The United States intellectual property policy is so far out of whack to be almost laughable, unless of course you were sentenced to jail for downloading a song - not funny at all then. Sound far fetched? It’s not, that’s what S.B. 3021 was all about - and it was passed by the U.S. Senate [...]
So, I was talking to JD and Paulie the other day and, as it sometimes does, the topic turned to media and how our current system is still so 20th Century. I mean TV channels are an antiquated notion, no? Why do I need some suit at NBC deciding what I get to [...]
As it turns out technology companies are a lot like media superstars, or maybe it is just a truism that nothing can sustain popularity at the highest level, or maybe it is as simple as power corrupts. I don’t know, but I do know that what Google is going through right now is very [...]
Just saw this, pretty neat - I was surfing the new Yahoo Creative Commons Search and it looks like slashreview has been using some of my music that was originally published over on open-songs that is now part of copacetix - for its PODcast torrents - and give me credit a couple of places.
How cool [...]
So I whipped up a new design for Online Music Blog and had Steve cut it up and make it cssalicious. Check it out - http://www.onlinemusicblog.com.
The new design celebrates a new chapter in OMB’s existence as I have entered a partnership and even have a small budget to help run it.
Don’t worry Charlie, Beitz [...]
There’s lots of press these days about Firefox, enough evidently to convince Microsoft that they needed to release an updated version of IE before the eventual release of the next version of windows. Seems that Longhorn is due out sometime in 2006, and that the browser will be part of the OS - so [...]
I admit that when I first heard of Google’s Autolink dealio the first thing that crossed my mind was the evil Microsoft Smart Tags Fiasco - and in the context of Google’s Do No Evil moto it seemed contradictory to say the least.
Upod further review it’s not quite as evil. Unlike smart tags it [...]
Over at Davenetics there was a post about the greatest sitcom characters ever and while I don’t consider myself avid tv watcher I read every damn comment ( and therefore everybody’s top 3 ) to the post. I’m not sure why this particular piece of pop culture fascinated me, but it did.
Here were mine:
Bill [...]
On a lark I launched a new site tonight - Important Sites - it’s a fun site that lists all of the sites Furled by all of the fellas.
While all of the sites listed are not really important, I had the domain name, and they are all good sites in one way or another.
One of the strangest mutations of pop culture is the cover band that only covers songs by a single band - yes I am talking about the tribute band.
From Neil Deal ( a Neil Young and Crazy Horse tribute band ) to Mini Kiss ( YOU wanted the littlest, you got the littlest… ) [...]
