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Bad Beastie Boys, Bad. Caveat Lector: Beastie Boys Evil “It seems that Capitol Records has some sort of new copy protection system, that automatically, silently, installs 'helpful' copy protection software on MacOS and Windows as soon as you insert the CD into default systems. I’m not sure exactly what it does yet, but I am… Continue reading Bad Beastie Boys, Bad

Weblogs.Com: Transition plan for hosted sites. [Scripting News]

Iomega Shapes Storage for SMBs. Big storage comes in small packages, and Iomega's new desktop NAS design squeezes Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 into the box. [Datamation Product News]

What is proper 'notice'?.  Dave Winer incurred the predictable wrath of many Internet mavens when he discontinued the free hosting that he provided at Weblogs.com. I'm sure that much of the animosity stems from other things. So I liked Doc Searls' balanced comments that “Thousands of us got a free ride from Dave, and Userland,… Continue reading What is proper 'notice'?

A Dilemma of 747-Sized Proportions.  Delta Airlines finally admitted defeat this morning. Well, sort of. After struggling to keep its head up while being dragged down by the fledgling Song unit, major competition and high oil prices, CEO Gerald Grinstein announced today that Delta has a problem. Okay, so it's a step in the right… Continue reading A Dilemma of 747-Sized Proportions

Would you turn down a lot of money?. 37signals recently turned down a big job because the client wouldn’t agree that ownership depended on payment (details in the link). Saying no, even when it means losing revenues, is much, much better than having a difficult client. Good thoughts for everyone who does contract work.  [ia/… Continue reading Would you turn down a lot of money?

The API War. “There are two opposing forces inside Microsoft, which I will refer to, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, as The Raymond Chen Camp and The MSDN Magazine Camp.” How Microsoft Lost the API War  [Joel on Software]

Thousands of Blogs Fall Silent. With the flip of a switch Sunday, Dave Winer closed Weblogs.com without warning, leaving bloggers in the lurch. Winer cites personal reasons, but that's not good enough for everyone. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]

The Lunar Men.  The time: The early 1700sThe place: England, at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. In this book, Jenny Uglow details the lives of the group of men – industrialists, scientists, doctors, and others – who made up the “Lunar Society of Birmingham“. Some of them you've may have heard of – James… Continue reading The Lunar Men

Seriously, people trusted this man?. Michael Pusateri says it better than I ever could. I just found it a bit odd that all the weblogs.com sites were shut down without even the smallest of notices on the high-traffic home page of the man who shut them down; it's a page that's been used as a… Continue reading Seriously, people trusted this man?