Google Wins Summary Judgement Against Viacom →
Huge blow for Viacom. Huge victory for "safe harbor".
Growing Old Friends →
Everyone applauds the hyper-connectedness we're experiencing today. The truth is we can't really leverage it in a very meaningful way. There are a chosen few that get proper attention, the rest just end up in a sort of long tail of human connections. They're relegated to an almost trivial status – only acknowledged as a scored point on your "friends" or "followers" tally.This is why I don't have a Facebook. Yes, it's a great communication tool, but I want to be worried about the people around me, not the ones I haven't seen in years. But, after reconnecting with so many great friends at a wedding last week, I'm hopeful that the most important relationships still happen.
Email: The Variable Reinforcement Machine →
Oh, it's so true. I have my unread counts on my OS X Dashboard, and I click my mouse middle button to bring it up almost every time I stop typing.
So true.
You Are Not Naked →
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness.- Isaiah 61:10
Squirrel Battles Pigeon.
Life is for the living. It's there for the taking. Leave yourself no regrets.
— Flawless
This is me. Most recent game purchase is actually not too bad; Crysis is only 3 years old. And I have definitely played Portal. Over and over. But I have logged less than 20 hours in Team Fortress 2.
Full Disclosure of Security Vulnerabilities →
Thoughts from a security researcher on the value of full disclosure, and the balance between secrecy and security.
The F-22 and F-35 Killer Finally Captured In Action →
The 5th generation Soviet jet, the Sukhoi PAK-FA.