagion is making it hard to concentrate.
listening to "I am a Passenger - Iggy Pop" →
I stay under glass I look through my window so bright
Bogus IP Claims Quash Debate Over Future of NYC... →
New York - A New York City community organizer is fighting back in court after her parody website challenging redevelopment efforts in New York City’s historic Union Square was shut down with bogus…
Reading Rails plugin source code on GitHub ♫ http://blip.fm/~so9o
“You poor take courage, you rich take care…” ♫ http://blip.fm/~soe3
listening to "The World Turned Upside Down - Billy... →
“You poor take courage, you rich take care…”
listening to "The Body Of An American - The... →
Reading Rails plugin source code on GitHub
Thinking of the evening ♫ http://blip.fm/~snn2
GitHub has increased my willingness to check out and dig into someone else’s code one hundred fold.
! ♫ http://blip.fm/~snlg
Kind of annoyed blip makes me type a message for every song. Sometimes I just want to listen. ♫ http://blip.fm/~snrm
listening to "I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day -... →
Kind of annoyed blip makes me type a message for every song. Sometimes I just want to listen.
listening to "Streams Of Whiskey - The Pogues" →
Thinking of the evening
listening to "A New England - Billy Bragg" →
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~ Victory Gardens 2007+ ~ →
Apple adds HDCP compliance to its laptop monitor... →
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Some of Apple iTune’s video content is being wrapped in HDCP copy protection that makes it impossible to output the movies on any non-HDCP screen. That’s a…
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a827286d237a24b2d9d454b58f0c34cbef6f88d3 Updated README with a long blather about the experiment.
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679d492bd3819133e73f0d616356398640d71a08 Fixed spacing in the README
Thingiverse - Digital Designs for Physical Objects →
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cb48b2732f2011e2b486bff3edc2088628fd6043 Completed VariantMethod mixin.
GeoCommons - Visual Analytics through Maps →
Headed to the store laden with KQED reusable bags like the bougie yupster I am.
French Recording Industry Sues SourceForge For... →
It would appear that Société civile des Producteurs de Phonogrammes en France (SPPF), a group that represents French record labels, is now trying to sue a bunch of non-French file sharing…
Study Reveals Shocking News: People Ignore The... →
For those of you who never have actually been in a car, some researchers have now revealed the obvious: most drivers are comfortable ignoring the speed limit. Of course, what’s more interesting is…
I mowed my lawn for the first time today. It was oddly satisfying. The Leave it to Beaver life has its moments.
Watching football, during the ads I can Detroit screaming “Please for the love of God buy a fucking truck!”