July 31, 2003
BuyMusic, Get Screwed
Our commercials are designed to trick you into thinking that we are Apple
Rating blog PR pitches
Free stuff is good
ChocoLocate
Chocolate Lovers' search engine
FBI targets Net phoning
Wiretapping VoIP
Gothamist Goes on The Angel Project
Jen is addicted to using the "editorial 'we'"
Sorry, You're Nobody's Type
Online dating rejects
July 30, 2003
Woof, Woof ... Is This Thing On?
Dog translators
Police bracing for vehicular assault
Ikea invades Bergen county
Citizens Protection in Federal Databases Act
Introduced by Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
Defying Labels Left or Right, Dean's '04 Run Makes Gains
NYT on the Doctor
Unbelievable Stories (Just Ask the Judge)
Fun with EDNY habeas petitions
Farmed Salmon Is Said to Contain High PCB Levels
Mmmm...carcinogenic...
TalkLeft's Ridiculous Prosecutor of the Week Award
"The tactic of threatening to have criminal defense attorneys arrested for doing their job is outrageous"
July 29, 2003
Tight Neckties Linked to Glaucoma Risk
Suits are evil
July 28, 2003
Wandering Camera
St. Petersburg photos
The Smoking Gun's 2003 Legal Document of the Year
"Fuck is certainly a controversial word that may be appropriate in certain venues and locales (Florida Elections Commission, speed eating contests, public defender offices) and may be inappropriate in others (weddings, Chuck-E-Cheese pizza parlors, district attorney offices)."
Bush Administration Jumps the Shark
It's mutated into a poorly written television sitcom.
The Roots Live.com
Live shows
Diverging Estimates of the Costs of Spam
Do spammers actually make any money?
Springsteen Ticket Scalpers, Glory Days Have Passed You By
10 shows at Giants Stadium supply enough tickets to meet demand
Apple Cube: Alive and Selling
And still expensive
There's no business like snow business
Maybe this will convince more areas to stay open through the spring
Brooklyn Bound
Tourists discover Brooklyn
NFL salary database
Imagine the salaries without the cap
Soylent oil is people!
depolymerization is a process to make oil from organic waste
State of the Subways 2003
L is ranked highest; 5 is ranked lowest
July 26, 2003
Lift-World
Big database of ski lift info. Euro-centric, but still very cool.
Did the Dome's air flow turn pop flies into home runs?
Did the Twins have an extra home field advantage?
Respect for flag
The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.
July 25, 2003
Media Ownership Watch: Metrosexual
No one's applied for a trademark on the term yet
The Third Rail
Online Magazine of Rapid Transit
Everyone Is a Target in Music Subpoenas
"I think they're trying to scare people"
Move to Reclaim Rail Line Receives Bipartisan Push
High Line project may be going somewhere
Mob scene
Inexplicable mobs
Questions for DoJ Cybercrime Attorneys
Slashdot interviews lawyers from DoJ CCIPS
July 24, 2003
RIAA Hit List
Subpoenas are flying
Winter is shrinking
Northern New England winters last a week or two less than in the 1960s
A legal minefield for Iraq's occupiers
Britain and the US may not yet fully appreciate the extent of their long-term liability under international law
July 23, 2003
Nets to move to Brooklyn?
Devils to get stuck in the Meadowlands?
How I Learned to Love Fair Use
or how to bring a $300,000 lawsuit down to $0 if you're a library, archive, or nonprofit educational institution
'Blogs' shake the political discourse
O-Dub takes the B-Globe's front page
What's it take to get your song on Billboard's newest chart?
$500 for #10; $1500 for #1
80s Commercials archive
courtesy of X-Entertainment. Radical.
Firefly: Complete Series DVD
December 9
Duct Tape Superheroes
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a roll of duct tape!
July 22, 2003
''How Artists and Creators Finally Got Their Due'' Gets Its Due
Can we go get the pony now?
Leaving Brooklyn?
Fugheddaboudit
Suspected Terrorist
Multimillionaire John Gilmore is suing the government to remain anonymous. Is this the last stand for privacy?
Suing For The Right To Recycle
Is dumpster diving copyright infringement?
Congress to bikers: Get a car, you crazy hippies
Congress considers cutting funds for bike paths to pay for highways
ReplayTV's New Owners Drop Features That Riled Hollywood
ReplayTV 5000 series (with commercial skipping and program sharing) to skyrocket in value?
