I’ve been meaning to post my thoughts on the RIAA court win for a couple of days now, but it’s been a little hectic (among other things, PC is sick…looks like we’re getting ready for first replacement box in a LONG time!). My basic thought is that regardless of her apparent guilt, suing your customers […]

It’s been a big week in digital music, and I spent some time yesterday playing around and enjoying it. Not everything I did was new…I bought some music from the Amie Street music store, which has been around for awhile now. But things have changed…Amazon’s entry into this space, in my (and many others) opinion […]

LOL…The Sideshow generally provides some good links, and today was no exception. An excellent example: State legislators go insane, threaten to punish Columbia University for allowing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak at their World Leaders Forum. Man, it’s busting out all over. (Of course, Ahmadinejad claiming there were no homosexuals in Iran didn’t exactly shore up […]

I’ve solved a nagging blog issue that’s been floating around in the back of head, thanks to an incredibly generous blogpost by Jon Udell yesterday, in which he clarifies the process he uses to tag and categorize his blog postings. Many people do this, and many blog platforms (WordPress, Blogger, etc.) have facilities for tagging […]

Rolling Stone: The Great Iraq Swindle — Not everyone who reads this blog will like this story, and guess what…I don’t fucking care. I’m not mad at most of you individually; but I am mad. And people with their heads in the sand aren’t helping things. *sigh* Also on:

I’ve started watching and listening to more shows off of FORA.tv, and a recent program that I really enjoyed was The Future of Music: Digital Rights or Wrongs?. I enjoy these sorts of debates, and this program really highlights the various camps. One speaker, Ted Cohen, is a former industry exec, and exhibits much of […]

We reap what we sow. Again. Now, I have faith…when (and I said when, not if) these powers are abused enough, people will stand up and shine a light on the situation, and things will improve. It’s happened before. But why do we have to learn these lessons the hard way? Power corrupts. Question authority. […]

Pleistocene Medicine for Battling HIV: Freak-y… — …scientists could not find a fully-functioning human endogenous retrovirus. So they resurrected one instead. Wow. Why on earth do people have to believe in mythologies, when the actual world is so fascinating?? Also on:

I’m hardly on the cutting edge with this anymore, but after forgetting about it for several weeks, I’ve gotten around to watching Infest Wisely, and it’s great. An episode a week, and four are available now. It’s…weird. And interesting. And part of the future of media. Thanks to Peter Watts for the reminder to go […]

(Note: this post has languished in my in-process queue for quite a while, and says little that I didn’t just say in a post earlier today. Regardless, I want to put it out there, because I think it’s a topic that can bear a little repetition. And hey…it’s even getting a little traction!) The Right […]