Saturday, May 24, 2003

Where Greed Is Good, a Mob Opportunity. ARY WEISS, the author of By William J. Holstein. [New York Times: Business] 10:10:03 PM    comment []

InfoWorld: FCC proposal could boost Wi-Fi. Posted last week, the FCC proposal would add 80 percent (255MHz) to the 300MHz of spectrum currently available in the 5GHz band. The additional spectrum would reside in the middle band, from 5.470GHz to 5.725GHz. [Tomalak's Realm] 6:02:06 PM    comment []

Baghdad chronicles. In a city where porn, drunkenness and radical Islam are on the rise, savvy students who despise both Bush and Saddam are putting out Iraq's only independent newspaper. [Salon.com] 6:01:29 PM    comment []

Lessig has a response to welcoming spammers: wow, those spammers are quick. So on May 22, at 11:49am I posted my offer to spammers that I'd be happy to read their spam sent to a special spam email address if they promise to pay $500 for the privilege. At 9:58 this morning -- less than 2 days later -- I received my first acceptance. How exciting! [Lessig Blog] 12:48:37 PM    comment []

Photograph Your Local Starbucks This Weekend. Lessig's latest good idea: Challenge Starbucks' ridiculous policy of not allowing photography in its stores.... [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] 8:27:04 AM    comment []

Love the Worker, Not the Union, a Store Says as Some Organize. The tension between labor and management is especially striking at Whole Foods Market, which prides itself on social consciousness. By Aaron Nathans. [New York Times: Business] 8:21:54 AM    comment []

Lynda Barry, a year ago. 8:18:59 AM    comment []

The new, prolific Lawrence Lessig pleads, dear Starbucks, say it ain't true?. So I have this from an extremely reliable source, who vouches totally for the facts that follow. Story one: Last month while visiting Charleston, three women went into a Starbucks. They were spending the weekend together and one of them had a disposable camera with her. To commemorate their time with one and other they decided to take round robin pictures while sitting around communing. The manager evidently careened out of control, screaming at them, "Didn't they know it was illegal to take photographs in a Starbucks. She insisted that she had to have the disposable camera because this was an absolute violation of Starbuck's copyright of their entire 'environment'--that everything in the place is protected and cannot be used with Starbuck's express permission. Story two: At our local [North Carolina] Starbucks, a friend's daughter, who often has her camera with her, was notified that she was not allowed to take pictures in any Starbucks. No explanation was given, but pressed I would think that the manager there would give a similar rationale. I wonder what would happen if hundreds of people from around the country experimented this holiday weekend by taking pictures at their local Starbucks ... [Lessig Blog] 8:10:07 AM    comment []

Eff Review Of May 20 Report On Total Information Awareness, Lee Tien. 3:02:45 AM    comment []