Monthly Archives: May 2005

UPV caves in to spanish recording industry

Jorge Cortell, who had taught at Polytechnic University of Valencia UPV in Spain for five years was forced to resign after the Dean caved in to pressure from the Spanish Recording Industry Association and the MPAA.

google factory tour

Google factory tour slides.

Houston Chronicle 1, Bill O’Reilly 0

Fox blabbermouth Bill O’Reilly started ranting about a Houston Chronicle editorial. Except he made the whole thing up: On The O’Reilly Factor cable television program Tuesday night, the popular host included a segment that took the Houston Chronicle to task … Continue reading

CBGBs t-shirts explained

from wikipedia, of course: CBGB, also CBGB’s or CB’s is a legendary club in the Manhattan Bowery district of New York City, New York. The full name is CBGB OMFUG which stands for “Country, Bluegrass, and Blues and Other Music … Continue reading

flickr tools

handy list of flickr-related tools.

click here bad

Great explanation of Why “Click here” is bad linking practice.

Prius AV

the f-secure folks tried to hack a Prius via Bluetooth. The Prius stood strong.

The Hal Bergman Photostream

Hal Bergman’s gorgeous photos. damn.

my prius’ check engine light

so my prius check engine light came on the other day. now, i knew from the internet that the most common cause of this is a loose gas cap. so, i promptly unscrewed my gas cap and re-screwed it in. … Continue reading

CMU prof tells RIAA off

Cary Sherman weasled an op-ed out of the Post-Gazette where he spread the usual BS. CMU Professfor of Computer Science and art Roger Dannenberg told the RIAA where to go: Mr. Sherman, you say that stealing “is not OK,” and … Continue reading