April 2007
87 posts
Freedom of rights management →
“Musicians have been badgering Apple to sell their music without copy protection for years, so why […] is it changing its tune now?”
How Chicago became the blues capital of the world →
Subjectivity →
“When I was a kid, my school playground had a really tall slide that always made me nervous…”
Survey: Kids download media because they mistrust... →
“First rule in roadside beet sales, put the most attractive beets on top. The...”
– Dwight Schrute, The Office (via tinyblip)
Small houses challenge our notions of need as well... →
Solicitor: [knocks on door at 7:30pm, clutching tell-tale large, three-ring binder]
Me: [answers the door] Yes?
Solicitor: [confused look] Oh... uh, Steve?
Me: No. Shawn.
Solicitor: [looks at paper] Craig?
Me: [cocks head, closes door]
Biggest. Anti-Spam. Lawsuit. Ever. →
Free to Compete →
Programming computers to understand music →
George Foreman iGrill →
Yes, really.
Canadian professor denied US entry for taking LSD... →
Urban Jungle →
“Part extreme sport and part martial art, [parkour] was founded in France by David Belle; practitioners are called traceurs. Spread mostly by videos posted on the Internet, it is growing in popularity in the United States and Europe. Here is some footage of traceurs in motion.”
Quantum physics says goodbye to reality →
The Big Dip: Ten Questions with Seth Godin →
“The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.”
– Unknown
Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and... →
“Every possession is just another stick to beat yourself with.”
– Johnny Cash (via tinyblip)
Death and Taxes: 2008 →
“In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by...”
– Paul Dirac
A Polite Letter from the Smithsonian →
“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled...”
– Carl Sagan, “The Fine Art of Baloney Detection,” Parade, February 1, 1987
Savenetradio.org →
“Recent government action has dramatically increased the fees internet radio companies must pay to play the music you enjoy and threatens the future of internet radio. You can help, let your voice be heard.”
Almost Human, and Sometimes Smarter →
Another Boston Terrorism Overreaction →
“Terrorism used to be hard. Now all you have to is hang backpacks from trees near schools.”
The New Music Industry →
“It’s no secret that the record industry is in trouble. They have moved from selling music as their main source of income to creating revenue through lawsuits against their customers. Anyone can see that this is a piss-poor business model.”
And All Websites Will Be in Esperanto →
Look Out, Boston: Aqua Teen Hits the Big Screen,... →
“Flashback to January: Two guerrilla marketers adorn Boston with motherboards blinking Lite-Brite faces of Mooninites. A post-9/11 cluster panic of Homeland Security proportions ensues.”
Are cellphones killing bee colonies? →
Sao Paulo goes advertising-free →
IRS trudges on with aging computers →
“The Internal Revenue Service has been trying for years to upgrade its antiquated mainframe computers, which process Americans’ tax returns by churning through millions of lines of assembly code written by hand in the early 1960s.”
“Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from...”
– Kurt Vonnegut
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