July 2010
29 posts
“What’s remarkable—and what should be, for any Microsoft shareholders, a deeply...”
– Ballmer (and Microsoft) still doesn’t get the iPad (via Instapaper)
“Thus how shallow an understanding of sexuality is embodied in our current...”
– The End of Courtship, Part 3 (via Instapaper)
“For as long as American society kept strong its uneasy union between modern...”
– The End of Courtship, Part 2 (via Instapaper)
“The web also has a downside. There seems to be a growing belief that having...”
– 9 Expert Tips For Better Writing
Nation Shudders At Large Block Of Uninterrupted... →
Idea for a Shirt
I came up with an idea for a T-Shirt if someone wants to rip it off me and make one.
Technophobes
[insert picture of a man making a cross with his fingers and grimacing in fear over some electronic device (possibly a cell phone or tablet)]
“Honey, call the Priest. It’s speaking Chinese again.”
Breaking Things Down to Particles Blinds... →
“Nothing in the Constitution has given them [the Supreme Court] a right to decide...”
– Thomas Jefferson
Of Mollusks & Men →
“The Internet: Proving How Much Humanity Sucks Since We Could Upload JPEGs.”
– Get Paid to Look at Porn, Lose Your Soul In The Process
“Non-Christian positions must be destroyed factually and the Christian religion...”
– John Warwick Montgomery
Why all the love for the Ultra-Violet DRM system that is under construction? Why all the sudden is this going to work and solve the problems with all our purchased content?
It is DRM, it’s going to annoy people and it’s going to be cracked. What else is new?
“Tell me what the world is saying today, and I’ll tell you what the church...”
– Francis Schaeffer
How Facts Backfire →
Copyright and Fair Use in Virtual Worlds →
It is just me, or is Terrorist the new catch-all phrase for evil (supposedly) people? It’s like the stupid laws that classify hand-grenades as WMDs.
Can you sell your imported gadgets? Court guts... →
This is absurd. If this interpretation stands, the Copyright act is clearly unconstitutional and needs to be gutted ASAP. This is antithetical to everything the Constitution espouses when it allows for trademarks and copyrights.
Judge slams, slashes "unconstitutional" $675,000... →
I love it when you get smart judges that see right through those people who have an ax to grind. Finally, someone with an ounce of sanity has interjected some much needed official analysis on this issue.
Getting Things Done: The Power of the Next-Action... →
Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Monday Master Class:... →
“You could fill any arbitrary number of hours with what feels to be productive...”
– Time management: How an MIT postdoc writes 3 books, a PhD defense, and 6+ peer-reviewed papers — and finishes by 5:30pm | I Will Teach You To Be Rich (via Instapaper)
WatchDICE 2010: “Design Outside the Box” Presentation Videos - G4tv.com
Internet over, outta time: Prince releases tunes... →
This guy is seriously off his rocker. Either his ego is that big, or he just doesn’t have a clue about the way the world is shaping up: probably both.
Post mortem: KIN's tragic demise (and the fading... →
This pretty much confirms what Gruber said about KIN. It just confirms that Microsoft has no plan whatsoever. They’re making it up as they go along, but doing a really crappy job of it.
“…I thought about how little had changed in my garden since Joe Matyas...”
– Opium Made Easy | Michael Pollan
