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Burningbird

On a lighter note

I have a post coming later on a lovely walk I had yesterday. With photos, of course. In the meantime, I think I’ve made my last, my absolute last, tweak of the design for Burningbird. I’ve lightened the blockquote colors, and added a graphic at the end of the content column in the main page. […]

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Copyright

Debate on DRM

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Doc Searls points to a weblog post by the Guardian Unlimited’s Lloyd Shepherd on DRM and says it’s one of the most depressing things he’s read. Shepherd wrote: I’m not going to pick a fight with the Cory Doctorows of the world because they’re far more informed and cleverer than me, but let’s […]

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Media

Three Quarks

Knowing my interest in New Orleans and the history of the area, a friend sent me a link to a thoughtful, intelligent, and well written alternative approach to rebuilding the city: Rethinking, Then Rebuilding New Orleans by Richard Spark. I’ll return to this writing later in an essay on this subject I’m currently writing, but today I […]

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Technology

WMF Patch

Microsoft has released a patch for the WMF bug ahead of schedule. Per Ken Camp: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-001 Vulnerability in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (912919) Published: January 5, 2006 Version: 1.0 Summary Who should read this document: Customers who use Microsoft Windows Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution Maximum Severity Rating: […]

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Connecting Diversity

Ends

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Kevin Marks: I’ve said before that the net is large, and contains multitudes, and thus what you find in it is what you look for. Like Caliban, raging at your reflection is counterproductive. Dave Rogers finds hierarchies. David Weinberger finds collaborators. Shelley Powers finds, er, something that she disapproves of. Yup, that’s the […]