French Lessons

July 25, 2010

Title: French Lessons Author: Peter Mayle Media: Paperback Date: July 2010 Rating: 10/10 A delightful collection of stories about eating and cooking in France. I picked this book up at Barnes & Nobel to read while in Frace, figuring that I ought to read something about the country that I was visiting. Very funny and quite informative.
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The Dark Knight Returns

July 25, 2010

Title: The Dark Knight Returns Author: Frank Miller Format: Collected graphic novel Date: July 24th – 25th, 2010 (Yes, only 2 days). Rating: 9/10
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Inception

July 24, 2010

Go see this movie. Inception « Spot of Peace.
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Wikipedia minutia: Optical disc packaging

July 24, 2010

Poking around online to see if anyone has posted pictures of an idea I have (converting a nice old book into a storage folder for burned DVDs) I stumbled Wikipedia’s article on optical disc packaging. Yes. An entire article devoted to nothing but analysis and description of CD cases. And it’s a pretty long and well written article too.
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ASCAP Analysis

July 22, 2010

I’ve been thinking about copyright a lot recently. When I saw this article on the ASCAP website I thought it would be a good exercise to take it apart and respond. So here we go! Anti-copyright crusaders are currently engaged in a publicity campaign to discredit ASCAP’s efforts to defend the copyrights of our professional songwriter and composer members. He said she said. Creative Commons posted a response on their website after ASCAP mailed...
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J. Robert Oppenheimer, “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”

July 21, 2010

For your consideration: Through science humanity holds the potential to transcend the limits of nature and the bounds of this earth, or to destroy itself. Let us strive for transcendence.
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