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E-books, DRM and irony
I’ve never been a fan of Digital Rights Management. In general, the anti-piracy measure frustrates legitimate consumers (such as finding out music you PAID to download won’t play on the MP3 player of your choice) while pirates always find a way around it.
Today, all this took a deliciously ironic twist over Amazon’s Kindle E-book [...]
Enough is enough
I’m sure Samuel L. Jackson would have something to say about these strikes on the bus.
But seriously, we’re into Day 36 of this hostage crisis with no end in sight and a massive temperature drop hitting the National Capital.
I’ve been getting around thanks to my collection of modified “transit passes” (see photo) but [...]
Rumors are stupid
And so are online music subscriptions.
So The Unofficial Apple Weblog received an anonymous tip that Apple is set to announce a subscription service for iTunes.
To TUAW’s credit, they state right at the beginning of their post that this is probably B.S. Unfortunately, even with that preface, that rumor is now spreading across the intertubes. [...]
Wait, that’s $400 WITH a contract?!?
Setting: An average Rogers store. Center stage is the iPhone podium while stage right and back hold displays of various GSM phones. Stage left is a sales counter, behind which stands Sales Dude.
Me: Excuse me, how much for the Blackberry Bold?
Sales Dude: That’ll be four-hundred dollars.
Me: Wow, I can swing that.
Sales Dude: Alright, let me [...]
A disgusting act of cowardice
If I may, I need to step away from my usual ramblings about technology and self-employment to rant about something that truly makes me sick.
Living in downtown Ottawa, the ByWard Market is frequent stop for me. Walking through, it’s hard not to notice Craazy Dave.
Dave’s “home” is a milk crate behind the Rideau [...]
Wow, why does Techmeme suck?
Today’s top story: Some guy I’ve only heard of in passing deletes his Twitter account!
I suppose I’m perpetuating the insinuated complaint in this post by writing about it, but it needs to be said. I’m trying to imagine the level of ridicule that would be doled out if any other news outlet led with a [...]
