Posts from — January 2004

orkut is gone, gone gone, for revision

Oh The Irony!. Friday night I was walking around somewhere west of Rock Creek (Tenleytown?) trying to get from the bus stop to Sue's house and I saw a store called “Burka's Liquors.” How ironic. It would be better, of course, if it… [Matthew Yglesias]

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most people probably don't see the problem with this, and the homonym is a stretch, but there is some irony in the combination.

The Republican Net Tax. David Deans writes about Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's interest in slapping a tax on accessing the Internet…. [Joho the Blog]

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it shouldn't be taxed, tax is already collected on it.

100 reasons abstinence is doomed [bOing bOing]

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Cory hits the nail on the head with this one.

The Tyranny of Copyright?. Is copyright law curbing our freedoms and making it harder to create anything new? This could be the first new social movement of the century. By Robert S. Boynton. [New York Times: Technology] [A blog doesn't need a clever name]

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wired pretty much said the same thing. and it is true, intellectual property law prevents certain types of innovation or at least makes that innovation much more expensive.

orkut says today is Lisbeth's birthday, to which we say happy birthday lisbeth:)

Bush down in polls. New poll: Bush sinking, Kerry surging Overall, 52 percent of those polled by NEWSWEEK say they would not like to see Bush serve a second term, compared to 44 percent who want to see him win again… [MetaFilter]

Third Installment. NYTimes | Kristof | Going Home with Hope This is the third installment on Kristof's series on freeing and taking home 2 Cambodian girls who were trafficked for prostitution. Although he admits in it that it is not always so… [Flailing in the Surf]

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hmmmm, hmmmmmmmmm, not sure that buying them out is the proper thing to do though inarguably it is effective. well in any case, this is a worthwhile read and somethign to consider.

ITU Workshop on Internet Governance. The Action Plan approved last month at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) included a request that the UN Secretary General “set up a working group on Internet governance, in an open and inclusive process…to investigate and make… [InternetPolicy.net]

“Email is where knowledge goes to die”. What a great line. (This piece by Bill French might be the original source.) Via Lilia, who reflects on asking questions in public.
[Seb's Open Research]

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or in some cases…. archived…