Google Digital Library Settlement Rejected
From the Am Law Daily: “The [amended settlement agreement] would grant Google control over the digital commercialization of millions of books, including orphan books and other unclaimed works,” Judge Chin wrote. “And it would do so even though Google engaged in wholesale, blatant copying, without first obtaining copyright permissions.” (via FunkyPlaid)
Read MoreEpcot in 5,151 Photographs
Stop-motion photography makes me happy. I have never been to Epcot, and this was a neat way to explore it virtually. (via OJ)
Read MoreI knew I’d miss him forever.
Wil Wheaton’s blog is a great read for many reasons. I especially love it for how poignantly he expresses moments in his life like the cast of “Stand By Me” reuniting twenty-five years later, sans one.
Read MoreHelp Japan’s pets
I have been a bit weepy over the photos and articles about stranded pets in Japan, so I was glad to find this article. I would recommend looking the charities listed up on Charity Navigator before donating.
Read MoreNot an ink and pen test: Pelikan M320 and Noodler’s Red-Black.
I kept putting this off, so I decided to just do it already. Please disregard the blotting mishaps and the single strand of cat fur. Sigh. Click to embiggen.
Read MorePlain English Nuclear: Yet another Japan reactor post
A nuclear engineer explains clearly and thoroughly what happened with Japan’s nuclear reactors due to the earthquake. Please read and circulate!
Read MoreAvoiding, embracing email: one week later
Here is my one-week check-in for my Avoid, Embrace project on email. So far, the biggest change I have made is in filtering out forwards into their own folder. In Gmail, I used this filter to do the trick: from:(email address of forwarder | email address of another forwarder) to:(-my email address) Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "SA/Forwards" I chose to deal with them as “announcements” per ActiveInbox‘s built-in label category, but you can use anything you like. Filtered out into their own folder, I can look at the subject lines and delete accordingly. Now the only items in my “Someday” category are things I want to legitimately do or review someday. This is a huge win! The “Time” labels have been somewhat helpful, but...
Read MoreWhat to do with an empty album
I found this still-shrinkwrapped Moleskine Japanese album while cleaning my study, and my first thought was to do something interesting with it, auction it off, and give the proceeds to the earthquake/tsunami relief effort. But I can’t draw, and who pays for poetry anymore? Any ideas?
Read MoreKate Nash, “We Get On”
Thanks to Bradley for this lovely song by Kate Nash called “We Get On”. Kate Nash – We Get On
Read MoreNestcam
The cam was last on Friday, May 4.
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