BurningbirdUpdate The Judge has issued a temporary restraining order, preventing the plants from starting, until the case is more fully argued in court. The parties will meet again in court next week. I’ll have a follow up writing next week, on both the case and the underlying issue, as well as an updated court docket with […]
update One of the new plaintiffs in the case, listed in the amended complaint, is The Foundation to Protect New Mexico’s Wildlife. It was formed by former governor Bill Richardson and Robert Redford. Well, now, this might generate some evening news coverage. — There has been a flurry of filings in the Front Range Equine Rescue et […]
I have been working on two books the last several months. Well, one is more of an interesting writing project than a book. O’Reilly has created an online writing tool and online book reader, named Atlas and Chimera, respectively. The online writing tool, Atlas, currently uses AsciiDoc to annotate the text, though I believe it is undergoing user […]
There’s a scene in Jurassic Park where the character played by Laura Dern, having just escaped being raptor kibble, sees her close friend (played by Sam Neill) in the distance. She softly shouts out through gritted teeth, “Run! Run!” She’s not telling Neill to run; she’s telling herself to run. She’s not telling Neill to […]
Kevin Poulson of Wired has published an update on the Aaron Swartz document release. Evidently the government found more documents and wanted time to review before releasing. The Judge said, “No way”, and that the government has to start releasing documents already reviewed, and provide a timetable when the rest will be released. Poulson has stated […]