The latest Nine Inch Nails album has been released under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license (via Lessig). While the license isn’t quite free as in freedom, it’s a huge step forward; it allows sharing (copying, distribution, performance) and remixing, though only for non-commercial purposes. Reznor, now label-free, released the album […]
Blaise Alleyne
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I’ve received a few (annoying) links to offermanage.com (don’t go there) from random contacts on my msn list who I haven’t had an msn conversation with in years. First sign of trouble. Here’s a second sign. Quick piece of advice: don’t click on unsolicited links you get on msn, and […]
Jared Alleyne is hilarious. (Read more…)
Google Talk launched a new service today called chatback (found via Garett). It enables Google Talk users to post a badge to their website or blog, which allows visitors to open a conversation with them. Visitors need not have a Google Talk account, and all badges can be disabled in […]
I’ve been setting up a few old ThinkPads (a 240 and an iSeries model from the same era) with Fluxbuntu to give them new life and replace the ever aging and useless Windows 98 they were running. I looked into Damn Small Linux and other such distributions optimized for minimal […]
Bob Lefsetz thinks that MTV is responsible for Barrack Obama’s success. Maybe “thinks” is the wrong word. The outlet has featured a rainbow of human beings. Of all ethnicities. Not only black, but brown and multiracial… I won’t say those under thirty five are without prejudice. But I will say […]
My girlfriend captured this video at the Improv Everywhere inspired (Toronto chapter) event at the Eaton Centre earlier today. My brother and I were frozen down the hall, but the large concentration of people were at the main fountain were the video was filmed. Notice how people gathered all along […]
Boycott? I’m down. The proprietary software company Trend Micro has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Barracuda Systems. They claim that Barracuda is violating their patent by distributing the free software antivirus program ClamAV. Pamela Jones of Groklaw writes: I think it’s another attempt to attack the FOSS development model […]
It’s 4am and I’ve already made several posts tonight. Maybe I’m just overtired, but Masnick has got me roaring with laughter: Late Sunday a new rumor arose: Yahoo! might try to keep Microsoft away by merging with AOL. That seems sort of like trying to keep a wild animal from […]