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Entries from August 2007

AT&T in Bush’s Pocket

August 15th, 2007 · 6 Comments

Oh it is all becoming clear.

Recently, AT&T admitted to editing Webcast’s of Pearl Jam at Lollapalooza. What is truly amazing about this story is that “the mistakes of our webcast provider” let the F-bomb drop 20 times, yet they censored negative comments about Bush. Also, in a press release AT&T said this wasn’t [...]

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Tags: life · politics · rights · technology

The DRM Dream is Over

August 14th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Digital Rights Management, oh yes it was a great scheme, a scheme to rule all schemes, unfortunately everybody hated it.

Well I think some people loved it, wanted to love it, trying to still use it; like big corporations that don’t understand technology. But DRM will come crashing down. You know it’s over when [...]

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Tags: DRM · google · life · technology

How I Deal With Criticism

August 13th, 2007 · 10 Comments

I am not a professional writer. I have never claimed to be nor intend to be, but I think one of my goals for this blog is to become a better writer. Communication with ourselves and our fellow human beings is a critical part of everyday life.
Recently, one of my articles that was [...]

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Tags: blogs · life · passion · social networking · technology · website

Blog Links

August 12th, 2007 · 4 Comments

It has been a good week on the site. Thanks for everyone that commented on my various posts. There has been some good threads about the various topics with various viewpoints, which is what this is all about. So without further adieu here are some stellar blog links.
Find out if your blog [...]

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Tags: blogs · life · links · technology

Here comes Linux, Thanks Vista!

August 11th, 2007 · 4 Comments

PCMag.com announces the year(s) of the Linux desktop is finally here and I actually agree with them.

Have you used Vista? It is like a foreign alien or something and the stupid pop-up, “Windows needs your permission”. What is pretty funny, is yes, the Mac commercial with the security guy is an accurate depiction. [...]

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Tags: linux · technology · windows