The Economist, fresh off their SemaCode scoop, rips in to the music industry’s legal “strategy”: But even if the entertainment business manages to coax more users into paying for legal downloads and succeeds in court against Grokster and StreamCast, its problems are unlikely to go away. True, a Supreme Court ruling in the industry’s favour …
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best of photojournalism
Nation Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism 2005: Still Photography Winners.
useful photography tools
Some handy tips from my friend Dennis: ExpoDisc (white balance/warm balance filter) white balance reference cards capture one noise ninja More software Nik Multimedia software kodak software (digital roc, digital sho, digital gem) Articles Nikonians on white balance TidBITS on Editing Photographs for the Perfectionist In the TidBITS article, the author, Charles, points out a …
The Blog Cycle
The Blog Cycle: What is blogging? Our community invented blogging! Blogging vs. Journalism Where are the women/minorities? You’ll get fired! Think about the children! The technology is boring/unimportant Will blogs change the world? What you do isn’t blogging — do it this way. They don’t deserve it!
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Gender Differences in Spoken and Written Communication
Gender Differences in Spoken and Written Communication: For example, women tend to use more affective markers (e.g., “I know how you feelâ€), more diminutives (e.g., “little bitty insectâ€), more hedge words (e.g., perhaps, sort of), more politeness markers (e.g., “I hate to bother youâ€), and more tag questions (e.g., “We’re leaving at 8:00 pm, aren’t …
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The Credit Card Prank II
what does it take for someone to verify your signature on a credit card?
finding venues to play
i’m often asked for the names of venues for musicians to play in. i have a small list of my own, but it hasn’t been maintained lately. however, there are several great resources out there: venues in San Francisco from the Red Devil Lounge venues along the west coast (CA, OR, WA) from BAB News …
MBET vs MBA
Ryan pointed to a good article in Canadian Business on the MBET program at Waterloo. The article has makes a couple of interesting points. First, a gym not on the cluetrain: The computer program, which pumped out graphs based on body composition measurements, and strength and endurance test data quickly made Nickelchok the most popular …
Miss DUI
Mary Hilliard McMillan, Miss USA spokeswoman: “She was 22 when this happened. What 22-year-old hasn’t done that?” that is getting arrested for DUI. (rhetorical answer: most 22-year-olds.)