Archive for June, 2005

Hollywood vs. P2P: Why the MPAA sucks

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

As most everyone is aware by now, the Supreme Court (in their supposedly infinite wisdom) has ruled that companies that make file-sharing software (formally known as P2P software; Grokster, Morpheus, BitTorrent, etc. to everyone else) can be held liable for use of their programs that promotes copyright infringement.
Personally, I think this is just another example [...]

The ‘other’ Washington memo

Sunday, June 19th, 2005

Realizing that their attempt to try and take over the world has failed, the current administration is now out to destroy it instead:

The documents show that Washington officials:

Removed all reference to the fact that climate change is a ’serious threat to human health and to ecosystems’;
Deleted any suggestion that global warming has already started;
Expunged any [...]

A minty-fresh new look

Saturday, June 18th, 2005

It’s been a while since I modified the look of the site any and I’ve been feeling up to the task… I hope the new color scheme is a little easier on the eyes. I’ve tweaked some more CSS code behind the scenes, so now the only HTML-specific code on the entire site involves the [...]

Hell hath frozen over

Saturday, June 11th, 2005

Last Monday Apple announced they were making the switch to Intel-based processors in all their computers starting in 2006; the complete transition will be done by 2007. Now as someone who’s always in the market for new toys, I’ve secretly wanted a new computer for some time — I’ve even considered the jump back to [...]

Random Updates (a.k.a. filler updates until I sit down and write a serious update)

Saturday, June 4th, 2005

IKEA likes Milwaukee - The Swedish retailer knows how many of us make the trip south to Schamburg just to visit their store and is finally planning a store here in Wisconsin. w00t!
Summerfest is coming! Maritime is playing on July 7th at 8pm — the same time that the Gin Blossoms and Death Cab for [...]