February 20, 2004
EMI lawyer sends pre-emptive Grey Tuesday e-mail to George
— being listed first on the official site didn't help him any #
Eddie Clontz, editor of Weekly World News, dead at 56
— all of the obits are great, but this one stands out #
Usenet kook, "FBI is torturing me for 2.5 Years"
— the guy badly needs meds, his replies are depressing #
Rollup.org, free and public multi-feed aggregator
— might be fun to publicly aggregate your feedroll #
Teen hacker triggered nuclear terrorism alert
— by setting up an FTP site for music and movies, no less #
Personal e-mail networks to filter out spam
— compile a list of From/Cc/Bcc addresses from good e-mail to build a whitelist #
Napster 2.0 is losing money, executives, and will to live
— I can't believe they even pull in $1 million a month #
Zeldman on the current drop shadow and bevel revival
— I'm waiting for page curls and Kai fractal backgrounds to make a comeback #
John Hargrave orders Viagra online and reports the effects
— Zug.com has been makng me laugh for almost ten years #
Verizon drops several binary newsgroups, blocks new binary groups
— yet another reason to pay for a premium feed #
Traffic Island art project
— a tiny house and garden built overnight in the middle of a busy freeway island #
Hybrid, an insanely detailed role playing game
— seems autogenerated, but only a real human could be this insane #
Kevin Fox on Yahoo's new search results
— they're blending paid results with search results, a big no-no #
MP3: DJ Penfold remixes DJ Danger Mouse's remix
— is this illegal too? probably, because IP law is broken #
Missing for 14 years, teen finds himself on Internet
— found his own photo on a Missing Children website #
Downhill Battle on the Grey Album
— the best summary of the relevant copyright issues that I've seen #
Edson cover of The Darkness' "I Believe In A Thing Called Love"
— an acoustic, heart-warming love song #
Hacking Social Networks, pt 2
— discovering or abusing Friendster by last name, ZIP, and e-mail addresses #
Akimbo, on-demand TV over the Net
— instead of buying another set-top box, TiVo should be offering this #