The Electronic Frontier Foundation teamed with the UC Berkeley Samuelson Clinic on Law, Technology and Public Policy at Boalt Hall and unearthed through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests a fascinating window into how the government uses social networking sites to gather evidence in cases – EFF Posts Documents Detailing Law Enforcement Collection of Data From Social Media Sites.
Amazingly enough, the IRS seems to be a the forefront in terms of ethical policies:
Generally, you are allowed to review information from publicly accessible, unrestricted websites. Unrestricted websites do not require further action to gain access, such as
In an interesting ruling, a British court has apparently ruled that Pink Floyd can enforce a clause in their contract to prevent their record company, EMI from selling individual tracks apart from the whole album.
As part of a broader lawsuit over royalty payments, Andrew Morritt, chancellor of the U.K. High Court, ruled Thursday that Pink Floyd’s 1999 contract with its record label, EMI Group Ltd., prohibits EMI from selling the band’s work in any configuration other than the original without the band’s permission. The contract dates from before the advent of digital music, when the arrival of online
- Psychic investor draws SEC lawsuit, http://ow.ly/1eGWX, obvious question – did he see it coming? #
- Houston Classic at Minute Maid park this weekend, cheap tickets for great seats to watch some fantastic college baseball, http://ow.ly/1eMVL #
- 20 years of Adobe Photoshop http://ow.ly/1f269 #
- Go Coogs! RT @campbellcoogs: UH pulls out 66-65 cliff-hanger vs. Memphis, advances to C-USA semis: http://tinyurl.com/ya6oudv #
Rob Cottingham’s Noise to Signal
XKCD: Honor Societies
Google ran the following heartwarming ad in the Super Bowl, telling the story of a romance in Paris through search queries.
The ad, of course, begs to be spoofed. See Hitler spoof meme for a preview of where this is headed.
It’s probably not a good idea to sleep outside in one of these – especially not in Maine – certainly not in hunting season – or or mating for that matter. Still, a clever idea from designer Eiko Ishizawa.
When a graphic artist says the wrong thing. From Betsy Streeter, Brainwaves
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Classic diatribe on the state of politics by the imitable Jon Stewart, embedded above.
via Presurfer.
The YikeBike is a mini-farthing concept, a bike-like vehicle designed for stable, safe motorized human transport.The YikeBike runs on an liFePO4 battery, weighs 10 kg (22 lbs), goes up to 20 kph (12.5 mph), travels around 10 km (6 m) on a single charge and the expected retail price is between 3,500-3,900 EUR (5,038.97-5,615.30 USD). You can reserve yours today at the YikeBike website.
Eat your heart out Segway.
via life is a thrill, a parody of German film director Werner Herzog reading Curious George. Hysterical, at least if you’re a fan of Herzog’s work.
Any on-going endeavor changes and adapts. When I originally hacked together a blog here in 2004, I was finishing up undergrad and working as a graphic designer. Flash forward to the present day and I’m finishing up law school and working for a children’s legal advocacy center, soon to graduate and take the bar and (God willing) enter the arena as a member of the Texas bar. It’s another time of transition and it’s time to shake things up a bit.
A confession of the obvious: I’ve been leading dual lives online – writing the blog the Blawgraphy…
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