February 2004

blogging cory @ unc

cory doctorow, outreach director for the EFF “civil liberties on the internet” his disclaimer: this is a writer’s talk on copyright (not a lawyer’s) copyright clause in constitution: promotes the useful arts and sciences, affords authors monopolies of limited times…

master’s project progress

i finally got my stuff together enough to produce a suitable masters project proposal (pdf), one that actually represents what i’m doing and what i want to do. marchionini gave the go ahead and informed me of my deadline: March…

time for bed!

Cory’s notes from the ETCON talk: Google is Harder Than it Looks even cooler (i think) are his notes from Life Hacks: Tech Secrets of Overprolific Alpha Geeks (just check out the description of this guy’s talk) the last real…

my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard

and they’re like, it’s better than yours damn right it’s better than yours i could teach you but i have to charge

homemade pasta

curling on my cutting board, this morning

what i remember of weddings i’ve been to

i remember a wedding on the coast of maine, for a second cousin. i remember taking pictures of everyone on disposable cameras they’d set out at every table. around age 12 or 13 i went to a wedding of a…

so i guess i associate weddings with prepubescent awkwardness

as that’s my only real context (so far), other than, say, movies. of which father of the bride is probably the most endearing (but underscores the stress and exhorbitant cost), then there’s the wedding singer, (reminiscent of many bar/bat mitzvahs…

on gay marriage

people have been getting married left and right in san francisco lately. people who up till now were denied the ability to do so. when i hear people say that gay marriage is our generation’s civil rights issue, i say…

defining marriage

Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo) proposes a CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT that states “Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.” ABC news, inappropriately calling her the Person of the Week, says “She is…

so cute yet so deadly: Plush Microbes #

first came the iTrip for Apple’s iPod. Now there’s the Si-Link FM transmitter I can plug into my laptop, at home, or in the car. way cool! #

new word coquette (and sock puppet paintings) #

oh my god, this brightened my day: have your portrait painted with stevie nicks #

most interesting newpaper article ever In a nutshell, this species is endangered #

cory doctorow of boingboing! thursday, 3:30pm, wilson library #

an mpeg video surprise thanks to “yeri” #

a sort of nauseating art #

why? this upsets me so much #

simcity-licious the world’s tallest virtual building #

unbelievable. baby with “parasitic undeveloped conjoined twin growing on the crown of her head” to undergo surgery #

amazing! a frenchman and his horns #