Monthly Archives for July 2005
Dvorak is clueless on Creative Commons
One of the most widely-read self-proclaimed tech pundits recently wrote up a bit of a rant on why Creative Commons is, in his words, “one of the dumbest initiatives ever put forth by the tech community”. As so many other … Continue reading
Copy Control, I bid you adieu
Having been quite popular in Europe for some time now, CDs sold in North America increasingly have some form of copy protection on them. This prevents customers from ripping the songs to their computers and transferring them to iPods or … Continue reading
Taking the Segway for a spin in Toronto
Last Friday, my friend Kevin and I headed out to Toronto’s Distillery district to give the Segway a spin. There is a dealer there that just opened a couple of weeks ago, and this was our first real chance to … Continue reading
Smoking my first pipe
By the time I was around fifteen, I had firmly decided to start smoking a pipe. Not yet, of course, but as early as I felt it justifiable. A dozen years later, I felt ready – this is my adventure … Continue reading
