Archive for December, 2007

Transformative Works — or the End to Copyright as We Know It?

Probably not. I have blogged before about the changing perception of what copyright and intellectual property rights constitute. The lines are blurring, and the stalwarts will be those who wish to keep a very tight grip on the thing that profits them. (Their copyrighted material.) I am of two minds on it–still.
I continue to see [...]

Mac lovers the coming majority?

Hank Stuever of The Washington Post bemoaned the trendy Apple user in a December 9 story about the Apple retail experience. “The demi-privacy of it, the clubby feeling–I know that you know that I know that we know and love Macs like nobody else does–is fading away.”
So true.

11/30/06So I got “The Artful Dodger”, Nick Bantock’s monograph? autobiography? illustrated memoir? Whatever it is…I read it last night. He has a pretty unique body of work and his story is interesting. It is about his work, how it evolved, his lucky breaks, and his method, his though processes. It also reveals what HE says [...]

dream

10/17/06So yesterday morning I woke up from a strange dream. I’d have written it down yesterday, but I was just too busy. Still working on moving.It was weird enough to have stayed with me, which is unusual in itself as most times when I want to remember my dreams, I can’t.
I was at work [...]

Lost theories

10/12/06A while back on the Fuselage, someone said, “The Island is a Skinner Box.” I thought at the time this is too simplistic. Though perhaps they did have the basis for what’s going on.
For anyone who may not have stayed awake in Psychology class: (from Wikipedia)Burrhus Frederic “B. F.” Skinner (March 20, 1904 – [...]

lost season 3.2

10/12/06OK I haven’t seen anyone elses comments yet. So I thought I’d jot a few thoughts…I love this show!
Benry: “I have lived here my whole life.” But wait, they have cable. Huh?
Ben doesn’t know about the boat. That means he doesn’t know about: Desmond, Penny Widmore, the Widmore corporation… Does he know what Dharma was [...]

memories

10/9/06Took some doing, but I finally located a picture of Billy Boyd. (no not that Billy Boyd). He was perennially the silver medalist throughout his skating career. Not for lack of trying, it was just a very competitive time, and he did represent the US 4-5 times at the world championships. He was good, and [...]

Lost season 3

10/5/06What’d you all think of season 3 episode 1? I liked it! Was a pretty neat twist they threw at us in the beginning huh? I heard that the book they were reading is “The Stand”, and it’s a favorite of the writers, and also has significance in the plot. The whole religious/mythology, new world [...]

A Eulogy for Chewey

9/15/06
Our old dog, Chewy, passed away last night in his sleep. He was 14. He was a good dog all his long life. Fierce to anyone who came to the door, but a pussy-cat to the family, did his bit to deter would be salesmen and missionaries alike. He had a bark that would scare [...]

dating wisdom from the old crone

9/14/06Well, if you don’t mind some advice from the old lady, and even if you do mind…I’ve been there a couple of times. So here goes. Online or offline, it’s bit like interviewing prospective employees.
Bearing in mind that people will tell you what they think you want to hear (if they have any brains at [...]