I’m probably way behind on this, but I finally got around to giving the BitTorrent P2P client a try, and so far it’s been awesome. Simply install the program, download a .torrent file, and wait… Definately a new bit of technology I think we’ll be seeing more of in the future.
Noam Chomsky’s blog, Turning the Tide, is getting a lot of blog coverage these days, despite only having a few entries. Turning the Tide will include brief comments on diverse topics of concern in our time. Sometimes they originate from the ZNet Sustainer Forum System where Noam interacts through a forum of his own, sometimes […]
Standford University professor and internet copyright guru Lawrence Lessig has released a new book, Free Culture, which he is making available to the public for free. Download it:pdf other e-book formats I’ve also mirrored Free Culture in HTML form here.
Found this on Business 2.0’s Hits & Misses CNN and MSNBC have gotten used to losing to Fox News. But during the Democratic primaries, an unexpected foe stole the ratings crown from all three. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, a mock news program airing on Viacom’s (VIA) Comedy Central, attracted more viewers at 11 p.m. […]
Downhill Battle, the people who brought you the Grey Tuesday online protest against the music industry, have a new project called Banned Music. The project aims to publicize censorship attempts by record labels and make the music available for download. On at least one occasion, publicizing censorship attempts has led to the retraction of […]
Royal Philips Electronics, Sony Corporation and E Ink Corporation announced today the world’s first consumer application of an electronic paper display module in Sony’s new e-Book reader, LIBRI�, scheduled to go on sale in Japan in late April.
The Slate has this interesting article on the science behind the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Tonight I was fortunate enough to catch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the new movie written by Charlie Kaufman (of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich fame) and directed by one of my recent favorites, Michel Gondry, someone best known for his clever, creative directorial work in music videos. Without giving too much away, the […]
Artist Brandon Bird, known for his Law and Order coloring book, has a bunch of great paintings on his site. Personal favorites: Michael Landon holding a squid (titled “Anguish”), Abraham Lincoln as a cage wrestler (titled “King of the Cage”), and a T-Rex, Sperm Whale, and a giant squid fighting (titled Bad Day on the […]
