Amusing letter to the CEO

TorrentFreak has posted a very amusing and indeed spot-on piece build up over a letter to a software company CEO, made by a very dissatisfied business customer. The letter and the story describes so accurately the frustration caused by DRM in software. Please spend 3 minutes reading this, it’s hilarious and thought-provoking: How To Turn […]

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Pirate Bay spectrial detailed account tips

If you are really into following the ‘spectrial’ closely, I suggest you keep an eye on TorrentFreak, that blogs daily from the court room. Also, signing up to TPB-member Peter Sunde’s live-tweets is quite interesting (and funny). Naturally, also his blog is a vital source of information.

Funeral for analog tv

On a less serious note, the tech-geek inside me really enjoyed this little bit (see video below). It stars Bruce Sterling, whose book ‘Shaping Things’ I conincidentilly just picked up in Amsterdam. Check out the Boing Boing blog posting (where I found the video).

Shooting in the NY subway

All of us who has ever visited New York has sneaked into shooting a few pictures in the subway, even if it is not allowed. The setting is so compelling and each subway station has its own unique and indeed very photogenic identity that gives everyone with a camera an itchy trigger finger. However, it […]

The Pirate Bay trial update

As we hold our breath hoping that the Bit Torrent technology and ideology front line portal The Pirate Bay will not ordered to seize and desist, updates come in from all sides. A couple of select headlines: Making a “Spectrial” of it, Pirate Bay trial broadcast live – and also, the articles from the other […]

Another slick tactical media strike

I have a weak spot for the web activists do tactical media strikes in the shape of mock versions of corporate websites (classics being RTmarks fake George W. Bush website back when the bozo was running for guvernor in Texas). One of the latest succesful ones target Canon – check it out…and more out. I […]

“NamelessleTTer” – collaborative art work

Check out this collaborative art work I stumbled upon – the NamelessleTTer. The idea is to “encourage people all over the world to leave personal notes in books that are available to the public.” I’ll let the site explain itself.

Operators of the The Pirate Bay stand trial

The war rages on. Slashdot writes: “Operators of The Pirate Bay stand trial on Monday in Stockholm. The four defendants from the popular file-sharing web site are charged with being accessories to breaking copyright law and may face fines or up to two years in prison if found guilty. The four defendants have run the […]

YouTube downloads being tested using Creative Commons

Creative Commons is really bashing forward. Check out this announcement on their blog: “YouTube just made an incredibly exciting announcement: it’s testing an option that gives video owners the ability to allow downloads and share their work under Creative Commons licenses. The test is being launched with a handful of partners, including Stanford, Duke, UC […]