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Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Communications Privacy Act
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National Security Administration
National Labor Relations Board
Massachussets Institute of Technology
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people familiar with the matter
Electronic Communication Privacy Act
consumer electronics association
US District Court for the Western District of Texas
Securities and Exchange Commission
World Conference on International Communications
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Office of Energy Infrastructure Security
FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System
United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
Carlos Fernando Lindenberg Neto
Journalism in the Americas Blog
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2025-06-11: I don’t think I’ve ever seen Craig Federighi as nervous as he was in this interview where …
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2025-05-23: It’s sad that Pocket is shutting down, and more sad that the spammy “discovery” …
2025-05-17: If you like the Drafts app by Agile Tortoise, check out this action I published to use your draft …
2025-04-23: When Billy Eichner likes your comment on his TikTok and then replies with a ❤️, you post that shit …
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2025-03-25: My wife is beautiful and brilliant and I’ve never deserved her, but also her shopping lists, …
2025-03-24: 🔗 MAGA’s Sickening Hypocrisy: From ‘Save The Children’ To ‘Defund The Org That Actually Saves …
2025-03-16: The Electric State, 2025 - ★★★ Note: The phrase “sad weirdos” is aimed, with love, at fellow users of Letterboxd, where this review …
2025-03-09: Disc golf dino
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2025-03-01: Gin Blossoms can still rock it out, and Follow You Down was one of the first songs I recorded from …
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2025-02-15: Craig Ferguson: I’m So Happy, 2024 - ★★★½ (contains spoilers) This review may contain spoilers. The big laughs come and go, but I’m just a sucker for Craig …
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2025-01-22: 🔗 Mike Masnick is always a must-read, but his recent piece calling bullshit on Zuckerberg's …
2025-01-13:
Revealing yourself to be a bigoted billionaire incel MAGA puppet is not the display of masculinity …
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2024-11-30: Seeing my Micro.blog profile in a Mastodon app, where my username is @joe@joeross.me, really makes …
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2024-11-28: 🦃 Now that the kids are mostly sentient, Thanksgiving means fielding questions from them about why …
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2024-11-22: Threads can brag about hundreds of millions of users and more daily signups than all of Bluesky, but …
2024-11-17: I recently posted a photo of my cat on Bluesky, as any serious person does on a growing social …
2024-11-16: ▶️ Once in a while, I remember that the overwhelming majority of human beings prefer everything …
2024-11-16: ▶️ Once in a while, I remember that the overwhelming majority of human beings prefer everything …
2024-11-14: I told myself I wouldn’t participate the discourse, but everyone who voted for Trump had enough …
2024-11-13: I was sad to read that Radio Free Fedi is shutting down early next year. It got me thinking about …
2024-11-13: I was sad to read that Radio Free Fedi is shutting down early next year. It got me thinking about …
2024-11-11: Chris Geidner writes at LawDork that progressives should be litigating “narrow challenges brought on …
2024-11-11: Chris Geidner writes at Law Dork that progressives should be litigating “narrow challenges …
2024-11-08: Oh the privilege of naivety, or the naivety of privilege, or something
2024-11-05: Great to see Andy Kim win the former Menendez seat in the Senate for New Jersey.
2024-11-05: Adam Kotsko, grousing: The beginning of my frustration came early last week, when the entire site …
2024-11-03: I don’t pay much attention to polls, so I had no idea Nate Silver had gone so far down his own …
2024-11-02: Practical AI tip: When someone sends me a PDF calendar (😡), I ask Claude to process the info into …
2024-11-02: With Omnivore being acquired by Eleven Labs and shutting down, I recommend Readwise Reader. You can …
2024-10-30: And just like that, someone I have idolized since I was a young child shows themselves willing to …
2024-10-28: Here’s a real form someone I know who makes more than minimum wage was recently asked by their …
2024-10-18: “Michael Keaton Enters the SNL Ring” youtu.be/CJGNX31DI… It’s one of the better films of the …
2024-10-18: Sam Cole, writing at 404 Media about Matt Mullenweg’s ongoing, unforced founder mode flameout: …
2024-10-14: Abhorrent CEO or not, a lot of really incredible people at SpaceX achieved a really incredible thing …
2024-10-07: Amazon killed API access for one of my favorite apps, price tracker DropScout. Its developer, Daniel …
2024-10-07: Sleepy Hollow, 1999 Watched on Monday October 7, 2024.
