Everyone’s favourite Canadian law professor Michael Geist calls attention to the recent Federal Court of Appeal decision on file sharing. Graham Henderson of the CRIA says: The judge has determined that uploading, downloading, it’s illegal. But, wait! It’s not true: Actually, the court did no such thing. Concluding its copyright discussion at paragraph 54, the …
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15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense
An old (but good) article from Scientific American: 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense.
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 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.