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.
Monthly Archives: May 2005
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 for an editorial that had run the same day. The editorial was entitled Cold comfort: …
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 For Uplifting Gormandizers”.
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. tight. i started the car again. light still on. went to bed. started the car …
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 yet I have musician friends who cannot get RIAA members to pay them the royalties …