Monthly Archives: June 2007
I’ve been intrigued by the copyright infringement case that Columbia brought against the guys who run Web site TorrentSpy last year. The latest development in that case has the potential to change the way parties to a lawsuit gather evidence …
Last week, Huffington Post ran a strangely geeky gossip item about how Gawker Media might be launching a science fiction blog, and poaching a Wired writer to run it. This week, C|Net reveals all, or at least a skewed version …
No, really, Google Street View is pissing me off. It’s a new application that’s part of Google Maps that allows users to view street-level pictures of homes and businesses — using arrows, you can literally “walk” down a street, and …
Yesterday I was on Cranky Geeks, talking about everything from TorrentSpy to my love/hate relationship with Google StreetView. Check it out!
I love Wikipedia — as many people have noted, it’s an incredibly well-maintained public resource of information written by its users. What makes it such a valuable resource is that everyone who contributes can bring their own area of expertise …