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Jun 11

Linkwad.

A less charitable read on this Fast Company piece: France is hideously restrictive. For what it’s worth, their bullshit “three strikes” law was just declared illegal.
Still haven’t seen X-Men: First Class, but I won’t be texting when I do. Good on them.
Intellectual property law is counterproductive: parts one and two. Part three is where Apple rips off Android, Blackberry, Dropbox, Instapaper, and Remember the Milk for iOS5 while suing everyone they can think of for copyright infringement (Apple’s not alone in this, of course).

Apr 11

Hacking AirPlay onto other devices. The comments embody “missing the forest for the trees.”
T2 using only Shakespeare, which “enabled us to accurately retell the story of Terminator 2: Judgment Day while remaining true to the words of Shakespeare in form (if less so in intent).” Via @RyanQNorth.
David Grann is pretty fucking awesome.

Mar 11

Via Kottke, this game will suck away hours of your life, even if some of the movies aren’t classics, and some of the clues are tangential at best.
Netflix knows how to keep their customers happy. Okay, sure, it would’ve been better if their service hadn’t gone down, but this is pretty good.
“The apparent frivolity of ‘Friday’ is only its most cunning aspect, a bubble-gum Trojan horse containing a radical text throwing itself against the gears of a death-bound society.” Hey, did you know the Awl is awesome (PS: So is the Hairpin)?
I instinctively dislike the idea of Ma Bell buying T-Mobile, especially since T-Mo has great coverage, great service and great prices, all things that AT&T lacks. I also think this speculation about AT&T shooting for iPhone 4G dominance (if not outright exclusivity) is pretty smart.
Things like this are why I’m drifting away from football fandom.

Feb 11

Verizon dropped 10,000 emergency calls during Maryland’s January snowstorm. Hope you didn’t buy a Verizon iPhone for the service!
One Two-click extension adds movies to your Netflix queue. Pretty sweet.
Coolest nerd tattoo ever.
If I were going to spend $100k on an electric car, it’d be this one. No, it’d be this one. Daaaaaamn.

Feb 11

The end of the free Internet is near, with mobile data carriers like Verizon throttling data and downresing images and the Senate resurrecting the “Internet kill switch” bill.
The getback: Kenneth Cole edition.
I haven’t been posting much about the Egyptian uprising, but here are some heart-stopping photos from the Lens and Big Picture, as well as some old-school weaponry via Andrew Sullivan.
“The benefits of college are growing, but the costs are growing faster.”
A compelling True Grit hypothesis.
I love the stealth-fighter look of this Lancia Stratos remake.
It may be dumb, but “the war on pirates” does have a ring to it.