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Monthly Archives: December 2006
Five Batman Graphic Novels
Batman is one of DC Comics’ most iconic characters. Along with Superman, his popularity ranks up there in the comic book mainstream today. While Batman has continually had his ups and downs over the past decade, there have been some … Continue reading
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Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Bill Gates On The Future Of DRM (tags: microsoft drm blogidea) 7 Essential WordPress Hacks Video Series | Copyblogger (tags: wordpress tips hacks seo blogging) Wired News: MySpace Passwords Aren’t So Dumb (tags: myspace passwords … Continue reading
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Bill Gates on DRM
TechCrunch is running an article on what Microsoft’s Chief Architect thinks of DRM. Here are some bits from the article and my take on them. Gates didn’t get into what could replace DRM, but he did give some reasonably candid … Continue reading
links for 2006-12-14
Mozilla Thunderbird 2 Beta 1 Release Notes (tags: mozilla thunderbird email) The Blog | Jane Hamsher: NRA vs. NARAL | The Huffington Post (tags: blogidea guns nra)
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Robots Are Cool
Microsoft has released their Robotics Studio to the public. This is pretty cool. If you have supported hardware (some Lego Mindstorm products or a Roomba, amoung others) you can program them in Visual Basic, C# or even IronPython (a CLR … Continue reading
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FTC May Regulate PayPerPost
The Washington Post is reporting that the Federal Trade Commision is working to regulat PayPerPost posts on websites. Saying that people who are paid to posts that promote products to their peers and readers will need to disclose those relationships. … Continue reading →