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Tweedy of Wilco, in a conversation with Lawrence Lessig: “Music,” he explained, “is different” from other intellectual property. Not Karl Marx different – this isn’t latent communism. But neither is it just “a piece of plastic or a loaf of bread.” The artist controls just part of the music-making process; the audience adds the rest.…
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I could play with this thing all day.
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Tired of Being Isolated and Ignored, Continent Isn’t Bloody Moving
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R.I.P. Ossie Davis. The legendary actor and civil rights champion has left this world. He will be missed.
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Went to Retro 90’s night at Barrymore’s last night. Overall, it was a good time… just a few notes: #1, The 90’s are over?! Damn… #2, Why is it that at 90’s night, all the guys are in their 30’s but all the girls are in their 20’s…? (According to John, “Because all the women…
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Time for the obligatory occasional apology for the lack of posts recently. Very busy indeed. Hope to get back to a more regular schedule soon. In the meantime, be sure to check out my Flickr photostream to see what I’ve been taking pictures of, and my Audioscrobbler page to see what I’ve been listening to.…
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I bought a Linksys BEFSX41 Firewall Router a while back and soon after began having some strange problems – certain websites were not resolving (including Blogger and Flickr!!!)… for a while I thought it was something with the DNS server settings, or even my ISP’s DNS servers themselves… I tried all kinds of settings and…
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Mark Evans: “Internet users must either be lazy, ignorant or strangely satisfied with IE. If more people explored the alternatives out there -which would likely encourage developers to come up with new browsers – I believe surfing the Web will become a better experience. With IE dominating – and some would say controlling – the…
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This is great. I’m sure you’ve seen the scam baiters and are aware of the fun that can be had with Nigerians … well, Shizzy takes it to a new, hysterical level in his baiting of a low-level Starbucks Corporate employee. Rock on, Shizzy.
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Disneyland Slides, Circa 1965