Aside from the business model of claiming ownership of all culture and then leasing that culture back to us, Big Media has another evil business model: sell-again. Sell-Again is different from the term “resale”. “Resale” is the implication that when you purchase a thing, you then have the right to sell that thing to someone [...]

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When I was a kid in elementary school i became preoccupied with the first decade of the twenty-first century. Specifically I was intrigued by the notation that would be used. I remember “testing” date notions on a peace of paper, writing out 1/30/1, 1/30/01, and 1/30/2001 to see which looked better. I also made several [...]

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There is a side effect of bad IP laws which is just now coming to light. It has to do with the perception of law in general and the governments which create and enforce those laws. One of my favorite quotes comes from the writing of St Augustine: “an unjust law is no law at [...]

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The rush to the “scoop” and the “wall-to-wall” “24/7″ coverage of events have driven all news cable channels, news website, blogs and Twitter into a place of prominence. When we “need to know”, we turn on the tv or go online for our daily 15 or 20 minutes of pre-sorted bite sized news snacks. When [...]

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I spent a few hours yesterday in a Bookstore and it made me very sad. Now, I love books, and by extension Bookstores and Libraries. The women I have loved in my life have been bibliophiles and the walls of my home are adorned with packed bookshelves. As a child I would visit the Davis [...]

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I moved my  55+ domains to Name.com from Godaddy last year and for the most part have been happy with Name.com’s service.  However today I noticed something that absolutely outraged me. I’ve taken steps to correct the problem, but the fact that something like this was turned on by default causes me to seriously question [...]

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I love my iPhone, unlike so many devices I’ve had in the past, it just simply works. I do have some nit-picky things about the iPhone that annoy me, but overall it’s been the best mobile experience I’ve ever had. However, resent submissions by AT&T to the US Intellectual Properly Czar, and email from Apple [...]

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