What's in a Name? In This Case, Fancy Sandwiches
Earl of Sandwich goes into business
Amazon Plan Would Allow Searching Texts of Many Books
Plans to license full-text search of books
A green revolt against Bush
Northeastern states to limit CO2 emissions
July 21, 2003
Sax on the Streets: Confessions of an American Street Musician in Europe
Traversing Europe and playing baroque duets on two curved soprano saxophones. Great read.
July 20, 2003
Kottke 2002/03 US Season Report
Ski industry stats
The Breeze in Your Face, the Screech of Your Brakes
I always feel like I'm about to collide with these stop signs
US snooping plan blocked
Senate cuts funding for TIA
Chef Special Is Product Placement
The Restaurant looks entertaining
July 18, 2003
Recession Is Over; Jobs Aren't Trickling Down
The recession ended in November 2001?
Driving 4 Life
Tom Watson, Bruce Edwards and Jeff Julian are raising money for ALS research
White House E-Mail System Becomes Less User-Friendly
BushCo doesn't want to hear from you
July 17, 2003
Upload a File, Go to Prison
A felony for uploading a single file?
PVRblog
Blog about PVRs
Beyond the blog
Go crazy with MT
July 16, 2003
HULK'S DIARY
Hulk smash puny blogs
Profiling Russian Consumers
Only 11% have cell phones. In Moscow, the percentage is probably much higher.
GameSpot reviews real life
The graphics are great, but the rules are confusing
Studios Stage Fight Against Internet Bill
They want to know your identity
Campaign finances
How much bling-bling do the candidates have?
Boro6
NJ B&T blog
Searching for an Operator
How to get a real person when calling customer service
July 14, 2003
Get Your Gore-Tex On
Who'll Stop the Rain, and Yet Remain Breathable?
Garbage Pail Kids set to return
after a 15 year hiatus
Burgers are as Addictive as Heroin
Effects "similar to those in powerful opiates"
Eating Out and Logging On
Get your WiFi on
File swappers 'buy more music'
They're good customers. Let's sue 'em!
July 13, 2003
An online army takes on terror
NYPD computer intelligence unit
Rules for Terror Tribunals May Deter Lawyers
Defense attorneys may not participate
100 Year anniversary of Topsy the elephant
They Didn't Forget
Astor Place Rubik's Cube
Quality prank
Bill Moyers Interviews Jon Stewart
"For one thing, we are fake"
See the lyrics of the song playing in iTunes
nifty AppleScript trick to try
Apple iTunes Music Store boogies out the wazoo
"Reading reviews isn't going to convey how insanely amazing iTunes Music Store is."
July 11, 2003
July 09, 2003
Internet Alive and Well in Russia
Not dead yet
DCAS Real Estate Public Auction
Buy property from the city
Fan Who Caught Bonds' Ball Sued by Lawyer
Lawyer's fee > value of home run ball
Libel Ruling Provides Protection for Forums, Not Individual Bloggers
Mark Glaser discusses coverage of Batzel
Spamotomy
News about spam
City Is Selling Symbol of Its Troubled Schools
110 Livingston St. to become apartments
July 08, 2003
Great fireworks photos
From Jeff Keller and DCRP readers
NYC Fireworks
from Satan's Laundromat
Gothamist Visits MASS MoCA
Only slightly further away from the city than MoMA in Queens
Dell to Stop Using Prison Workers
That's how their computers are so cheap
Plastic Is Back: Relearning Recycling's Dance
Remember to recycle
What will the world be like in the year 2000?
Miracles of the Next Fifty Years
Web Linking Need Not Cause Copyright Liability
Ninth Circuit rules in Kelly v. Arriba Soft
Dissertation Could Be Security Threat (TechNews.com)
Oh no! Public information!
Hotspots: Hot Wireless Initiative
Expect wireless spots to become hotter and hotter
Don't Copy that Floppy
It's a windows media video file
Editor fired for 'Caddyshack' reference
He Jaysonblaired an interview with "Carl Spangler"
Summer with the guidos
Down the shore
Dossier on Ashcroft
Suprise: he's a reactionary theocrat
The Lure of Data: Is It Addictive?
Information junkies
July 07, 2003
Fireworks from Empire State Building
Snazzy panorama
July 03, 2003
International Federation of Competitive Eating
"America's fastest-growing sport" main event, Nathan's hot dog eating contest, occurs tomorrow
July 02, 2003
Victorian Visions of the Year 2000
In the Year 2000...
Consumer Reaction to Learning the Truth About How Search Engines Work
You should have seen their reaction when they learned what hot dogs are made of