According to Instapundit, Amazon is letting you be the judge in their online film festival. In the "phone a friend" category, he also discusses students IMing each other answers in class. Where was that technology when I was a first year?
A cautionary tale:
"A girlfriend of mine suffered a sex-tech tragedy earlier this year: Her portable hard drive was stolen from her bag when an airline lost her luggage for three days. The external drive contained pictures, e-mails and IM logs saved from the start of her relationship with a lover -- everything they sent to each other over the course of a year.
For some couples, that might not be such a big deal, especially if you live together like this couple usually does. But for the past six months, work has sent my friends in opposite directions. With approximately 2,984.8 miles between them (according to Yahoo maps), they've had to find creative ways to nurture their intimacy between monthly conjugal visits. That includes virtual sex, video e-mail and whatever else they think of doing along the way."
Whoops.
Slashdot says they've made an optic computer from frozen light. Subtext for the article: now they need to work on sabers. I'd make some comment about how amazing science is these days, but it's apparently also taken them this long to solve the mystery of unpopped pop corn. Allrighty then.
In the legal arena, it appears there's been an attempt made to copyright yoga sequences. I wonder if anyone's signed up to copyright the push-up yet? Money to be made, people. Just make sure you cover all the variations: women's, one-handed. You don't want any infringements.
At least in Idaho, giving your strip-club patrons sketch pads does not turn the show into an art piece. You've got to admire the attitude though. Besides, they should've given them paint brushes. Duh.
The Des Moines Register had an article out this week on the new Iowa ethics rules, and an opinion piece on how more major criminal cases should be tried and not pled. I don't know about that one. On the one hand, it would produce stiffer sentences when convictions are obtained. On the other, it would force more emotionally vulnerable victims - I'm thinking particularly kids - through the trial process, and not all of them are able to stand up to that stress. I think the government and the victims/families should work closely to determine the best option for each case.
And in the navel-gazing department, I've noticed lots of bloggers blogging about blogs and blogging. The best of them:
Blogging and the Blogger-Reader Relationship
Blogger, know thyself; Reader, find something better to do
"On the Elitism of Blawgs"
Bloggers: The light at the end of the newspaper's tunnel (Okay, that's an online article, not a blog. But still.)
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