links for 2007-03-16
Slashdot | NPR Takes First Step To Fight Internet Royalties
/me sighs
let’s hope this works
(tags: npr crb royalties radio)
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links for 2007-03-14
Pandora: RIAA’s new royalty rates will kill online radio
I think this is actually related to repeated attempts to kill NPR funding. There is on the right a common perception that for-profit enterprise is the only way to get anything done, and there’s a heavy bias towards enterprises that already have a lot of m
(tags: art [...]
links for 2007-03-13
pvc kayak: step 6: sailing away
off to Jordan we go!
(tags: diy howto kayak)
Why Should I Care What Color the Bikeshed Is?
try .bikeshed.com. Isn’t that fun?
(tags: project management)
How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People (And You Can Too) - Google Video
this is where the bikeshed link came from
(tags: howto management opensource project)
links for 2007-03-10
Bling H2o | More than a pretty taste
rofl
(tags: marketing branding water)
University of Florida News - Study: Abandoning net neutrality discourages improvements in service
via slashdot
(tags: internet research net neutrality)
links for 2007-03-09
Alan Kay on Engelbart, OLPC, and the demise of the Operating System at Hacker Friendly
(tags: engelbart olpc)
The 2001 Daftas Best Spoof Disclaimer | The Register
the register being actually useful
(tags: parody disclaimer)
accessible critical theory: Barbie and fair use
So, I haven’t gotten much further in the book and already I have an example (not from the book) of accessible critical theory from this site about Barbie:
In terms of profit, the image of Barbie is owned. But in terms of conversation is it possible that the image of Barbie is “owned” by [...]
Benkler’s near-impossible sentence
From chapter 8 of Wealth of Networks:
Liberal political theory needs a theory of culture and agency that is viscous enough to matter normatively, but loose enough to give its core foci - the individual and the political system - room to be effective independently, not as a mere expression or extension of culture.
Let’s see if [...]
links for 2007-03-08
“Before this is over, you might see calls for his impeachment.” Esquire.com
A Republican!
(tags: bush impeachment)
U.S. attorney scandal update: Who’s to blame for those alarming Patriot Act revisions? - By Dahlia Lithwick - Slate Magazine
(tags: politics doj)
links for 2007-03-07
BBC NEWS | Americas | White House official Libby guilty
(tags: bush politics scandal libby)
FCC chairman at UNC: more notes
On media consolidation: he admitted that policy changes in the recent past have been a “challenge” and will present further challenges. He said that there will be 6 public hearings and $100,000+ spent on studies [That doesn't sound like much, does it? That's what? Salary for two researchers and office space?]. I’ll have to look [...]
