same as it ever was

“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.” [Motivational Quotes of the Day]

I’m looking forward to reading Al Franken’s new book, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. Here’s the BuzzFlash interview that whetted my appetite.
[Radio Free Blogistan]

Tukwila school to get PCs as Mac imbroglio continues [MacCentral]

Wired News: Are You in RIAA’s Cross Hairs? The vagueness seems to be a deliberate move by the RIAA to strike fear in anyone who trades, experts said. The intent is to scare everyone from prototypical pirates who share hundreds of ripped CDs through T-1 lines to teens who trade a handful of pop tunes. […]

[via Wired News] A Seventh Desktop Wonder:
It took the Egyptians hundreds of years to build the pyramids, but Kent Salas built his in six months. Plus, his glows in the dark.
Salas’ Pyramac is a unique case modification — a hand-made, translucent, pyramid-shaped Mac that glows vividly under ultraviolet light.
Cool.
[Abort, Retry, Fail?]

William Gibson on surveillance. William Gibson, influential sci-fi author and blogger, writes about the steady growth of ubiquitous surveillance, in honor of George Orwell’s 100th birthday.
[Smart Mobs] [eardrumbuzz radio weblog]

MusicOnMac.com, a new website for Mac musicians, has been officially launched this week with daily news, product reviews, features, artist and developer interviews, tips, and tutorials. The site will focus on artists using the Mac as a creative tool for musicians, to compliment other resources on the web with exclusive content. Editor-in-Chief Peter Kirn is […]

Michaelz send along a pointer to the knockoff project, which documents album covers and the biters that bit them.
[Radio Free Blogistan]

What public figure makes up to $300,000 a year yet can’t tell anyone who he is? Ronald McDonald. Everything about the man in red, white and yellow is strictly controlled and shrouded in secrecy, reports the Wall Street Journal. [seattlepi.com Buzzworthy]

I’m no Curtis Burns, but I’ve submitted my first mix to the Art of the Mix - no fit blues. It’s a mix I made for my brother-in-law Leon after he got out of the hospital recently. All of sudden he started having seizures, and I remember someone calling them ‘fits’ when he was […]