The NY Times website used to be the perfect example of what not to do with a newspaper website – put up a pay-wall to keep most users out. It’s hard to think of something more annoying than that. It goes against the basic nature of the Internet and the […]
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This found via Michael Geist and Bob Lefsetz: “There’s no one in the record industry that’s a technologist,” Morris explains. “That’s a misconception writers make all the time, that the record industry missed this. They didn’t. They just didn’t know what to do. It’s like if you were suddenly asked […]
Yeah. I was pretty much flipping out when I saw this. (If the video doesn’t appear, you can watch it on YouTube). More pictures and video available here. This guy is my new hero. If only I could recycle my old laptop in such style…
I’ve volunteered to perform at the Toronto Protest in support Robert Dziekanski at Queen’s Park and have been asked to play around 1:00pm tomorrow. Check out the website and the Facebook group for more information, or see the CBC story on YouTube (part 1, part 2). It’s really terrible what […]
Did you know that when you’re viewing mail in your Gmail account you’re not using a secure connection by default? That means that anyone who’s sniffing traffic on your network can intercept your packets and essentially read your email or, worse yet, steal your session (ie. login to Gmail as […]
A message from Glassescrafter.com While you might not want to buy glasses online there are some aspects of online glasses shopping that are helpful. Not only can you find designer glasses that not all optometrists offer amongst their glasses varieties, you can find international styles of glasses frames online as […]
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I’ve been meaning to make a post on some economic ideas I’ve been reading about, namely the contrast between the economics of scarcity and the economics of abundance. I’ll get to it soon, but let this post serve as a precursor in the meantime. Gene Simmons is a funny guy, […]
I’ve ranted before about why I don’t use MySpace, but I admit there have been times when I’ve been tempted. You can get much better technical services through hosting your music elsewhere, but the community exists on MySpace. There’s no social networking aspect to hosting your own website. But the […]