I know it’s not completely finished, but still, what a good job we’ve done.
One last thing from me, I promise. The DISCUSSION tab. No one uses it? I saw Valerie said something about there being “too many cooks in the kitchen” (btw I like that phrase, I should use it more) so in response to her comments, I tidied up the Topic list.
Don’t panic, I did not delete your work, I just left the Main Page to have TITLE PAGE links. Like, “Arts” instead of all the stuff inside “Arts.” Coolios?
p.s. @patricia haha wikiSavior. i need one myself.
It seems to be a bad time to be a pirate. The nautically-minded ones have been served some harsh justice by the Navy (which, despite my “swishy liberal” opinions on the military I’ve got to admit I felt a little middle American pride at the effectiveness of our “methods of negotiation”) and the content industry swashbucklers have been sentenced to a year of jail time along with some hefty fines. Wired magazine’s blog has had solid coverage of the event throughout, so if you’re interested to hear about it, this is the place to go.
The content industries have applauded it as a victory, but traffic to TPB has substantially increased, they’ve sold bucketloads(not a legitimate economic metric, even in Sweden) of a 6$ IP anonymization service, and membership to Sweden’s Pirate Party, a copyright reform political party, has increased by 50%. All in all, it’s a dubious victory at best. The real victory for the content industries is not that they’ve convinced these four people, but this ruling has (pending appeal) stopped Sweden from becoming a haven for piracy.
For more commentary, check out the “On the Media” post (on bottom right hand corner of the blog).
The Pirate Bay’s message to it’s supporters?
“Don’t worry – we’re from the internets. It’s going to be alright. 
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Seriously.
What a relevant segway between my travelogue and this week’s topic AND Joe’s research advice…
Also, a pretty well done little vid.
More to come gang, oh so much more.
This site has a good list of screencasting programs for windows. “FRAPS” is a really good program if your capturing high resolution video, but I’m not sure how robust the free trial is.
I saw this list and was instantly reminded of our discussion today, and I do think all our travelogues have touched on this kind of tone (some are just for fun, others foreboding).
9 Good Things The Internet Has Ruined Forever (abridged):
9. Rick Astley
8. Watching TV w/ other people
7. Cats
6. Motivational Posters
5. Lists
4. Porn
3. Tom Cruise
2. Journalism
1. P r i v a c y
See the unabridged version, with explanation blurbs, here.
So, check it.
In the quest for more clarity on the net neutrality debate, here is an article I found trying to simplify the very complex issue.
The Debate
Check it out. More to come.
The MSM’s less than stellar record explains why in online forums and threads about this subject, many posters welcome the impending end of the media universe as we know it. But those who are calling for the demise of traditional media are throwing the baby out with the bath water — and the baby is reporting.
Gary Komiya on the impending death of reporting at the hands of new media-ish “construct your own reality”
This was actually sent to me by Lily. I found it very thought provoking and recommend it as a must-read for all of you.
actual Japanese android skeleton
A.I. always seems like something from the year… I don’t know, 2100? 2900? 3000?
More like next year, for our military:
Any sense of haste among designers may have been heightened by a US congressional mandate that by 2010 a third of all operational “deep-strike” aircraft must be unmanned, and that by 2015 one third of all ground combat vehicles must be unmanned.
I’m probably just a little antsy because I read something in the New Yorker (that I can’t link ’cause you have to subscribe, bummer) the next big military venture are these tiny toy-like lightweight robots that are armed with machine guns and grenades, made by a Jerry Baber in Tennessee. Okay so not all A.I. is scary – just look at the nice Japanese android girls that can greet you at the airport:
This is an old article, but look at these construction paper laptops made by seven to nine year olds, and you’ll start to see what kinds of things they’ve unconsciously (or consciously, even) picked up on regarding computers and the web. Here are the keys that stood out to me:
“imediet Buy” (Mandy)
“Movie selection” (Mandy)
“Buyin.com” (Mandy)
” [check mark symbol] ” (Mandy)
“MATh BoTToN” (Shannon)
“cell fone conect” (Alana)
“BaBySiter” (Alana)
“Homwork” (Alana)
“frienD list Miranda, em…, Naaz, alana…” (Dana) [they apparently didn't know about SNSes]
And my favorite:
“Password unc33″ (Alana)
Also, read the brief interview for some insightful comments on children growing up with new media.
