Monthly Archives: July 2002

HP uses the Digital Millenium Copyright Act to Hide Security Problems I didn’t think it could get even more idiotic than the Disney/RIAA shenannigans, but yes, Hewlett-Packhard has managed to wrench copyright to even new, more disgusting levels of idiocy. … Continue reading →

Meg Hourihan, one of the creators of Blogger, and the author of Megnut, wrote on essay for O’Reilly Network on “What We’re Doing When We Blog.” Meg makes a number of intelligent, accurate observations about the nature of web logs, … Continue reading →

I mentioned that the Oxford English Dictionary created an entry for the lemma “blog.” Now William Safire in the New York Times has a bit on the word “blog, though his is at best a folk etymology. Still, it does … Continue reading →

I’ve already ranted about copyright, but it’s time to rant some more. I’m perfectly willing to pay for a product I want, but there need to be some changes to the way recordings, especially digital recordings, are sold. We need … Continue reading →

Well it’s tomorrow, and yeah, it’s going to be streamed. What do I think will be announced? I certainly hope there’s a lot of attention paid to QuickTime 6, the free Streaming Server, the free Broadcast Server, and Jaguar. I … Continue reading →