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iTunes Music (Non-)Availability
Seeing this really annoys me. I thought in the age of the long tail (challenges notwithstanding) we were beyond antique distribution limitations like this. I know some of it has to do with legal issues. It’s still very disappointing to see.
An Error in Metamagical Themas
Douglas Hofstadter’s Metamagical Themas: Questing For The Essence Of Mind And Pattern has been one of my favorite compilations for most of my life. It’s been a mind-expanding read for me on numerous occasions since I was fifteen. Recently, my girlfriend and I were going reading through one of the word-play submissions by Howard Bergerson and [...]
Freebies are Good
My girlfriend and I shop at the Whole Foods headquarters in downtown Austin, usually a couple of times a week. Today we had our goods on the conveyor when my girlfriend ran off. Right after I finished paying, she came back with an açaí sorbet and said she had to try it. “Then it’s on us,” said the [...]
Presidential Candidates using LinkedIn?
I was on my profile page on LinkedIn recently, and I saw this:
The Why of Trolls
That’s something that’s hard for me to grasp. The New York Times has an illuminating article on internet trolls, as noted by Jon Lebkowsky and others.
Gaming IMDB – The stupidity of crowds?
A CNET blog post by Harrison Hoffman reported on the efforts by fans to elevate the new Batman film The Dark Night to the number one position on IMDB‘s list of the top 250 films of all time. Hoffman uses this and the Digg HD/DVD key incident (discussed by Clay Shirky in Here Comes Everybody) as examples of the [...]
Norton Safe Web beta is live!
Finally, we’ve released Norton Safe Web in beta form. Ars Technica is one of the first to cover it. Norton Safe Web is a site safety and reputation service from Symantec. There’s a browser toolbar and an associated website that provides more information and hosts an online community centered around site safety. Be sure to [...]
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When Fortune comes, seize her firmly at the forelock, for I tell you, she is bald at the back. — Leonardo da Vinci