2024-10-07: The Willoughbys, 2020 Watched on Sunday October 6, 2024.
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2024-10-06: 😑 Sometimes, when I've really had it with my kids, I just look them right in the eyes and tell them, …
2024-10-06: 😑 Sometimes, when I've really had it with my kids, I just look them right in the eyes and tell …
2024-10-05: Matt Mullenweg is a litigator’s worst nightmare — please stop talking in public about the …
2024-10-04: ParaNorman, 2012 Watched on Thursday October 3, 2024.
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2024-09-23: ⌚ Dear watchOS 11, I didn't stand when you suggested I should, so why did you tell me I did a …
2024-09-23: ⌚ Dear watchOS 11, I didn't stand when you suggested I should, so why did you tell me I did a great …
2024-09-21: Watching these “network state” clowns fail will be fun, but that shouldn’t overshadow …
2024-09-12: Sometimes I’m writing a Very Serious Blog Post™️ and then I have an intrusive ‘90s thought. For …
2024-09-06: Matt Webb wrote about his open source in-page chat tool, cursor party: “If you’ve visited my …
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2024-09-02: Italian spritz
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2024-08-29: Bluesky’s Trust & Safety decisions may not please everyone, but they’re clearly …
2024-08-28: I’m no employment lawyer, but an (allegedly) inconsistently applied policy of ominous …
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2024-08-10: This 1956 promotional video is a time capsule of New Jersey when my parents were kids. This …
2024-08-02: Can anyone make an argument that the VP should be anyone but Buttigieg? And I mean an argument that …
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2024-07-17: Everyone who has ever traveled by airplane has at least one infuriating story, including me. But …
2024-07-05: Oral Argument for Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive – CourtListener.com This oral …
2024-06-28: Sure, Elon, I’ll go right ahead and disable my privacy related extensions…
2024-06-21: Laurens Hof, writing in Episode 73 of his Last Week in Fediverse newsletter: What makes the …
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2024-06-17: 🦎 What are some good dinosaur apps and games to learn and play with your kids on iOS? I’m happy to …
2024-06-17: 🦎 What are some good dinosaur apps and games to learn and play with your kids on iOS? I’m happy to …
2024-06-12: 🔗 Rich Idiot Tweets Nick Heer has a great post about the vapid coverage of vapid Elon Musk, but this …
2024-06-07: The Creator, 2023 - ★★★ I agree: it has its problems. Just one example: The phrase “hack everything” shouldn’t be uttered …
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2024-06-03: ⌨️ A quick MS Word tip: Press control + shift + F9 to remove all hyperlinks in a selection of text. …
2024-06-03: ⌨️ A quick MS Word tip: Press control + shift + F9 to remove all hyperlinks in a selection of text. …
2024-06-01: Oliver & Company, 1988 Watched on Saturday June 1, 2024.
