Category: Random Thought

Vote Early, Vote Often… Dan Gillmor [via Dan Gillmor’s eJournal]reports that the EFF is taking an agressive court tactic to try to keep Diebold, “a company that sells disturbingly flawed electronic voting machines”  from blocking (via cease and desist orders) student websites which are posting Diebold’s internal documents that have leaked. The documents in question allege…

Is there anywhere in America you can’t “Find Nemo”? In every circular in this weekend’s Sunday Paper from Best Buy to Circuit City to CVS, Nemo was on every damn page. On many websites, Nemo or his shark friend are animated and popping off the screen. I liked the movie. I even pre-ordered it for…

I’ve been looking for a legal way to get lots of music from the online world. After reviewing my options, I’m beginning to think that buying CDs is probably a more straightforward way to obtain music at the right price. At least when I buy a CD, I understand, or I think I understand my…

Today, Dr. Hans Zarkoff, formerly of NASA, annouced that the recent sunspot activity was due to the actions of the extremist group linked to Al-Queda. “I believe that Muslims Insurgent Network Government, (MING), is responsible. They are taking orders directly from Mr. Osama’s Network of Genuine Opposition (MONGO)” said Zarkoff. Tom Ridge, Director of Homeland…

I was over at the NYU campus and got a chance to stop in for coffee with Jay Rosen. I was as impressed in person as on his blog. He’s pretty much the same person – a sign of a good blogger. People like Doc, David, Kevin, Mitch, and a whole list of others are…