This is a great summary of the copyright situation. Lessig is brilliant, and his choice of the Blair/Bush video parody to illustrate problems with the current concept of piracy was a real stroke of genius.

This Article may just be the answer to one of my most frequently asked questions: Why does St. Pölten suck so much?

1999 redux

Man I really need to get out more often. Despite spending most of my life online, I don't seem to have any fucking clue as to what's really going on out there. I new about the networking craze, even got myself onto Friendster and Orkut (thanks lex) but I din't realize a VC craze was brewing.

Mybe I just need to narrow my area of interest....

from CNN:
NEW YORK (AP) -- If the U.S. Postal Service delivered mail for free, our mailboxes would surely runneth over with more credit-card offers, sweepstakes entries, and supermarket fliers. That's why we get so much junk e-mail: It's essentially free to send. So Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates, among others, is now suggesting that we start buying "stamps" for e-mail.

Heres the full article

Jeezus, this is NOT in any individuals best interest. Its a blatant attempt at defining yet another fucking business op. That's it, end of story.

Just make spam illegal already.

This little video has caused me immense pain and joy. I can't even think about it without laughing. Unfortunatley, it only hurts when I laugh.

Madonna Wannabe (swf, 403 KB)