i know this is very old. but i’m on the road and feeling very internet deprived. i was actually reduced to attempting to use a hotel’s ‘speedy pc’ access. i don’t know about you, but 28.8 doesn’t count as speedy access. anyway for those who haven’t seen it – enjoy the review of pyra.
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hmmmm. this seems superfine, but i can’t imagine actually using one – sitting at the computer while reading the paper:
“When the Post and Courier newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina, went to press on Monday, it became the first printed paper to include hyperlinks in its stories.
These are not just printed URLs, but rather tiny barcodes embedded within news stories and advertisements. Readers scan the barcodes, which contain URLs, with a Post and Courier-provided laser pen attached to a PC with Internet access and they are taken directly to the specific websites.”
still – it’ll be interesting to see how this concept evolves. who knows maybe jacob will enlighten us on a better newsreading client.
an economist says that content can’t always be free. the masses beg to differ [at least for news]:
“The survey by Princeton Research Associates for the Web content distributor Screaming Media, found that 89 percent of the 1,232 respondents had never paid for news or information on the Web, and 83 percent were not willing to pay.”
you too can contribute to defining the average human face.
[via webword]
front wheel drive has a moderately interesting [ but short ] interview with open source evangelist eric raymond. it’s interesting to compare eric’s comments with those of another front wheel drive interviewee, Dominic Giampaolo.
some will find this american cartalk endlessly amusing. most will develop a furrowed brow indicating confusion.
[via bird on a wire]
how could you have guessed, listening to ‘ride the lightning’ in 9th grade that the world would
get so strange?
it is just me? do i smell a wiff of condescension?
“”We recognize that this is a very complicated issue with larger implications that our fans may not completely understand. We’ve always valued and respected our fans and wanted to discuss with them
directly why we have brought this suit and answer their questions and address their concerns directly.””
ntk has pointed to the irony in the latest lawsuits against napster:
So who had the worst week? Was it our Lord Jesus? Or was it NAPSTER, now caught in crossover court cases with Metallica *and* Dr Dre. Good to see someone whose early career was marked by a disrespect for authority and heavy reliance on sampled works (as well as a love for words ending with “z”)
taking out the Napsters with Attitude. And even better to see that, while heavy metal and rap still have artistic differences, they can unite under one ne attorney – LA’s Howard King, who is leading both court cases. And we’re sure that if the music industy mows Napster, Inc down in a legal bloodbath, absolutely no-one will step in to take over the server duties in an illegit manner. For that would be wrong.
[ image link via captain cursor | metallica text link via ars technica]