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By Dave, June 11, 2006 9:04 am

Techdirt: MPAA Decides Not Enough People Know About Isohunt

Cool, another media search (not download) service that the MPAA is giving coverage to!

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By Dave, June 11, 2006 9:02 am

Techdirt: MPAA: The Grateful Dead’s Success Was An Abomination Against Nature
Witness this bizarre exchange between John Perry Barlow and the MPAA’s Dan Glickman debating the future of the entertainment industry. Barlow notes that he made an awful lot of money as a songwriter for the Grateful Dead, which encouraged its fans to make tapes of its shows for free. Glickman immediately responds by saying: “It is ridiculous to believe that you can give product away for free and be more successful. I mean it defies the laws of nature.”
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He (Glickman) sounds like a complete idiot. You’d think that folks that make public statements would at least stop and think before opening their mouth. But then we live in the Bush years too… 🙁

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By Dave, June 11, 2006 8:58 am

How-To: Back-up your blog – Engadget

Looks rather involved but should do the trick.

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By Dave, June 11, 2006 8:55 am

Boing Boing: US branch of “Pirate Party” launches

I’m for it! From what I have read of their platform it sounds like they are trying for a reasonable, fair and balanced copyright system. Something the lawyers will never go for…

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By Dave, June 11, 2006 8:52 am

Boing Boing: Danish hackers launch Free Beer 3.0, with guarana

Free Beer! Now with guarana!

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By Dave, June 11, 2006 8:50 am

Man accused of crashing UBS servers | The Register

The bank screwed up pretty good. Not that what the guy did was right either. I like that the judge wouldn’t keep the trial secret.

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By Dave, June 11, 2006 8:45 am

The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century :: Joey deVilla’s Weblog :: Commander Data vs. The Blue Screen of Death

Funny as hell!

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By Dave, June 10, 2006 12:32 pm

Isle of Man Guide

Another place I would like to visit. Just for the train ride if nothing else.

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By Dave, June 10, 2006 12:29 pm

The Blue Train

I thought that The Blue Train was an invention of Dame Agatha Christie but looks like it isn’t. Glad to see it’s still with us though this is another of those things that I will never experience. Talk about sticker shock! 😉

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By Dave, June 10, 2006 9:11 am

Town bans sheets as window coverings

This is just going way too far.

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By Dave, June 9, 2006 10:05 am

The Official Gregory Mcdonald Website

Good writer. Fletch is a wonderful series too!

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By Dave, June 9, 2006 10:00 am

Lenovo denies ditching Linux | CNET News.com

Me thinks the idiot that made the statement about them ditching linux is no longer working there.

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By Dave, June 9, 2006 9:58 am

Bible Scholars Predict an 85 Percent Probability of a Nuclear Terrorist Attack on the UN Complex in Manhattan on June 9 or 10

As far as I know nothing yet. Still got the rest of today and all day tomorrow to blow… 😉

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By Dave, June 9, 2006 9:56 am

Cloned mule finishes third in Nevada race | Reuters.com

Third and seventh. Not bad for their first race.

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By Dave, June 9, 2006 9:55 am

Boing Boing: HOWTO build a homebrew Haunted Mansion Singing Bust

Looks like an interesting project. Wish he had more info about the actual workings. Says more to come.

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By Dave, June 9, 2006 9:54 am

Jim Baen’s Universe

A new downloadable Si-Fi Magazine from Jim Baen! $30 for 6 issues with at least 150,000 words per issue and NO DRM! Sounds like a winner!

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By Dave, June 9, 2006 9:48 am

Boing Boing: HOWTO turn a $60 Linksys router into a $600 super-router

Mainly a link for me. Still in the market for a new wireless access point (or 3) and this makes Linksys look a LOT better.

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By Dave, June 9, 2006 9:46 am

Montel Williams Testifying To Legalize Medical Marijuana… | The Huffington Post

Glad to hear/read this one.

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By Dave, June 9, 2006 9:44 am

Increased CO2 From Climate Change Will Make Faster Growing, More Potent Poison Ivy… | The Huffington Post

This I have already seen. The past several years the poison ivy has been getting more prolific with larger leaves. And it’s starting to affect me which it hasn’t done before. Just another of the wonders of the non existant global warming… 🙁

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By Dave, June 9, 2006 9:41 am

Serb burns car rather than pay fine – Yahoo! News

A bit of a switch here. And can’t really call it COOL but… 😉