Monthly Archives: February 2009

BOOMBOX

I’m not a fan of Kevin Rose, so much. But I can completely agree with him on this: oh how I love the internet [via @rmdembroski]

50 Reason to Love Milwaukee

Karen of Between the Bars posted a list of 50 reasons why she loves Milwaukee. My favorites of the list: 1. Milwaukee’s urban renaissance 2. Being dubbed “the city of festivals” 6. The lakefront 8. US Bank’s Big Bang fireworks 12. Alterra on the Lake 15. Gallery Night 19. 88NINE Radio Milwaukee 44. The Oriental [...]

Yahoo! Hypocrisy: Atlantic Ocean Swimming Hoax

Apparently there was news the other day about a woman who claimed to swim across the Atlantic Ocean in 25 days (while escorted by boat). Think about that for a second, then think about this: Michael Phelps swimming his fastest would take about 20 days to cover that distance. And that’s his fastest pace, sustained [...]

Don’t Read That Book Out Loud!

A few days ago, Amazon announced the new Kindle 21. Now, I won’t go into it much since, honestly, I don’t care to spend over $300 on a device to let me read digital documents (and 10ยข per if you want your own docs). But it does feature an interesting feature for a portable reader: [...]

Harvard Law Fights the RIAA

Just a quick note (since I’m at work). Ars Technica has a terriffic write-up about a group of Harvard Law students taking on the RIAA’s tactics. 3 pages long, but well worth the read. Related links: joelfightsback.com Twitter Feed

Friendster Still Exists?

I noticed this in my inbox tonight: I thought that was odd since I haven’t used Friendster in maybe 4 years. I logged in to find this elegantly phrased message from Emlynn: Hello. Yep, Friendster still exists.