Parenting In Hell
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008I 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.
Archive for June, 2008
Today Is Maybe Not Day
Monday, June 23rd, 2008So 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
The Longship Company In the Washington Post
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Todd 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 [...]
Walter Scott’s Waterloo Flags Found
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Interesting 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.
Explaining Fair Use
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008I 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.
Associated Press Unites The Right And Left By Being Arrogant
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008The 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 [...]