Ideal PDA
Everyone’s getting a Hiptop/Sidekick, but it doesn’t seem to have all the things I need. I will buy a WearableGizmo…
Wireless “Security”
Sadly, people keep talking about how wireless networks are “insecure” and “open to attack” and how we should secure them,…
secroll
secroll is a python program to allow you to securely roll an n-sided die between two parties. If you remember…
what should I do with my life?
The “holidays” have given me some time to relax and think about what to do next. What should I do…
it’s all about the spam-readers
We dusted off our old Weird Al album, and I noticed that his song It’s All About the Pentiums (lyrics)…
final(?) segway update
Well, it’s almost time to return the Segway and we’ve all but lost interest in it. Working on the movie…
be liberal in what you accept
You’ve almost surely heard the Jon Postel phrase “Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send”….
segway movie: part 1
We’ve been working on a movie featuring the Segway. I’ve put up Part 1 of the movie (via the Internet…
segway and social harmony
(The Segway may not be the cause of these things, but it might be, and it seems like it’s worth…
segway report
I am writing this on a Segway! A friend of ours bought a Segway and entered the Early Delivery contest….
sidebar, segway update
I am now FSF Associate Member #160. (Thanks, Mark!) I can’t wait until my card gets here. I’ve updated my…
movie maker mentality
Every so often the people fighting sharing slip up and tell us what they really think. Ed Felten points to…
More opinions on the party
I thought it’d be a good idea to collect descriptions and depictions of the Creative Commons party: Bruce Damer has…
Trip Report
On Tuesday I took the CalTrain to Sunnyvale. (I kept hearing Californians complain (apparently seriously) about their poor public transit….
Solution Child
I’m in the house of Lisa Rein. I never got a chance to ride the Segway. My aches are mostly…
Problem Child
There’s a two-year old kid in the house. We get a Segway tomorrow. I have an bad headache. My feet…
OS X Hack: Printing 4-up to Save Paper
If, like me, you find yourself with good eyesight printing out long PDF documents (cough, legal documents) on OS X…
Explaining Spectrum, RDF
I’ve put up a first draft of my explanation of “open spectrum” on LogicError. I also have an early draft…
piracy, bits, and meatspace
Tim O’Reilly has a wonderful article on why piracy isn’t so serious — and it’s got a big advertisement for…
How Total Information Awareness Works: A Simple Guide
from Total Information Awareness (TIA) System [darpa.mil]. Everything make sense now?…
How to Run a Good Conference
I’ve been to a fair number of conferences, but few I’ve really enjoyed. It seems the people running them don’t…
Copyright is Unconstitutional!
I just read a wonderful article by Jed Rubenfeld: The Freedom of Imagination: Copyright’s Constitutionality [via Felten]. Imagine a country…
Santa Switch
These Switch parodies starring Will Ferrell (produced by Apple themselves, apparently!) are pretty funny. And of course don’t miss Yo-Yo…
web publishing is also typography (The Elements of Typographic Style)
As I noted previously, rillian sent me a copy of The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst. It’s an…
the next eldred
Article 1, section 8 also says that Congress has the power to “punish piracies and felonies committed on the high…
Creative Commons Launch!
After lots of hard work, the Creative Commons will soon be launching: Join us in celebrating the release of our…
Total Information Awareness Demo
Spurred by an article in the SF Weekly, John Gilmore calls for us to demonstrate how the government’s proposed “Total…
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