December 2009
Proposed mandatory copyright exceptions for the blind laughably described as “thin end of the wedge.” http://j.mp/5VpUA8
RT @samfarrow: Success is happiness with context. #notalifecoach
Man attacked with chainsaw while sitting on his lawn http://j.mp/4P0SX9 Sam Raimi, you have a lot to answer for…
RT @archlinux: kernel 2.6.32 series moved to the [core] repository http://is.gd/5FRTe
William Patry’s ‘Moral Panics & the Copyright Wars’ is a compelling, if ocassionally stolid, read. Thanks @RichardHulse for the loan…
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“Far from being innovative, the copyright industries have been stagnating for...”
– William Patry, Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars, p. 173 my emphasis…
At the same time the industry was enjoying it’s most profitable year ever.
Strangely lovely images of deserts seen from space http://j.mp/6NPDFl
Bronwyn Holloway-Smith’s RepRap objects are conceptually and aesthetically sublime http://bronwyn.co.nz/projects/gifts.html
To all those people still coding in java: please stop. IMMEDIATELY…
You NEED to follow @LRBpersonals - The octopus one got me http://j.mp/7pBJjn
“The DMCA is the C21 equivalent of letting copyright owners put a chastity belt on someone else’s wife,” William Patry.
The C Book →
“the book will assume that its readers have already done battle with the notions of statements, variables, conditional execution, arrays, procedures (or subroutines) and so on. Instead of wasting your time by ploughing through tedious descriptions of how to add two numbers together and explaining that the symbol for multiplication is *, the book concentrates on the things that are special to...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
William Parker Trio (16)
Sonny Sharrock (15)
John Coltrane (14)
Lester Bowie (11)
Stevie Wonder (8)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
This R/WW “analysis” of music & copyright parrots the myths of “piracy” & “theft” http://j.mp/6D2EV9 Some rigour, please…
“The business of copyright is not businesses who own copyright, but the public.” William Patry in ‘Moral Panics & the Copyright Wars’
RT @iketches: Summing up the 00s: out of the dotcom rubble some people figured their was value in letting people talk back to a web browser.
The Woodnotes Guide to the Mutt Email Client →
Comprehensive guide to setting up Mutt…
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Changing keybindings in Vifm
Vifm is a ncurses based file manager with vi-like keybindings; it gives you complete keyboard control over your files without having to learn a new set of commands.
The only drawback, for me, is that as of the current version (0.5-1) you can’t map keys. While the developer has indicated it is on the todo list, he also flagged that it is some way off. If, like me, you
map : ;
in Vim,...
How artificial intelligence mimics the human brain... →
Intelligent applications and how they utilize cognitive processes…
Recompiled Vifm with custom key mapping: off to bed a satisfied hacker…
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“This argument (that copyright infringement is piracy) has indeed a captivating...”
– William Patry, quoting Justice Yates, in Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars, p.81.
Geopolitical analysis: “In short, we live in a Thomas Pynchon novel.” http://j.mp/5NQcxK I wish…
Sacred AND profane RT @harpers: MR. FISH—A Cartoon http://bit.ly/5LzLF2
In the words of Malcolm Tucker, Merry Fscking Christmas…
Thanks @womadnz for The Skatalites CD: cueing it up now…
The Necks →
Great slideshow of The Necks live…
Add Flickr to the list of “social” sites that don’t let users export “their” data. Smells sort of, desperate…
RT @DedRyzing: @usr_local After nuclear war, there’ll only be cockroaches, twinkies and ArchLinux…
The very end of the long tail: someone just favourited my latest screenshot http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonwryan/4204373698/
The best movie posters of the decade? http://j.mp/8X9vVN I would have included Caché…
A public broadcaster trying to implement DRM (on the sly)? http://j.mp/91bCCE Shame on the BBC #closedgovt
Daring Fireball’s pithy fisking of the Google ‘Open’ post is a delight http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/12/22/open
Last.fm has a ‘Manage Your Data’ page - only problem is there is no ‘export’ option. Seems it is not actually your data…
RT @RichardHulse: How Programming Language Fanboys See Each Others’ Languages: http://tr.im/IiPF
Reading tech bloggers ‘reviews’ of Avatar is like watching puppies: clueless, but enthusiastic…
Now scrobbling to Libre.fm http://alpha.libre.fm/user/jasonwryan
Why Duke Nukem Forever never shipped http://j.mp/6Zqx7x Victims of their own success…
New browser: the marvellously named Vimprobable http://www.yllr.net/vimprobable/
WordPress 2.9 looks quite good; but an image editing tool? #bloat
An interview with Jonathan Lethem http://j.mp/7j4qzk who has a new novel out. w00t!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
John Coltrane (18)
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics (8)
Stevie Wonder (2)
The Strange Parcels (2)
Spearhead (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial - A Beginner's... →
Another good intro to bash scripting…
This UK govt data loss story redeemed beautifully by the closing para http://j.mp/5yVxGF
This is heartwarming: Rage Against the Machine is the UK Xmas chart topper http://j.mp/57wsYq Buy one for your nanna…
Here’s a thought: why don’t we all agree that the world doesn’t end on Thursday night & just R-E-L-A-X?
Bash Guide for Beginners →
Good intro to bash scripting…