Pownce, once thought to be Digg’s Kevin Rose’s answer to Twitter, has been acquired by Six Apart, the makers of TypePad and Movable type. Does this merger of two obsoletes have Web 3.0 potential?
Were California Voters right to ban gay marriage? (Poll) November 17, 2008
Voters in California recently voted for a ban on gay marriage in that state. Did they do the right thing? Vote and see the results, here.
Sen. Inhofe gets all Web 2.0 October 2, 2008
The Inhofe web site and blog have incorporated some great Web 2.0 features. There’s a place for bloggers to join the blog roll, and a place for members to contribute blog posts. There are various ways to share the content including e-mail, and a few social book marking and social news sites (Digg, reddit, del.icio.us). There are feeds…
Zemanta Reblog…Very Cool! September 29, 2008
I found this fascinating quote today:
Zemanta can be used either as a browser add-on or a WordPress plug-in. So far I haven’t noticed any significant browser slowdown and I chose that route because my plug-in list already looks like the first five books of the bible.I’m Using Zemanta | Democrat=Socialist, May 2008
You should read the whole article.
Google Trounces Web Video Competitors With 5 Billion Views September 18, 2008
TechCrunch: comScore on Wednesday announced its latest data showing July 2008 Web video views. And although everyone expected Google to beat up on its competitors, the company did so in convincing fashion by serving nearly half of all the videos viewed online during the month.
The Future of Copyright: Ruining Privacy and Civil Liberties September 18, 2008
Cato Unbound: “This change has taken place because previously distinct media are now simulated within the singular medium of the Internet, and copyright law simply seems unable to cope with it. Consider radio broadcasting and record shops, which once were inherently different. Their online counterparts are known respectively as “streaming” and “downloading,” but the distinction is ultimately artificial, since the same data transfer takes place in each. The only essential difference lies in how the software is configured at the receiving end. If the software saves the music as a file for later use, it’s called a “download.” If the software immediately sends the music to the loudspeakers, it’s called “streaming.”
Fair Use v. Plagiarism/Copyright Infringement (Updated) June 18, 2008
The A.P. would like to charge by the word for any blogger who wants to use an excerpt from an A.P. article for more than one month. Bloggers don
’t do this. Bloggers typically publish using the “Fair Use” laws.
Getting that New Converter Box-Trickier than it Sounds June 17, 2008
The government, in its infinite wisdom (yes, that’s sarcasm), is issuing $40 checks to help with the expense for people who don’t have digital T.V., or cable. The catch is that those coupons have to be used in 90 days, or the coupons expire – and the stores are having trouble keeping the “coupon eligible converter boxes” (CELB’s) in stock.
Buy.me (Domain Dealers: .me domain names now available) June 6, 2008
As of today, there’s a new domain name craze. “.me” is the TLD for Montenegro, but has lots of possibilities for domain name speculators worldwide. (hmmm…I wonder if help.me, love.me, bite.me, and youdontknow.me are taken?)
The Five Best Start Pages June 3, 2008
Lifehacker: Whether you use it to keep up to date on the latest news or as a launching point for the rest of your browsing, you want to find a solid start page to fit your surfing habits. On Tuesday we asked you to share your favorite start page, and at over 350 comments later, we’re rounding up the five most popular answers.
