January 28, 2012

Holy Hell Is Starting With ACTA

I am becoming quite the activist (or that dude who yells a lot from the back of the room) when it comes to online threats.

Apparently, one of the dudes in charge of ACTA walked off the job today and denounced the whole thing…

January 23, 2012

The Walking Dead is Funny (Second Season Trailer)

I don’t know if you like the direction they are taking it but I love it. Snicker.

Pirates… Arrrrr!

Pirates laugh and scoff at your attempts to quell their numbers. Of course, that may be only in the movies.Mike Loukides originally shared this post:New post on O’Reilly Radar: On pirates and piracy. (Already made it to + in a couple of streams, but I may as well add it to my own). http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/01/on-pirates-and-piracy.htmlOn pirates and piracy - O’Reilly RadarMike Loukides:

This is a great conversation about what piracy is. He points out that the real pirates are the media companies that would love nothing more than to crush the Internet and control it like they have tried to do for years - ever since the creation of the VCR.

January 21, 2012
January 20, 2012

Finally, Something Positive About the SOPA Debate

Die, SOPA, DIE! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16655272Congress halts anti-piracy billsThe US House of Representatives and Senate postpone two anti-online piracy bills, Pipa and Sopa, days after widespread web protests.

Yay! There may be some REAL debate about how to protect intellectual property and not destroy the Internet in the process in the name of over-zealous copyright crazies.

January 18, 2012
January 17, 2012

Episode 42 - SOPA and Delayed Knee Replacement Christmas

There has been some talk about the holidays being over and I think it is not true. My dad had a knee replacement and I learned about the value of doing things slowly for a change.

January 16, 2012

@bcferries has a lot of unhappy people w/o a buffet to appease them.

Why build a large vessel without a buffet. This Sitka idea is an epic fail. I counted over 40 people walking to the back of the ship to wander back out when they found no buffet. I also note that I had two discussions about how the quality of the food on the ferry system has degraded since last year. It is horrible. Both of the discussions started:

“When did you come over?” “On Friday.”

“Did you eat in the buffet?” “There wasn’t one.”

“That cafe food is terrible.” So, BC Ferry Coastal Renaissance, epic fail with your on board services.
January 15, 2012