For the past week and a half I’ve been living on the meekest of funds, while sitting there in my nightstand were two containers filled with silver and copper salvation. I did what I could to stay away from the rainy day change jar funds, but today I broke down and cashed in all [...]
Yesterday the revised plans for the Freedom Tower were released. Looking much closer in design to the original Twin Towers, I gotta say I do like it. The way the sides are angled kind of reminds be of the TransAmerica building in San Francisco, so it has some additional character. Of course, [...]
The highest court in the land has been on a tear the past week or so. This time they’ve come down hard on Grokster and peer-to-peer file sharing, ruling that the networks can be held liable for users’ illegal file trading:
“We hold that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its [...]
Some more tech and media related legislation is making the rounds rounds through congress. John McCain and Frank Lautenberg have drafted a bill to allow communities to set up municipal WiFi networks (also here), which of course the broadband providers would rather not happen. To quote:
“Many of the countries outpacing the United States [...]
This past Saturday night I got the chance to hang out with my old bosses from the Answerspace (er, Monetaire) days, Christian and David, along with some of David’s crew. I’ve talked with both many times over the years and have hung out with David on more than one occasion, but this was the [...]