Friday, January 10, 2003

"Drumline". The surprise of an overcrowded season, this rousing marching-band drama introduces a talented young director -- and packs a wallop. [Salon.com] 11:22:58 PM    comment []

A Novelist Who Walks the Walk. Science fiction writer Cory Doctorow, an outspoken advocate of the free publication and copying of digital works, is putting his money where his mouth is. He's giving away his first novel to anyone who wants it. By Paul Boutin. [Wired News] 11:21:56 PM    comment []

Week in review: Tale of two tech shows. Two technology expos in two cities compete for consumers' attention, with Apple unveiling new hardware and software, and gadget makers targeting the home front. [CNET News.com] 4:14:00 PM    comment []

Lexmark draws first blood in lawsuit. Court orders SCC to stop making microchip used in printer toner cartridges [InfoWorld: Top News] 11:18:27 AM    comment []

Pickering a new fight. A defiant Bush renominates two judicial nominees recently rejected by the Senate -- including a Mississippi judge who shares Trent Lott's racial views and a Texas justice so stridently anti-abortion the current White House counsel once blasted her. [Salon.com] 7:24:00 AM    comment []

Forget The 'Red Eye' - How A Dream Newspaper For Young People Would Look. Plastic::Media::Print Media: As different groups of young journalists discussed their Dream Newspaper, the things they agreed on were unexpected. [Plastic: Most Recent] 7:19:28 AM    comment []

FM gets strong reception at CES. The humble broadcasting technology, which ceased being a novelty around the time of Woodstock, re-emerges in several new and potentially significant permutations. [CNET News.com] 7:18:45 AM    comment []

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Eszter has a fabulous page of INTERNET USE STATISTICS, including some dandy graphics posted under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial 1.0 License. 2:29:51 AM    comment []

Web Site Charges Dropped: Ian Lake, now 19, fought charges over his Web site for 2 1/2 years, but he says he does not regret being kicked out of Utah. By Mark Havnes, The Salt Lake Tribune. Lake was charged more than 2 1/2 years ago with slander and criminal libel after creating the Web site on which he referred to some female students as "sluts" and called the Milford principal at the time "the town drunk." When the school became aware of the site, Beaver County sheriff's officers confiscated two computers and several discs from Lake's home. Lake, then 16, was jailed for a week and later exiled from Utah by another juvenile court judge. 2:29:43 AM    comment []