2024-06-01:
Alito's intellectual honesty
I’m in a weird headspace about the Supreme Court’s right wing wearing their partiality …
2024-05-24: TenBlueLinks.org shows you how to make Google’s old school, AI-free search filter, called, and this …
2024-05-18: 🪶 This is only my opinion, but it is one I strongly hold: Tom Bombadil is equal parts omnipotence …
2024-05-18: 🪶 This is only my opinion, but it is one I strongly hold: Tom Bombadil …
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2024-05-07: 🔗 Does the Statute of Limitations Ever Apply in Legal Malpractice? Hey look, my employer has a blog …
2024-05-05: I wore transitions (™️?) lenses for a year and half in my late thirties and no one close to me loved …
2024-04-29: 😠 Google’s connected speakers and hubs are actually useful (unlike Alexa and Siri…), but it’s …
2024-04-29: 😠 Google’s connected speakers and hubs are actually useful (unlike Alexa and Siri…), but it’s really …
2024-04-27: 🔗 Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book | Books | The …
2024-04-16: 💙 About to watch the long Bluey episode with the family… will update afterward…
2024-04-16: 💙 About to watch the long Bluey episode with the family… will update afterward…
2024-04-08: 😠 If your iPhone on iOS 17 becomes unresponsive, be warned: You may lose that day’s photos …
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2024-04-02: 🔗 Some legal malpractice cases are bogus, and many are defensible. But some are, well, not, which is …
2024-04-02: 🔗 Some legal malpractice cases are bogus, and many are defensible. But some are, well, not, which is …
2024-04-02: 🔗 Manton Reece - An update on the pricing update Micro.blog is such a great value. Like omg.lol, …
2024-03-31: Bilby, 2018 - ★★★★ This short is, indeed, extremely cute. But it's also impressively executed in terms of the writing …
2024-03-30: 👑 That feeling when you've been reading The Hobbit to your kids and your four-year-old daughter …
2024-03-26: 🔗 QuickLink Opener – FlohGro I do something similar (even in name), with quicklinks.(dot)lol, but …
2024-03-25: 🔗 Manton Reece - Recommendations and blogrolls on Micro.blog I’ve long meant to get a blogroll …
2024-03-22: Bilbo is, ever was, and ever shall be, my people. “Back now to the Mountain!” cried Thorin. “We …
2024-03-21: 🔗 U.S. versus Apple: A first reaction – Six Colors I haven’t read the complaint yet, but this …
2024-03-21: 🔗 Scholarfy | Google Scholar bookmarklet by Johan Ugander This is a useful bookmarklet to move a …
2024-03-14: 🔗 32-Bit Cafe The best part about the 32-Bit Cafe is that we’re trying to move the internet …
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2024-03-12: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012 Watched on Friday March 8, 2024.
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2024-02-23: 😔 Yahoo is accelerating its enshittification of Engadget, in a move that really surprises absolutely …
2024-02-18: Chris Geidner at Law Dork has the best explanation of why the 5th Circuit’s jurisprudence has become …
2024-01-30: The top seven free apps in the news category of the iOS App Store are a mix of proudly user-hostile …
2024-01-18: 🔗 Haier hits Home Assistant plugin dev with takedown notice Bill Toulas, writing at Bleeping …
2024-01-14: ☄️ I’m watching this Yaccarino interview very long after it occurred, but time has not dulled the …
2024-01-13: Stop turning awesome apps into internet noise machines The news aggregating app Artifact is shutting down. Jarrod Blundy wrote at his blog HeyDingus: I do …
2023-10-30: Finished reading: Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White 📚 — ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Skip and dance, jump and …
2023-10-24: 📱 Someone please tell me which non-leather bifold wallet case to get for an #iPhone 14 Pro, …
2023-10-21: 🤖 Don’t bother giving your three-year-old a comprehensive 10-minute explanation of Arnold …
2023-10-13: 😕 Thanks to Casey Newton mentioning it on the #HardFork podcast and my having no judgment regarding …
2023-10-12: iPhone as geek guardrails Here’s a reply I posted to someone I follow on Mastodon who, on being issued an iPhone by their …
2023-10-01: 🤨 Is it true that despite paying for the special upgrade I can't set the #ChatGPT iOS app to default …
2023-09-30: Princeton Public Library.
