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I bought a new laptop. ... (continued)

In theory, it was led by a panel of four, including one woman, Laura Swisher. In reality it was dominated by the nasal, obnoxious Chris Pirillo of Lockergnome. ... (continued)

You may have heard: the SXSW Interactive conference is this week in Austin, Texas. If, like me, you can only dream of going, there is good news for you! SXSW is putting podcasts of some major presentations online. ... (continued)

You may or may not have noticed that I recently added the last three photos from my Flickr photostream to the right sidebar. When I first registered with Flickr and created a free account, a couple months ago, I wasn't... ... (continued)

The Associated Press reports today that about 13 million people signed up for the Federal Trade Commission's Do Not Call list in its first four days of operation. (About 3 million have yet to confirm their registrations.) That's 13 million... ... (continued)

"There's no excuse for anybody violating copyright laws. [...] If we can find some ways to [stop piracy] short of destroying their machines, I'd like to know what it is. But if that's the only way, then I'm all for... ... (continued)

Meg's map and Andrew's maps inspired me to make a map of my recent and upcoming travels, with the help of IndyJunior. (You'll need Flash to see it.) The dates and notes aren't showing up in the mouseovers like they're... ... (continued)

A New York Times article on blogging and hits quotes David L. Sifry, co-founder of Technorati: Linking prolifically gets links . . . It sounds counterintuitive, but by being generous with links, you're contributing a significant amount of information to... ... (continued)

Remember those? I just used one, on the third floor, Madison building, Library of Congress, by the elevators in the blue corridor—the Library's not just archiving books, it's archiving obsolete technologies. A friend from my last job collected obsolete technologies.... ... (continued)

Yesterday and this morning I attended Web-Wise 2003, "a conference on libraries and museums in the digital world." Ever the cynic about meetings, I expected it to be soporific but found it thought-provoking, and even inspiring at times. First, a... ... (continued)

Or, Get the Guv'mint Outta My Got-damn Innernet 1. From the New York Times (registration required, but it's free): "In the first criminal court test of a law intended to prevent digital piracy [the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act], a... ... (continued)

Baby-faced, bespectacled, losing his curly hair, Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive, Internet Bookmobile, International Children's Digital Library, the new Library of Alexandria, etc., etc.) is charming in a father-of-an-8-year-old way. His soft and personable exterior belies an intelligent and passionate man.... ... (continued)

Googlism for fun (see below) and MyWay for more practical reasons. robin taylor is and has been a leader in the fight for your gun rights robin taylor is hopping mad robin taylor is a web project manager and technical... ... (continued)

Another reason paper books won't be replaced by electronic ones anytime soon: . . . commercial e-books come with a checklist of permissions that were unheard of in the creaky days of pulp and ink. Depending on the book, you... ... (continued)

On the next block, right now, the Supreme Court justices are hearing arguments for the Eldred vs. Ashcroft case. Meanwhile, the Internet Bookmobile rolled into town to bring free books to children and celebrate "universal access to human knowledge." Brewster... ... (continued)

"In 1998, Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act at the behest of the recording industry, which was worried that the Internet would spawn a zillion perfect copies of their songs, none of which artists would be paid for." First... ... (continued)

This guy -- who sounds like he never read a blog before he researched his article -- seeks to exploit blogs for marketing purposes. I guess someone would think of it eventually. Thank god he makes it sound so ridiculous.... ... (continued)