Japanese Oddities
A collection of interesting things we’ve seen: On nearly every street corner here there is a woman in a fluffy…
Live From Japan
We’re here in Japan (Nippon?). It’s the first place I’ve ever been that’s so pervasively different; everywhere I look I’m…
Flight Report
Hi, I’m here at the AirPort, using the T-Mobile wireless. I’m sharing it by Ethernet to my brother Ben, who’s…
We’re Going to Japan
We’re leaving for a family vacation to Tokyo on Tuesday. We’ll be there about a week. If you’ve got suggestions…
where are the warmongers?
I was expecting my last post to be so sensationalistic that I’d receive all sorts of emails patiently explaining why…
letters from a rogue state
I just saw the President on TV. He announced that the US was ignoring the will of much of the…
How to Do Stuff
I’m proud to introduce my new series: How to Do Stuff. It currently features two articles: How to Do Version…
Spectrum Reflections
The question before us is what we should do with the magic communications technology of radio. From a First Amendment…
Raging Platypus
RSS 0.90, RSS 0.91, RSS 0.92, RSS 0.93, RSS 0.94, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, RSS 3.0, ESF 1.0, XFML 1.0,…
Protect Fair Use
When I was in California, I went to Fry’s and was amazed to see that they were selling DVD Copy…
House of Reprehensitives?
CNN: The cafeteria menus in the three House office buildings changed the name of “french fries” to “freedom fries” What…
Larry’s Keynote
<add> sanity Announcer: This might be one of the last times we ever get to see Larry; he’s flying to…
New Valenti Remix
Canis Lupus put together a different remix (1MB MP3). Here’s a transcript: Announcer: Let us welcome Jack Valenti. [applause] Let’s…
Valenti Remix
I don’t really have time right now to remix this Valenti speech (7.6M MP3), but if I did, here’s what…
Trip Report (cont.)
After the conference ended, Cory, Lisa, Wendy, Schuyler and I went out for lunch at some Thai restaurant. The discussion…
Trip Report
When I last left you, I was at Ping’s place for his birthday party / Bab5 meeting. We had some…
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