Stop time?

My stove has a button that stops time! Tremble, puny humans!

Classic essay: The Right to Read

The Right to Read by Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation chronicles the inevitable result of DRM technologies. Timely, with the recent "forced obsolescence" espoused by publisher HarperCollins.

Bravery

Live Rocket Propelled Grenade removed from soldier.

"If law fails, CIA will assassinate Assange"

Oh, the irony

Quote from Pharma Buys A Conscience:

The American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs is planning a $590,000 initiative to educate doctors about the ethical problems involved in accepting gifts from the drug industry. That initiative is funded by gifts from Eli Lilly and Company, GlaxoSmithKline, Inc., Pfizer, U.S. Pharmaceutical Group, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Bayer Corporation, Procter and Gamble Company, and Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceutical.

Comic Sans

For all you Comic Sans haters...

Calvin And Hobbes: Fight Club

via BoingBoing.

How to make a Real Rorschach mask that changes and moves.

Fun with HTML5 and comics

Microsoft released this great demo site that shows off what you can do with HTML5. If you have a very modern browser (I got it to work in Safari 5.0.3 and Chrome 8 on a Mac, though without the background soundtrack; it's built for Internet Explorer 9 [which is still in beta]; neither Firefox 3.6 or Opera 11 seemed to work entirely), it's a pretty interesting look at where web comics might go once all browsers are up to speed.

Alice Cooper makes the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Yes, it's extremely odd that he wasn't in there years ago. He should have been a founding member, almost. But finally, after all the lobbying we've done (and not lobbying in that sleazy Washington DC way, but more like thousands of fans going "WTF" every time the nominees were announced), Alice Cooper has made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Hear him say thanks here.

Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs

Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs

Is a Digital Comic Really Yours to Own?

This is something I've posted about in various places -- I'm glad to see it getting some notice in the online comics press.

Roger Waters - The Wall Live - Pittsburgh, PA setlist - Sept. 26, 2010

• In The Flesh?
• The Thin Ice
• Another Brick In The Wall, Part 1
• The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
• Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2
• Mother
• Goodbye Blue Sky
• Empty Spaces/What Shall We Do Now?
• Young Lust
• One Of My Turns
• Don't Leave Me Now
• Another Brick In The Wall, Part 3
• The Last Few Bricks
• Goodbye Cruel World

Intermission

• Hey You
• Is There Anybody Out There?
• Nobody Home
• Vera
• Bring The Boys Back Home
• Comfortably Numb
• The Show Must Go On
• In The Flesh
• Run Like Hell
• Waiting For The Worms
• Stop
• The Trial
• Outside The Wall

Elected

Alice Cooper has been nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Yes, he should have been in there years ago, but at long last, he's in the running.

Rush setlist, Allentown Fairgrounds, Aug 31, 2010

• The Spirit of Radio
• Time Stands Still
• Presto
• Stick It Out
• Workin’ Them Angels
• Leave That Thing Alone
• Faithless
• BU2B
• Free Will
• Marathon
• Subdivisions

[intermission]

• Tom Sawyer
• Red Barchetta
• YYZ
• Limelight
• Camera Eye
• Witch Hunt
• Vital Signs
• Caravan
• Love 4 Sale
• Closer to the Heart
• 2112 Overture / Temples of Syrinx
• Far Cry

Encore:

• La Villa Strangiato
• Working Man

Norah Jones setlist: August 7, 2010 at MusikFest in Bethlehem PA

1. I Wouldn't Need You
2. Tell Yer Mama
3. Light As a Feather
4. Even Though
5. Young Blood
6. It's Gonna Be
7. Chasing Pirates
8. Broken
9. What Do You Think Of Her Now
10. Sunrise
11. Waiting
12. Back To Manhattan
13. Sinkin’ Soon
14. Dauphin Island
15. Man Of The Hour
16. Don’t Know Why
17. Stuck
18. Come Away With Me

Encore:

1. Creepin In
2. Lonestar 

Thanks to the International Press Association for the setlist.

Reviews:

• Norah Jones throws intimate party with Musikfest audience as guests (Lehigh Valley Live)
• Norah Jones's Musikfest show is different, but still cool (Morning Call)

Net neutrality takes a hit from former proponent Google (everybody panic!)

Wired has a great explanation of how the Google-Verizon announcement betrays Google's "don't be evil" motto.

Time travel

Will someone explain this to me: Quantum Time Machine Lets You Travel to the Past Without Fear of Grandfather Paradox? Thanks.

My current favorite flikr set

Passive-aggressive wi-fi.

Oh, and the "Woot acquired by Amazon" letter from Woot's CEO is pretty hilarious, too.

Logan's Run remake news

Slashdot covers the Logan's Run remake. Finally, it appears this may see the light of day.