Sunday, February 08, 2004

Cory points at the discussion of Open WiFi ethics by the NYTMag Ethicist. (Cory also has sensible comments of his own.) 10:08:23 PM    comment []

Feb 8, 2004: Around the blogs: Bush's Meet the Press interview. Here's some blogosphere reaction to President Bush's MTP interview [Kicking Ass] 6:49:45 PM    comment []

A Real 'Web Service': Plan Your Laundry From Your Cell Phone. It's Sunday and you realize that all your clothes are dirty. If you're a student, it's time to go to your campus laundry room. But wait, you might be lucky enough to plan your laundry in advance. In this article, the Boston Globe reports that it's now possible in some colleges and universities in the U.S. "to go online to check all laundry rooms on campus and see which washers and dryers are open, occupied, or broken; how long until a machine completes a cycle; and how many others are waiting." Users of the LaundryView system "can arrange for an e-mail to alert them when it's time to put clothes into the dryer or rescue their wardrobe and fold it." This overview contains more details on this 'Web service' and includes a screenshot of what students can see if the LaundryView system has been installed on their campus. As says the Mac-Gray Corporation, who installs the system, "study in the library, not in the laundry room." [Smart Mobs] 12:07:47 PM    comment []

Greater Blogistan. Thanks to Clay (and many others) for pointing to The Technorati-Sphere. By Technorati Top 100. Also dig the Commonwealth of Blogosphere States (within which Reynodssia predominates). [The Doc Searls Weblog] 9:21:40 AM    comment []

Another view on choice in music playing devices. Sean Alexander has an interesting followup to my iPod vs. Windows Media posts. He was, until just recently, a program manager on the Windows Digital Media team. "That's what choice looks like to me. What's your choice?"[The Scobleizer -- Celebrating the Geek lifestyle] [Ted Ritzer: Free Music] 7:48:20 AM    comment []

Tomalak's Realm blinks Online Journalism Review's Redefining the News Online. Journalists around the world have long agreed on a set of values that help define whether a story is newsworthy. But a new book about online news argues that these rules are in flux: "Newsworthy" is slowly being redefined online by an increasingly participatory audience. 7:44:46 AM    comment []

The Pornography Industry vs. Digital Pirates. The copyright rumble is playing out a little differently in the red-light districts of cyberspace. By John Schwartz. [New York Times: Technology] 7:43:15 AM    comment []

Remember the Bikram yoga lawsuits? Where Bikram Choudhury was pursuing yoga studios he said infringed on his copyrighted sequence of positions tuaght in a hot room? Xeni's got an update: a group of them now sues back. Reuters and the SF Chronicle both have stories. 7:42:02 AM    comment []

The Virus Underground. Young people around the world spend their Saturday nights writing fiendishly contagious computer viruses and worms. Are they artists, pranksters or techno-saboteurs? By Clive Thompson. [New York Times: Technology] 7:37:32 AM    comment []

SUNDAY COMICS [Begging To Differ] 7:33:01 AM    comment []