“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” ~Anais Nin
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June 27, 2007 at 8:23am
by Mike I haven’t really thought of doing a podcast of my own, too many other little projects on the side right now. But it’s always good to keep up to date on the current copyright playground, if for no other reason than to feel smarter than 95% of our media and politicians!
Legal guide for Canadian [...]
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June 26, 2007 at 1:21pm
by Mike I’d love to meet anyone that has used even half of the crap Microsoft has stuffed into their latest bloated monstrosity. Between OpenOffice and Google Docs & Spreadsheets, I haven’t had to open anything in MS Office in weeks!
Word Processor: Streamlined alternatives to Microsoft Word
via Lifehacker by Wendy Boswell on Jun 23, 2007
Workplace productivity [...]
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June 26, 2007 at 1:20pm
by Mike Can’t wait until the Dreamgirl finally gets her adorably cute little hands on a decent camera… I’m hoping stuff like this will allow me to at least contribute a little to her meteoric rise to becoming the next… uhhh… <insert famous photographer here>!
Digital Photography: A goldmine of photography resources online
via Lifehacker by Wendy Boswell on [...]
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June 26, 2007 at 1:13pm
by Mike Years worth of photos. Thousands of mp3s. Gigabytes of e-mail, some actually worth keeping.
I am terrified of what it would mean if Susie (my Apple iBook) were to ever go down hard and take it all with her. I’ve got a firewire drive I’m backing things up to, “when I remember” (ie: [...]
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June 26, 2007 at 12:51pm
by Mike To prove the effectivness of viral marketing, these guys created an insanely cool video that got tons of attention. I’m not exactly sure what it proved, they weren’t selling anything other than the fact that they were able to get people’s attention for a few minutes… which in the marketing world, especially online, really [...]
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June 25, 2007 at 5:50pm
by Mike Did you remember to hug your geek?
Calendar: The best Google Calendars for geeks
via Lifehacker by Wendy Boswell on Jun 17, 2007
I told you Google Calendar’s public calendars last week; well, this week, techie site Mashable has come up with the top ten best GCal’s for that oh so charming geeky side in all of us. [...]
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June 19, 2007 at 11:54am
by Mike Won’t be long before we look back at the idea of storing files and applications on our own individual computers the way we look at having to get up off the couch to change the channel. Ubiquitous, ultra-high-speed, wireless connectivity combined with cheap, convenient dumb terminals of every shape and size, running everything off [...]
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June 18, 2007 at 2:33pm
by Mike Futility of space exploration
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on Jun 16, 2007
Cory Doctorow: Badass ninja science fiction writer Charlie Stross has just posted a killer essay on the futility of space exploration. Nutshell: it’s far and hostile, and we can’t even figure out how to live in the Gobi desert or the ocean’s [...]
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June 14, 2007 at 2:18pm
by Mike James Miller’s Cryonics Agreement
via Accelerating Future by Michael Anissimov on Jun 13, 2007
James D. Miller, an Accelerating Future reader and associate professor of economics at Smith College, just came up with a really interesting hypothetical economic agreement about cryonics, reproduced here for your convenience:
“Some people are planning to have their head frozen just after they [...]
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June 13, 2007 at 12:59pm
by Mike Fun with webcams… other than that.
Friday Fun: Turn your webcam into a photo booth with Cameroid
via Lifehacker on Jun 08, 2007
Web site Cameroid lets you play photo booth with any webcam in the comfort of your browser.
The web site is basically a web version of Mac’s PhotoBooth program, offering you different effects for [...]