Six Apart has announced a new, very pricey, licensing scheme for Movable Type. There&8217;s still a free version that seems...- May 14, 2004 Six Apart has announced a new, very pricey, licensing scheme for Movable Type. There&8217;s still a free version that seems like it should meet most individual bloggers&8217; needs but the Trackback comments appear to be almost entirely negative. I wouldn&8217;t be suprised if Six Apart has to significantly modify the terms to prevent a mass exodus. I&8217;ll be switching to WordPress this weekend since I&8217;ve been looking for an open source tool anyway.http://plasticboy.com/archives/002343.php I listened to yesterday&8217;s hearing on the DMCRA and it was very interesting. Jack Valenti said he opposes the bill...- May 13, 2004 I listened to yesterday&8217;s hearing on the DMCRA and it was very interesting. Jack Valenti said he opposes the bill because it &8220;legalizes hacking&8221;. Is hacking illegal I guess I better find a new line of work, then.http://plasticboy.com/archives/002340.php Researchers designed games to boost your self-esteem. The link in the article doesn&8217;t work, the games are here....- May 12, 2004 Researchers designed games to boost your self-esteem. The link in the article doesn&8217;t work, the games are here.http://plasticboy.com/archives/002334.php The album of the week is just an EP, They Might Be Giant&8217;s Indestructible Object. But since the first song...- May 10, 2004 The album of the week is just an EP, They Might Be Giant&8217;s Indestructible Object. But since the first song takes a page from The Postal Service, I&8217;ll post that as well.http://plasticboy.com/archives/002326.php Here&8217;s another piece of important legislation. Representatives Rick Boucher and John Doolittle re-introduced the Digital Media Consumers&8217; Ri- May 9, 2004 Here&8217;s another piece of important legislation. Representatives Rick Boucher and John Doolittle re-introduced the Digital Media Consumers&8217; Rights Act (DMCRA, H.R. 107), which would enact labeling requirements for usage-impaired &8220;copy-protected&8221; compact discs, as well as several amendments to 1998&8217;s infamous Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Use your voice to protect your digital fair use rights! After several years on legislative defense, this is your...http://plasticboy.com/archives/002323.php Great Slate piece on whether Bush is really stupid. George W. Bush has governed, for the most part, the way...- May 8, 2004 Great Slate piece on whether Bush is really stupid. George W. Bush has governed, for the most part, the way any airhead might, undermining the fiscal condition of the nation, squandering the goodwill of the world after Sept. 11, and allowing huge problems (global warming, entitlement spending, AIDS) to metastasize toward catastrophe through a combination of ideology, incomprehension, and indifference. If Bush isn&8217;t exactly the moron he sounds, his synaptic misfirings offer a plausible...http://plasticboy.com/archives/002322.php Newsweek&8217;s Stephen Levy puts his finger on the insanity of the current legal music download offerings. This is crazy. Online...- May 8, 2004 Newsweek&8217;s Stephen Levy puts his finger on the insanity of the current legal music download offerings. This is crazy. Online prices should always be much lower than physical CDs. The economics of downloading favor high volume. CDs have to be pressed, warehoused and shipped, but in the online world, you transmit a file to the vendor and just collect money. When a super popular artist like Norah Jones emerges, forget about convincing a hundred thousand people to download it at $13-get a...http://plasticboy.com/archives/002321.php Designs on the White House is a contest to design the best anti-Bush and pro-Kerry t-shirts. The all-star panel of...- May 6, 2004 Designs on the White House is a contest to design the best anti-Bush and pro-Kerry t-shirts. The all-star panel of judges includes Margaret Cho, Al Franken, Moby, and Joe Trippi.http://plasticboy.com/archives/002318.php Oppose the Piracy Deterrence and Education Act! You may not agree with the recording industry&8217;s war on file sharing, but...- May 6, 2004 Oppose the Piracy Deterrence and Education Act! You may not agree with the recording industry&8217;s war on file sharing, but under the Piracy Deterrence and Education Act (PDEA, HR 4077), you&8217;d still have to pay for it. The PDEA would create the first criminal copyright penalties for people who aren&8217;t engaged in willful criminal conduct. Under the law&8217;s murky &8220;negligence&8221; standard, a person with 1,000 legally obtained songs could be sent to jail for three years if...http://plasticboy.com/archives/002316.php Acts of Volition has a nice article on the new focus on interface design in open source software. It seems...- May 5, 2004 Acts of Volition has a nice article on the new focus on interface design in open source software. It seems like GNOME has really taken the lead here with principles like preference simplicity and instant apply and with exciting new developments like Dashboard.http://plasticboy.com/archives/002311.php |