I thought I owed you guys an explanation for why I haven’t been really posting lately. Life hates me.
No, seriously.
First I got a roomate. Then the new apartment manager gives me a hard time because she has 3 cats even though the old apartment manager okayed it.
Then I found out that my mom has [...]

Wired News: The Eternal Value of Privacy
… they accept the premise that privacy is about hiding a wrong. It’s not. Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect.
…For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even [...]

Information Wants To Be Free » Blog Archive » Casey Bisson speaks! We all should listen.
And while I was not particularly sad to see my stunningly inadequate description of Web services go by the wayside, I was very sad that people would not have the opportunity to read Casey’s insights into why our systems [...]

LISNews.org | No snickering in the library, unless you’re hooked on “Unshelved”
The guys behind “Unshelved” are interviewed by the Seattle Times. It’s great.

Treasures, those old ones,murmured Hal in Erde’s ear. Keepers of the knowledge, scholars, librarians.

The Book of Earth, Marjorie B. Kellogg. Daw 1995.

Beginner’s guide to podcasts and podcasting (plus: how to create a basic podcast of your own) at Forever Geek
Successful Podcasting at Forever Geek

LISNews.org | Why You Should Care About Network Neutrality
WWdN: In Exile: why network neutrality matters, and is worth fighting for
Boing Boing: Network neutrality – why it matters, and how do we fix it?
Neutrality of the Net | Decentralized Information Group (DIG) Breadcrumbs

Podcasting Legal Guide – CcWiki
I doubt I would ever do a podcast. Trying to talk in online classes was difficult enough when I knew I wasn’t talking to myself.

The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics: Congrats to U.S. Senators Cornyn & Lieberman!
Experience has shown that a request to deposit research articles is not enough; this led to a dismal 4% compliance rate. A clear-cut mandate to deposit is what is needed, and what the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) of 2006 accomplishes. FRPAA [...]

Google Operating System: Test Internet Explorer 7 Without Installing It
There aren’t likely to be many more changes to the rendering engine so it’s safe to make changes based on the pre-release.

Boing Boing: Sony screwing artists out of iTunes royalties, customers out of first-sale

Sony pays less to its artists for sales than for licensing (Sony artists reportedly earn $0.045 for each $0.99 song sold on iTunes). Naturally, Sony claims that the songs sold on iTunes are sales and not licensing deals.
This is where it gets interesting. [...]

A Barenaked guide to music copyright reform
Much of their lobbying, however, is not about protecting artists or promoting Canadian culture. It is about propping up business models in the recording industry that are quickly becoming obsolete and unsustainable. It is about preserving foreign-based power structures and further entrenching the labels’ role as industry gatekeepers. [...]