2023-09-20: Dear Lawyers Still Manually Numbering Paragraphs: Stop it. Here’s a tutorial: Place your …
2023-09-19: 🎮 Bluey: The Videogame, for real life?! Yup. https://youtu.be/S-PYqMxXKKk
2023-09-16: ⌚ Audio recordings are an overlooked way of keeping memories with your kids. Mine are both under 4 …
2023-09-04: ⚖️ Okay maybe I'm just a hopelessly biased defense lawyer but can anyone read this and tell me with …
2023-09-04: ⁉️ I’m curious: has anyone else recently seen excessive outgoing #DNS requests on their network from …
2023-09-02: 🎸 I’ve played an acoustic guitar for and with my two kids since my oldest was born a few years ago, …
2023-08-31: 🤢 It's not a great headshot. I look so... unfamiliar with the "Smile!" command. And thanks to a …
2023-08-26: ⚠️ So I’m going to do a real blog post about this when I find the time, but today I discovered that …
2023-08-24: 🐎 Julia Glassman, writing at The Mary Sue (with major #spoilers for the newest batch of episodes): …
2023-08-20: Sherlock Holmes giving serious Nardwuar vibes in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur …
2023-08-19: 😠 I’m looking at the Be Our Guest dinner as my wife and I finalize our plans for #Disney World and I …
2023-08-17: ⚖️ From a report at Law Dork by its proprietor, Chris Geidner: Starr issued an “administrative …
2023-08-16: Introducing Quicklinks.lol The other day, er, morning, er, very early morning, I posted about a little project I did instead of …
2023-08-15: 😑 So if one had, hypothetically, selected all of the files in the .txt/.markdown notes folder in …
2023-08-15: The Web Worth Paying For I was listening to Celeste Headlee interview Anil Dash on the latest episode of the Slate podcast …
2023-08-13: Grounds For Sculpture.
2023-08-13: Rat’s Restaurant.
2023-08-10: So, 40 commits later, you can star my insomnia on GitHub. I should have been cleaning, or sleeping. …
2023-08-08: 💻 The MacBook Air I'm posting this from is older than I'll admit in polite company, so I've been …
2023-08-07: 👍 Apropos of my earlier post about considering migration to a different Mastodon server: Notes from …
2023-08-07: 🚆 Right now I do ActivityPubs primarily from mastodon.social. But I’m researching migration and …
2023-08-06: 💬 So the Gummi Bears show from 1985-1991 was both something I think I saw in its entirety during its …
2023-08-05: Avon-by-the-Sea Beach.
2023-08-04: Author and actor Miranda Keeling posted this on Mastodon, where she frequently posts interesting …
2023-08-04: I saw The Toaster Museum linked to over at Hacker News and immediately thought of John Siracusa …
2023-07-31: Associated Humane Societies.
2023-07-30: I have some more Bluesky invite codes. But I’m 40 and married, so I don’t just hand a code to the …
2023-07-25: Top Gun: Maverick, 2022 - ★★★★ (contains spoilers) This review may contain spoilers. Sure, it’s a couple hours of Tom Cruise being paid millions of …
2023-07-25: Threatening to take away your customers’ fake merit badges if they don’t pay more isn’t a business. …
2023-07-21: Obviously this is incredible, full stop. But if you’re trained in the craft and the composers, this …
2023-07-21: 🍿 Prey, 2022 - ★★★★ (contains spoilers) This review may contain spoilers. A Predator movie is only as good as its protagonist. The dialogue …
2023-07-17: One bit of Casey Newton’s latest Platformer piece, on how Threads can survive the calm after the …
2023-07-15: I need Mrs. Meyers to answer for the fact that her “Compassion Flower” handsoap scent has me …
2023-07-15: Kaya’s Kitchen.
2023-07-15: Avon-by-the-Sea Beach.
2023-07-15: I was going to treat reddit like Facebook, visiting every 1 or 2 months to see what was going on. …
2023-07-15: 💬 💬 Okay, I'm trying again to see if I can set it up so my updates on status.lol are imported to my …
2023-07-15: Elon Musk is the answer to the question: What if we gave MRAs, incels and wannabe MAGA Big Deals™ …
2023-07-12: List of Indie Dev Sales Events Matt Corey put together a list of developers holding sales in an …
2023-07-10: Mark Frauenfelder, writing at Boing Boing: A recent study of sleep loss and depression found that …
2023-07-10: Firefox address bar modifiers - the tilde.institute wiki: The address bar has become our entry …
2023-07-09: Breakfast at Monmouth Junction Kitchen
2023-07-06: I’m trying out a new cross-posting method, this time using the #RSS feed for a new “status” category …
2023-07-06: I guess we’re supposed to shit on Threads. Skepticism is valid. But they already collect data from …
2023-07-04: My daughter shushed me while we watched Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” today and I’ve never been more …
2023-07-04: Neil Gaiman liked a post of mine on Bluesky. It was actually a re-post of one of his own posts, and …
2023-07-02: This was supposed to post to my Microblog via OwnYourSwarm but I don’t know how to set up my theme …
2023-07-02: The early nerd gets the… something. I’m tired.
