If Dr. Seuss wrote for Star Trek (idea) – Mr. Data, thank you much/You’ve saved our lives, our ship, and such.
Category Archives: Aside
Appreciating a day out of context (idea) – [E]ven if you feel your whole life stinks, there are days, hours, minutes, that are absolutely perfect. They are better than what you would construct in your imagination.
Virginity, my loss of (idea) – I’d say who this one is for, but she’d kill me…
How to Be Naked – One of the sessions at this week’s BlogHer conference is about boundaries for personal blogging. I’ve talked about this before, I’ve made mistakes, I’ve experienced the consequences. I await blog entries about this session, so I can link to them. 🙂
Amazon’s used book selling service does not seem to have a major impact on the sales of new books – Which tells us that this is not a zero-sum game, and publishers need not be unduly concerned.
A take on the Grokster decision – Tim is now a fellow at Berkman. I never really said much about Grokster but what the Court did to the Sony bright-line test bothers me for exactly the reasons outlined in the Berkman brief (and explained by Tim here) — the same things that are said about Grokster’s infringing use could be just as easily applied to the iPod, or any other truly innovative new device or piece of software. And in that way, this decision is not only disappointing, but also chilling, in that it discourages real innovation. Which I guess is something that modern-day copyright law is really trying to do anyway, the Constitution be damned.
Wild Oats guacamole isn’t nearly as good as Whole Foods guacamole. Just so that’s clear.
Boy Scouts ‘All Started Screaming’ – What kind of a fucking stupid headline is that? Four people suffered an awful and untimely death, children were forced to experience the sight and smell of seared flesh and burnt bodies, and the Guardian AP makes a joke about them being girly?
The Chosen One is going to be the next hit reality show – You heard i here first! (Well, second…)
I’m not sure I ever expected I would find myself in a position where I would be advocating for a Windows solution over a Linux one. It is a strange day indeed. But as the person tasked with maintaining all of the Windows computers, I guess it is fitting.
KCRW to podcast Morning Becomes Eclectic – Great news, but due to all of the various stupid licensing restrictions, they’ll only be able to podcast performances and music by independent artists who give explicit consent. The difference being, of course, the stupid and arbitrary distinctions between “broadcast” (i.e. RealPlayer streams) that can are covered by blanket licenses paid by radio stations, and downloadable MP3s, which fall in the same class as CDs that you purchase, and cannot be licensed the same way.
Aaron Swartz has stopped blogging – Now he is publishing an “online magazine” and attempting to uphold the high standards of real journalism. No more will I defend saying something simply because it is “the truth”. No, from now on, I am adopting the rigorous standards of professional journalists. I’ve been convinced that telling people the truth will just hurt them and, frankly, I’m a little tired of being mocked and shunned for my honesty, which goes completely unappreciated by you people.
NYT gets on the bandwagon praising Costco – I don’t get tired of hearing about a company that does a good business while paying its employees well. And a CEO who responds to Sam’s Club’s statement that they have lower prices by saying, “you can’t compare Hunt’s ketchup with Heinz ketchup,” I love this guy!
Auto makers using “hybrid” technology to give cars additional horsepower — not better mileage – It’s idiotic, a loophole in government tax credits, and a waste of good technology. And people who claim they are “going green” without making any “sacrifices” seem to lack all semblance of common sense.