March 2010
42 posts
A More Serious Discussion On Bipartisanship →
“I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen, not only because I see...”
– C.S. Lewis
America Will Survive ObamaCare « Digital Rules -... →
How to do pro-quality video post-production at... →
Cheap shots: How to shoot pro-quality video on a... →
Developing the Heroic Imagination: The 5 Traits of... →
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The Anti-Right Status Quo →
An even shorter and on point discussion of the corruption of congress.
Kimberley A. Strassel: Inside the Pelosi Sausage... →
Kimberley A. Strassel: Inside the Pelosi Sausage... →
So this is what our representatives have come to in order to pass a bill that the American people don’t want.
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The Texas Textbook Wars - Jeff Riggenbach - Mises... →
“The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the...”
– Robert H. Jackson
“We can have intellectual individualism and the rich cultural diversities that we...”
– Robert H. Jackson
Is the music industry trying to write the digital... →
“One year into its promise of greater government transparency, the Obama...”
– PROMISES, PROMISES: Records not so open with Obama
“Some of those concerned about online copyright infringement now realize that...”
– “Piracy” sounds too sexy, say rightsholders
“Today, I realized that if “con” is the opposite of...”
– MyLifeIsAverage - Life is pretty normal today
“More Americans likely supported the British Crown at the time of the revolution...”
– Lawrence Lessig
Institutional Corruption →
An excellent and entertaining lecture on how institutions weaken themselves and engender distrust in them.
In Defense of The Free Market
The crucial debate over our current economy in the United States is that of whether the free market works or do we need more socialistic measures to regulate the market. Many critics have proclaimed the death of the free market in major publications. They have also cried out for the federal government to play a much larger part in regulating and controlling the market, especially in the financial...
“In making his decision the judge also looked at the finances of the site. He...”
– File-Sharing and Link Sites Declared Legal in Spain | TorrentFreak
Spain has declared that file sharing is legal. This is an interesting wrinkle in the copyrights issue.
Prescription Drug Advertising
What the crap is it with advertisements for prescription drugs? I just don’t get it. If you need to take drugs for something I hope that you would trust what you doctor prescribes for you. I know that if I suddenly start having issues with my cholesterol then I will probably take what my doctor tells me to. Same goes for whatever else they’re shilling. Why is it that people need to ask...
“God has given to men all that is necessary for them to accomplish their...”
– Bastiat - The Law
Marco.org: I don’t even know what to say about... →
There’s only so much time in the day, and only so many days in our lives. There’s enough great work out there that you don’t need to waste any time with anything that isn’t great.
He is totally right. Being a better consumer begins with us making choices about what we consume and not choosing to consume the crap instead of great stuff.
Ads and Online Publishers
ars technica recently ran an article entitled Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love. It was thought provoking to say the least. It made me stop and think of my habit of blocking ads in my browsers. I actually whitelisted ars technica because their ads are unobtrusive and their content is worthwhile. Imagine my surprise and excitement when they then publish an article about how to...
Why DRM Doesn’t Work →
This is why digital library books haven’t worked in the past and are probably going to fail hard when ereaders become more common.
PowerPoint Is Evil →
Amen to that. PowerPoint has been used to abuse more audiences than any other common public speaking tool.
Dog Psychology
Dogs are like little kids. They will exchange bones just to make sure that they aren’t missing something that the other has.
“Since this is true, the freedom of the human will remains in violate, and laws...”
– Boethius
“We must conclude, then, that future events have no being as of yet, and if they...”
– Augustine
“As for present time, if that were always present and never slipped away into the...”
– Augustine
6 reasons why the iPad could be the 'Star Wars'... →
MacHeist
I’m still not getting the Macheist bundle. I already have two of the apps and I have the functionality of the rest except for the one I don’t care about. Besides, the games don’t really interest me all that much. I normally go for whatever they have but this one doesn’t impress me that much.
My Lords, you can't please the entertainment... →
Yet more idiocy from governments on privacy being lost in the age of piracy. Doctrow nails it again.
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“But what then am I? A thing that thinks. What is that? A thing that doubts,...”
– René Descartes
“At last I have discovered it - thought; this alone is inseparable from me. I am,...”
– René Descartes
Descartes’ mind is fascinating. I like the way he thinks.
“If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive...”
– Thomas Jefferson
“One of the greatest injustices we do to our young people is to ask them to be...”
– Francis Schaeffer