When a blog becomes institutional

iblog doesn’t stand for institutional blog I have been a fan of the Freakonomics blog for quite some time — a testament to the power of a good book (now available for $17 on amazon, down from $28 list price!) going on line per se. However, the very notion...

Wind turbines ahoy

With the number of wind turbines worldwide projected to hit a capacity of 90,000 megawatts/MW (or 90 gigawatts/GW) of electricity, I am proud to say that I have at last come right up close to the base of one of these (at least) 30 metre tall constructions. On our...

25 years of CDs

Not the happiest of birthdays to celebrate, the audio Compact Disc is 25 years old today, so reports the Figaro. What’s funny is that this birthday comes right on the heels of my recent posting and much fanfare about the RIAA lawsuits (against Limewire, etc. and...

Commenting on comments – a policy is born

About comment etiquette! I have realized that commenting is not a common practice, at least not my site. That said, on reading the Blog Herald, I thought it appropriate to add a comment policy and suggested guidelines. You will now find at the bottom of the page this...

P2P Limewire going, going…

With news via TechDirt that Limewire was tagged by the Recording Industry Assoc of America (RIAA) with a lawsuit and that Limewire has “negotiated” to stay alive using the Digital Rights Management (DRM) route, one could get the feeling that jaws is...

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