If you want your cell phone to continue to provide you with long years of service, we recommend that you do not clean your phone by washing it in your pants pocket. This public service announcement brought to you by someone who has been there, and now needs to replace …
read moreWhat a way to win a lawsuit
As part of a $143 million lawsuit, the RIAA decided to pay with merchandise. Of course the value of unsold production is downright questionable.
read moreConcerts and noise
JoDee and I went to see Primus last Friday! What an incredible show! Les Claypool is quite the showman, and Larry and Tim are incredibly talented musicians! Jaw dropping! Unfortunately our experience was marred by the soundman. Same with the Rush concert. What is it with these bozos cranking up …
read moreWhy DRM won't work
Digital Rights Management (or Digital Restrictions Management, as Richard Stallman has coined it) is an umbrella term for the copy protection that corporations are using to try and protect their digital assets. Cory Doctrow gave a speech at Microsoft outlining why DRM doesn't work. Worth a read. Here's hoping companies …
read moreWhat a drive
What JoDee was referring to when she said "I hope Craig gets to work before 11 am this morning" was that the traffic this morning was beyond atrocious on I-696. A steel hauler lost part of it's load on the freeway just before M-10 (The Lodge) and backed up traffic …
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