August 2006 archive

Ben Franklin on Patents; in which he provides a Selfless model for Sharing and Cooperation; Inspires us with his Generosity; and Lends Moral Authority to the Principles of Free Culture...

I'm still reading Franklin's autobiography and wasn't surprised to learn of his position on patents. I right away wanted to post the blurb here for the world to see, although a Google search quickly revealed that this is an often-quoted passage:

In order of time, I should have mentioned before, that having, in 1742, invented [...]

What if the emperor has no secrets?

Maybe the administration's problem is that they don't really have any good secrets but want us to think they do. They were just a little over-zealous faking it in this case:

On Monday, the Washington Post ran a fascinating story based on a report from the National Security Archive, a research library at George Washington [...]

Google Analytics Reports

You're in for an exciting treat: Results from Google Analytics! Wow! These are results for visits from August 5 (when I first started using GA) to August 24 (when I meant to post this).
(*See note about Google Analytics and privacy.)
Visitors From Around The World
These first three maps show where everyone is coming from. [...]

Standing on the Corner with Pamphlets in Hand

Welcome to my street corner. I recently listened to a speech by Eben Moglen called "Freedom and the Future of the Net: Why We Win." It's good stuff. Very interesting. I unfortunately haven't been able to find a transcript of it, but as a value-added service to the MTF community, I [...]

just de-lovely, and del.icio.us

What is del.icio.us, and what's so cool about it? The del.icio.us "about" page has a succinct explanation that makes sense to me now that I've read more about social bookmarking web sites, but as a starting place it did nothing to help me "get it" or understand why I would want to use it.
If [...]

Run, Freedom, Run!

Several years ago I saw the unfortunately titled musical Urinetown at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis.
I loved it. I thought it was funny and had some good songs. One of my favorites is Run, Freedom, Run! Other good ones include Mr. Cladwell and Don't be the Bunny, but it's Freedom that inspires [...]