MyBlogLog - waigs : New in my neighborhood

mark90 posted a blog entry

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:07:00 -0800

Pub fined £8K after user infringes copyright with its WiFi
A British pub has been fined £8,000 because someone using the WiFi there allegedly committed a copyright infringement....
submitted by mark90

mark90 posted a blog entry

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:02:58 -0800

DRM versus innovation
Here's a superb essay on the other DRM problem -- DRM isn't only bad for fair use, it's also a disaster for innovation,...
submitted by mark90

mark90 posted a blog entry

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:24:30 -0800

Boing Boing Gift Guide 2009: nonfiction! (part 4/6)
Mark and I have rounded up some of our favorite items from our 2009 Boing Boing reviews for the second-annual Boing Boing gift...
submitted by mark90

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:00:27 -0800

It’s Not Easy Being Popular. 77 Percent Of Facebook Fan Pages Have Under 1,000 Fans
In this age of instant Internet celebrity, anyone can become famous for 15 seconds (to rework Andy Warhol's oft-quoted...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:53:13 -0800

eBay Maps Out Black Friday Online Transactions
While Black Friday has long been a popular phenomenon for brick and mortar stores, the deal frenzy has been extending to...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:35:29 -0800

Video Professor Tries To Bully Washington Post, Fails
Video Professor continues to be angry that I called them a scam in my original Scamville post. They've gotten nowhere reaching...
submitted by michael Arrington

mark90 posted a blog entry

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:46:22 -0800

Canadian border guards want to be sure that foreign journalists don't criticise Vancouver Olympics
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's As It Happens radio show covers the story of Amy Goodman's recent' border crossing...
submitted by mark90

mark90 posted a blog entry

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:07:31 -0800

Tweets while in furlough land screenwriter Roger Avary (Pulp Fiction) back in regular old jail
The web has been buzzing with the odd discovery that Pulp Fiction co-screenwriter Roger Avary was apparently tweeting while...
submitted by mark90

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:43:37 -0800

In The Age Of Realtime, Twitter Is Walter Cronkite
The year is 1963. It's November. At 1:40 PM ET, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite comes on the air. "In Dallas, Texas, three...
submitted by michael Arrington

John Chow posted a blog entry

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:25:44 -0800

Buzzing Around with LogoBee Logo Designs
Whether you are starting out with a new blog or you are opening a brick-and-mortar building supplies store, branding will be...
submitted by John Chow

John Chow posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:37:49 -0800

The John Chow dot Com Custom Poker Table
I thought I would post a few photos of my new custom made John Chow dot Com poker table. I actually had the table for a week...
submitted by John Chow

mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:18:27 -0800

Cancer drug may treat diabetes
I've posted before about my brother Mark Pescovitz's fine art photography. In his spare time, Mark is a transplant surgeon...
submitted by mark90

mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:39:58 -0800

Stop, or I'll shout stop again!
British legislators have created new crimes at a rate of one a day since 1997....
submitted by mark90

lifehacker posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0800

How to Fix Your Relatives' Terrible Computer [Tech Support]
Drop your bags, grab a drink, and grab the XP CD—it's time for the holiday ritual of fixing up your relatives'...
submitted by lifehacker

lifehacker posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:30:00 -0800

Firefox 3.6 Beta 4 Available with Many Fixes [Downloads]
Windows/Mac/Linux: Nobody told Mozilla's developers it's a day off. They've just pushed out a fourth beta of Firefox 3.6,...
submitted by lifehacker

John Chow posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:41:19 -0800

Buying Valuable Backlinks from BacklinkBuild
Do you feel like you’re doing all the right things for the purposes of search engine optimization but your efforts are...
submitted by John Chow

mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:16:16 -0800

A Mental_Floss Thanksgiving
Two bits of lighthearted holiday history from my old friends at mental_floss. About The Presidential Turkey Pardon The first...
submitted by mark90

lifehacker posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0800

Gadget and Gear Deals of the Day: Black Friday Edition [Dealhacker]
What's the most dealtastic day of the whole year? Black Friday, of course. Come on in for some deep-dish regular deals and...
submitted by lifehacker

mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:23:45 -0800

On the claimed prices of cellphones
Cellular carriers claim that their contracts offset heavy subsidies on handsets. They claim they'd love to sell phones...
submitted by mark90

mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:52:39 -0800

Thanksgiving Maskers
A photograph from the Library of Congress collection in the Flickr Commons. Thanksgiving Maskers, what the heck's that, you...
submitted by mark90

mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:15:18 -0800

William S. Burroughs: A Thanksgiving Prayer

submitted by mark90

mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:36:50 -0800

Boing Boing Gift Guide 2009: media! (part 2/6)
Mark and I have rounded up some of our favorite items from our 2009 Boing Boing reviews for the second-annual Boing Boing gift...
submitted by mark90

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:18:10 -0800

Corel Buys Out Corel
Apologies for the confusing headline, but I couldn't resist. This morning, long-time software maker Corel Corporation turned...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:21:48 -0800

DFJ-Backed Clixtr Marries Photos With Location, Launches Website
Clixtr, a startup that first presented itself to a wide audience at this year's TechCrunch50 Conference (our take), kicked...
submitted by michael Arrington

michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:06:21 -0800

Microsoft’s Dance With Newspapers Continues
We've been doing some more digging on the definitive moves by Microsoft to woo newspapers over to Bing and away from Google, a...
submitted by michael Arrington