October 2009
Even After Being Disbarred, Jack Thompson Can File... →
Ah, Jack Thompson. The lawyer who made a name for himself years ago by trying to misdirect the blame for pretty much any violent action by any teenager by claiming that it was “the video games’…
Massachusetts Says Cops Need Warrant To Stick GPS... →
For the past few years, it’s become increasingly common for police to put GPS devices on suspects’ cars to track where they are. But, that’s kicked up a bunch of legal questions concerning…
Ohm →
September 2009
The BCS: "That isn’t a flaw in the system. It... →
Dan Wetzel on the embarrassment that is the BCS:
If you paid any attention to college football last weekend then you’re aware that Iowa won at Penn State and Oregon humiliated Cal, 42-3.
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gemcutter | awesome gem hosting →
Neutica →
“Compared to Americans, the French consume four times as much butter, three times...”
– Fat Head - Blog site for the comedy-documentary Fat Head
“Victorious gamers enjoy a surge of testosterone – but only if their vanquished...”
– Gamers are more aggressive to strangers - life - 28 September 2009 - New Scientist
It’s a great day for baseball http://twitpic.com/jeg3h
taxi not dispatched … taxi not dispatched … the future is too slow
writing an elevator pitch
Just updated my iPhone for MMS. I still probably won’t use it. TwitPic and the like seem to trump MMS.
iPhone conact syncing sucks. If you change the settings in anyway you end up with a lot of duplicate contacts.
Alternative Mac software - AlternativeTo.net →
“3. Irrationalism also depends on the cult of action for action’s sake.
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– Eco - “Eternal Fascism: 14 Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt”
“It used to be, Keynes says, that wealthy men just thought investing was the...”
– Keynes, Explained Briefly (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)
Hey, TI, Leave Those Kids Alone →
Graphing calculators have long inspired geeks in remarkable ways. But, sadly, rather than celebrating the hobbyists that love their programmable calculators, Texas Instruments has set the lawyers…
You Bought It, You Own It: MDY v. Blizzard... →
When you buy World of Warcraft (WoW) in a retail box, do you own the copy of the software you bought? That’s the critical legal question facing the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a pending…
Projects - Paperclip →
New Zealand Author Claims Libraries Are Involved... →
Via Family Holloway, I came across a short opinion piece by Brian Edwards bitching about how libraries are facilitating book theft. At first, I honestly thought it was a joke or a parody, to make…
Jackass of the Week: U.S. District Court Judge... →
This is absurd:
Rocky Mountain Bank emailed confidential financial information to the wrong Gmail address.
The bank attempts to force Google to release the name of the owner of the email…
Obama Administration: New State Secrets Rules =... →
So, we keep seeing more of what the promised “transparency” of the Obama administration means in real terms. Despite campaigning against warrantless wiretapping, the administration has come out…
One Reason Pair Programming Is Not For The Elite →
I hate to do this, because I love pair programming, but I’m going to call bullshit on Obie’s 10 Reasons Pair Programming Is Not For The Masses. A piece on pair programming in the New York Times…
Blanton’s bourbon makes a good Old Fashioned but a terrible Manhattan.
Had lunch at The Refuge. It was great. A pastrami sandwich worth driving to San Carlos for.
Lily Allen, Don't Apologize To Me, Apologize To... →
It seems that a few folks misunderstood the point of my post yesterday in joking about Lily Allen’s double standard in ranting against unfair copying while copying blog posts from other sites. And…
The future, Indian-style →
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NP_Thorium_exports_coming_from_India_1709091.html In a nutshell: India is getting ready to start exporting nuclear reactors. But not just any old reactor….
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack... →
RT @accm Good pal Helen will be DJing at the Academy of Sciences Night Life on November 5th. Come one, come all!!
A General Observation →
The Internet does seem to be full of people whose knowledge of complex concepts appears limited to a dictionary definition.
Some of them seem to be proud of that. …
ScreenToaster - Online screen recorder. Capture... →
nanoc: a Ruby site compiler that generates static... →
I just downloaded a Sears iPhone app. It was an amazing clash of generations. I actually thought my phone might explode.
“A Tesco spokesperson said: ‘He hasn’t been banned. Jedis are very...”
– Jedi church founder thrown out of Tesco for refusing to remove his hood left ‘emotionally humiliated’ | Mail Online
Just got my RubyConf ticket.
Snapily. Do more with your photos →
basically its the advanced version of the technology on Cracker Jack’s prizes where there was a picture of a batter and he would swing as you moved the card
Ultimate IE6 Cheatsheet: How To Fix 25+ Internet... →