BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. According to Dan Gillmor, the concepts and technology behind Napster are continuing despite the recent resignations and layoffs at the company. In particular, Gillmor references new organizations and technologies being introduced at the O’Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference this week, including Creative Commons — a non-profit organization dedicated to “…the notion that some people would prefer […]
There’s been considerable discussion throughout the weblogging community about a Pro-Israeli peace rally held at SFSU earlier this month. According to a letter by Professor Laurie Zoloth, Jewish Studies Program Director, a group of pro-Palestinian counter-protestors caused a riot or near-riot at the Rally, physically threatening the Rally members, as well as saying things such as “Hitler didn’t finish the job” […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Due to problems at provider, my DSL connection was choked down to sub-modem speeds. Painful. And basically unworkable with Movable Type — all those buttons… Thankfully, back to working speed today. Yesterday, I was sitting in my favorite chair, listening to music and typing into my laptop when the door […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Just had an earthquake — my first San Francisco earthquake. Strange experience! Not a biggie — but shook the apartment. I’ve never been through one of the Seattle quakes, so this was my first earthquake. The ground does roll, doesn’t it? more on the quake at USGS and SF Gate. Update — I was the […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. At first I thought the Weblog Foundation was a joke, but additional reading showed me that, no, this guy’s serious. And so are the people who’ve been responding to the suggestion. A Foundation that will do, among other things: Provide honorariums for deserving webloggers Provide hardware and software to support webloggers Provide […]