Somebody wandered by the ibiblio office to take our picture for a press release earlier today, and I look ridiculous in it:
Sheesh! I wish she’d taken a few more shots. I definitely wasn’t ready for that one.
Seriously though: it’s an honor to be a part of the team that keeps ibiblio running, and [...]
How To: The Ultimate Consumerist Guide To Fighting Back (Revised Edition)
a one-stop-stop for figuring out what you need to do to start a customer complaint, or how to escalate a stalled one so that it can be resolved.
(tags: consumerist consumer howto advice support)
ENIAC Programmers Project - Overview
Did you know, sixty years ago, six young women [...]
I recorded Bob Young’s talk earlier today with my Zoom H2. I’ve now posted the audio as an mp3 file (73 MB). The video should follow in the coming days.
Enjoy!
Apple - iPod touch - Gallery - TV Ads
what? quit looking at me like that. I am NOT looking guilty.
(tags: apple ipod)
FBI forces false confession out of man - Boing Boing
FBI agent threatens that man’s family will be tortured in Egypt. Man confesses, ultimately spending a month in jail before airline pilot shows up at hotel asking for radio left in man’s room back. Whoops! Lawsuits ensue.
(tags: FBI police law coercion)
ProPublica - Journalism in the Public [...]
Vista Vs. Gutsy Gibbon
A distro like Ubuntu is more like a VW Golf TDI that can transform into a panel van or 18 wheeler when necessary. It’s obviously superior in every way, but people complain about stupid stuff like gas stations that don’t sell diesel and how hard it is to g
(tags: /. analogy ubuntu [...]
Looks like I got clearance. The song is in the public domain and the two musicians are happy to share this version of “Sail Away Ladies” under a Creative Commons License. The two musicians are Jason “Jaso” Phillips (fiddle) and David Cranford (banjo), seen below holding their instruments.
Thanks guys! I look forward to coming out [...]
I was out in the Pit about an hour ago to get a snack from the Daily Grind. There were two guys standing on the steps leading up to a side (staff) entrance for the Undergrad Library. One had a banjo, the other a fiddle. I’ll post a full mp3 of Sail Away if I [...]
YouTube - Bike Thief
rofl
(tags: culture security psychology video newyork bicycle)
YouTube - Bike Messengers Are on Crack
saw this ages ago, came up on /. today.
(tags: bicycle newyork video)
Glenn Greenwald - Political Blogs and Opinions - Salon
AT&T violated multiple federal laws by providing (without warrants) unfettered access for the Bush administration to all telephone and Internet data [...]
Pam’s House Blend:: NC: Out gay Dem runs to unseat Elizabeth Dole in U.S. Senate
It’s okay if churches want to unite same-sex couples; it’s okay if they don’t. That’s their Constitutional right which I support 100%. But when it comes to the Government, I’m not in favor of any laws that discriminate against anyone for [...]
