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While My Ukulele Gently Weeps
Jake Shimabukuro is the Jimi Hendrix of ukulele. You laugh—but listen to this guy!
100 Things the BBC Didn't Know Last Year
My favorite is number 100.
Why Are Movies So Bad?
This 25-year-old rant by Pauline Kael is even truer today.
Corn Starch and Water
All I ever do with it is thicken sauces. Onviously, I lack imagination.
Suing the RIAA
We've reported many times on the mass lawsuits filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) against individuals or institutions that it alleges are illegally participating in peer-to-peer file-sharing activities, so we felt it only fair to report on a lawsuit where the trade group is being sued. Actually, the RIAA's <I>attorneys</I> are being sued by James and Angela Nelson, who were themselves the target of <I>Motown v. Nelson</I>, which alleged that the couple had allowed an employee of Ms. Nelson's home-run daycare center to access P2P websites from their computer.
Happy New Year: Sony Settles Root Kit Suit
Sony BMG has agreed to settle a NY-based group action lawsuit triggered by the company's use of two different digital rights management (DRM) technologies. <A HREF="http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ihs/alex/sonysettleme23423423434nt.pdf"… here</A> to download a .pdf version of the 42-page <I>Motion and Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiff's Application for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement</I>.
Nature Abhors a Vacuum
But kitties adore a vacuum tube!
A KwanzMasAka Miracle
Bagheera actually <I>liked</I> her present—so much that she vacated her preamp.