Society… Strange Results 8 Sep 2009 I have a feeling that the author of this Time article on the old tripey trope that one shouldn't wear white after Labor Day didn't mean for this to happen:…
Law… More on Google Privacy 8 Sep 2009 Yesterday I mentioned the Google Books proposed settlement, along with the new concerns about consumer privacy. Today, there's a story on Gawker/Valleywag about why the concerns about privacy may be…
Law… Google Books Settlement and Privacy Concerns 7 Sep 2009 Google has always been a problematic company for me. On one hand, its search engine has become the de facto starting point for the vast majority of internet users, so…
Law… Seeing is Believing 13 Jul 2009 Last week's revelations that the "President's Surveillance Program" was--no surprise--a whole hell of a lot larger than anyone admitted (AP via ABCNews) have stoked a little flame under Congressional Democrats,…
Law… Animal “Terrorism” 13 Jul 2009 Looks like there's a Constitutional challenge happening in San Jose. At issue, in a nutshell, is whether the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act is overbroad and squelches legitimate free speech. (Source.)…
Politics… Spoonerisms 13 Jul 2009 I suppose this isn't a true spoonerism, such as thinking that Jimi Hendrix was saying "'scuze me while I kiss this guy," rather than saying "'scuze me while I kiss…
Society… Changing Dynamics? 9 Jul 2009 I think this is how it's going to have to be if there's any future for on-line content. According to Gawker.com, which sources a Bloomberg article, the New York Times…
Music… Ringtones and ASCAP 2 Jul 2009 Browsing through Yahoo! News this morning, a PC World story about ringtones caught my eye. I've always thought that ringtones occupy an interesting place in our culture. Remember when Apple…
Society… The Freeconomy Malaise 24 Jun 2009 At the beginning of this month, I mentioned some of the open-source leeching going on, along with mentioning Wired's article, "Free." Well, "Free" is back in the news again, and…
Law… FTC, Bloggers, and Compensation 22 Jun 2009 Change must be coming soon, or else the AP wouldn't have felt compelled to write up a story about proposed "FTC Plans to Montior Blogs for Claims, Payments." (I say…
