Watching a merry band of pirates rip shred what was supposed to be the new business model for content creation – the Dr. Horrible ‘free for a time, then pay to download’ – I wondered what *is* the thinking on how one should get media to pay? I remember the Naked one giving a big [...]
Life is about to get really tough for me. I’m at the thesis writing phase, and I have a few pieces of code left to run while I write the first bits. My supervisor has given me a deathline, which I shall not pass without having handed the college a nice thesis. I’m considering plan [...]
Neil’s publisher has made “American Gods” available for free for a month. If you’ve never read anything by Neil, and have been wondering how I managed to fall so hard for some writing that I knitted a pair of plain black socks for a complete stranger, now is your chance.
I’m still skeptical about Obama, I’m naturally pushed away by hype and I really find his message of generic change to be Blair-esque. However, for the consideration of the candidate, it might be interesting to examine the detail of what measures Clinton and Obama have introduced. Daily Kos has one such study of the senators. [...]
By now I’m sure you’ve chewed your fingernails to the quick waiting to find out who the Democratic nominee for President will be. You’ve learned all about superdelegates, and you’ve probably thought deeply about how flawed the American electoral process is. You’re running out of things to do. Never fear. In the tradition of the [...]