I came across this picture of a robotic camera eye on Google Maps. Hah, fooled you! It’s a picture of Wembley Stadium in a state of repair.

I have no del.icio.us account, so I am dumping this stuff here. Nothing to see, move along. NVJ trying to stretch the contours of traditional copyright in the consumer sphere: here and here. The only earlier case I know of where consumers got prosecuted or sued over copyright infringement was in the case of a … Read More

Just because we have to die one day, doesn’t mean online personas cannot live on forever.

The Grammy and Emmy they won failed to put them on my radar, so I may be late to the game. I just discovered this New Zealand duo that writes and sings funny songs. If you don’t know them yet, I urge you to check them out. I have spent hours on Youtube Wednesday night … Read More

Dutch voters who voted against the European constitution, voted for Europe. It’s really not rocket science, but at the time the media seemed to have great difficulty grasping the concept. Here’s how daily Dutch newspaper NRC explains it: It looks like the voter turnout for the elections for the European Parliament will reach an all … Read More

A group called NOM tries to rally forces against gay marriage by using language that is intended to inflame the like-minded. On their blog I tackled their talking points one by one, but my reply was deleted. Since I expected such an action I saved my comment to my hard disk, and repeat it here … Read More

Bought me some flowers and a vase.

I found the following in a mail from a client: I want this done tonight or tomorrow. It can’t take long and I don’t understand how to do it. I have nothing to add.

What went on before: fishing highlights the tragedy of the commons. Since there is no incentive for fishermen to limit the amount of fish they catch, they tend to catch too many. The supply does not have the time to restock, and the price of fish is low because everybody is selling fish. The classic … Read More

Near Nieuwe Meer: Sky, trees: Ruins: Would you please leash your dog? Please please please, pretty please?