Penny Arcade rips into "Non Sequitur" artist Wiley Miller's attack on web publishing
— more background on the ongoing feud between Wiley and PvP's Scott Kurtz (via) #
Robin Good on Loki Torrent's battle with the MPAA
— they're taking a hands-off ISP-like stance; their users have donated $40k to the legal fund so far #
Untouched comment spam breeds more spam
— comment spammers search for vulnerable sites in Google (via) #
Andre Torrez's TKPal
— pay for access to webpage content with Typekey and Paypal; understated announcement, but could have huge implications #
LA Times drops Garfield from comic pages
— "a strip cynically designed to be inoffensive and bad, on the theory that public tastes are insipid" (via) #
Bram Cohen points to increased BitTorrent usage despite tracker shutdowns
— people are using it for more than just pirating #
Sims 2 hacks spread like viruses
— magic espresso, teen pregnancy, and washing machines named Candace (via) #
Livejournal confirms the rumored sale to Six Apart
— Mena discusses the purchase, and Six Apart's Livejournal FAQ and press release #
Apple suing Think Secret over Mac rumors
— they want them to name names and stop leaking again (via) #
Shirky's response to Danah Boyd on the recent Wikipedia debate
— Clay on Danah on Clay on Sanger; a great debate #
Johnny Ryan's comic parodies of indie comic greats
— he's been making fun of all the biggest names #
Angry dad blames Disney for profanity in pirated GBA game
— The Sun and the Inquirer both uncritically reported the claims (via) #
Will Eisner, dead at 87
— a huge loss; one of the most important and influential artists in comic history #
Calgary Herald runs two-year-old tsunami photo on front page
— even Snopes is still unsure about this one (via) #
Khoi Vinh redesigns Subtraction.com
— possibly the best designed blog I've ever seen; many nice touches throughout (via) #
250 covers of "House of the Rising Sun"
— this site has descriptions of each MP3, in Russian (via) #