Friday, March 17, 2006

Lets get it all on paper. Zeldman: Anyone who has worked long and hard on a blog, zine, or web product realizes how ephemeral they are. (We are Ozymandias.) Preserving blogs is a multilayered task involving curatorial and editorial acumen, systems and programming skills, an understanding of copyright law, and more. If the preservationists do their job right, people 25 years from now will have some inkling of what we have created in this time. If they get it wrong, our work turns to sand. [The Doc Searls Weblog] 10:11:55 PM    comment []

No cannibals in the suburbs. Yet. An apology to James Kunstler. He's bleak, but not that bleak. [Salon: How the World Works] 7:57:06 PM    comment []

Am I geekier than I thought?. Eszter Hargittai at Crooked Timber points out another silly online quiz: Web 2.0 or Star Wars character? So of course, I had to take it. [Adventures in Ethics and Science] 7:57:02 PM    comment []

From BNA News: CHINESE CYBER-DISSIDENT SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN JAIL A Chinese dissident has been sentenced to 10 years in jail over an essay he posted on the Internet. Ren Zhiyuan, based in east China's Shandong province, was sentenced by the Jining City Intermediate Court for "subverting state sovereignty." [AFP] CANADIAN MAN SENTENCED TO YEAR IN JAIL FOR CYBERSTALKING A man in Alberta who used the internet to turn his ex-girlfriend's life upside down was convicted on Thursday of criminal harassment and sentenced to a year in jail. The man used internet keyloggers and fake e-mail addresses to harass the ex-girlfriend. 3:26:54 PM    comment []