I bookmarked this one to post up last week and never got to it. Court Overturns Fathers Grounding of 12 Year Old. More coverage here. As a parent all I can say is the end is nigh.

So Walter Scott’s flags are probably fakes. And that Lost Amazon Tribe they photographed the other day was fake to. Sigh. Grey and raining and all the cool stories are fakes. I am going to put on some emo music think glum thoughts.
Lost Tribe via Dvorak, Scott’s Tourist Tat via Cronaca

Todd pointed out a very nice article on the Longship Company in today’s Washington Post. I was never a member of the Company but I was a member of the Markland group founded by Bruce Blackistone in the 70s while I was in college and had a very good time with it. The Longship Company [...]

Interesting find at Walter Scott’s home, some flags from the battle of Waterloo that he put in a drawer and forgot. Napoleonic flags are pretty rare and these are of course very delicate, but it is great news they have been found.

I am not opposed to creators making money with copyright by any means, but I am very much in favor of creators respecting fair use as part of the trade off. What is fair use you ask? This video explains it nicely.

The Associated Press has managed the difficult feat of uniting the left and right activists on the issue of fair use quotes from their articles. The AP thinks it should be paid $12.50 if you quote five words from one of their articles. The AP does have a case in places where people post their [...]

Bears reacted badly to losing this year’s Summer of Fear contest to Sharks by trying to attack an Alaskan town and being driven off by a puppy.

Marginal Revolution has an interesting post and comments on what to do if you suddenly find yourself in the year 1000. Interesting points include how we would stand out for our height, how soft our hands are (the old Khmer Rouge standby) and how vulnerable we would be to the diseases of the era. [...]

It has been a lean year for the Summer of Fear, but I want to congratulate the 2008 and winner, return champion, the Shark. It has been close up the wire but the Shark pulled a win out with this brilliant story in the ever reliable Sun. Well done Sharks everywhere.

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