2023-07-02: 🎧 “The One” by Taking Back Sunday (2023) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s good. I’m happy it’s good. It came from something sad: “This song came from a riff that …
2023-07-01: 📷 Found my old Fringe hoodie while putting some stuff away. It’s pretty beat up, but a great …
2023-07-01: I do not want spoilers but I would appreciate anyone seeing Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny …
2023-06-30: The Supreme Court has struck down the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness in Biden v. …
2023-06-30: Narwhal dev declining to answer whether he made a deal with Reddit is him confirming he made a deal, …
2023-06-26: SkyBridge is a server that connects Mastodon to Bluesky, enabling the use of some Mastodon-only apps …
2023-06-25: There are so many wonderful #iOS apps for Mastodon1, but Ivory is still my favorite. Just need it to …
2023-06-24: Do you realize how much of Live Aid Freddie Mercury spent playing air guitar? Just one of the true …
2023-06-23: 😁 Hey thanks @jmj@social.lol for the tip on getting my status.lol crossposting to Mastodon working …
2023-06-23: 📚 Finished: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980), ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Yesterday I finished reading The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams. ️Maybe not …
2023-06-21: Now I have three Bluesky invites. Let me know if you’re interested!
2023-06-21: 🔵 Now I have three Bluesky invites. Let me know if you're interested!
2023-06-14: CEO Steve Huffman’s bumbling, slow-motion destruction of reddit would be a huge loss to collective …
2023-06-10: My 3-year-old just asked me if Mark Hoppus is me on this video of Blink 182 playing I Miss You at …
2023-06-08: I took this photo tonight while leaving work at 18th and Market Streets in Philly. It doesn’t really …
2023-06-07: Jeri Ryan, the actor who plays Seven of Nine on various Stars Trek, favorited a post of mine on …
2023-06-03: “Lawyers’ vile emails exposed” Sometimes I write a long, angry blog post about a thing, fully …
2023-06-03: It’s a whole vibe.
2023-06-02: Oldest Search - Search for the oldest result on internet This is one of those things I just love …
2023-06-02: I verified myself on nostr which required logging into cpanel, creating a json file, editing my …
2023-05-27: Markdown images are an anti-pattern | daverupert.com Dave Rupert doesn’t see a place in …
2023-05-22: Craig Hockenberry, announces ‘Blank’ for Apple tvOS I’m happy to announce the release …
2023-05-22: Mac Gmail client Mimestream reaches 1.0 Jason Snell, writing at Six Colors: If you’re a Gmail user, …
2023-05-22: 🌞 I have two Bluesky invites if anyone is interested. However, I’m only considering requests from …
2023-05-22: I have two Bluesky invites if anyone is interested. However, I’m only considering requests …
2023-05-22: Moon, 2009 - ★★★★★ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5 out of 5 stars) This is the last one for today, I promise. Another rewatch, Sam …
2023-05-22: Annihilation, 2018 - ★★★★ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4 out of 5 stars) I can confirm in watching this movie again that it is ambitious, …
2023-05-21: The Menu, 2022 - ★★★ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3 stars out of 5) I don’t regret watching this and I would certainly recommend it to certain …
2023-05-21: I’ve been playing around with using OwnYourSwarm and the idea of posting only certain checkins …
2023-05-21: D&R Canal.
2023-05-21: Checked in at D & R Canal @ Kingston
2023-05-20: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, 2023 - ★ ⭐️ (1 star out of 5 Wouldn’t watch again, wouldn’t recommend The story was incoherent except as a …
2023-05-15: Camp Taylor. Checked in at Camp Taylor. A campfire in the daylight. (@ Camp Taylor Campground, NJ, …
2023-05-15: Justice Gorsuch, during #SCOTUS oral arguments in Counterman v. Colorado, displaying a kind of …
2023-05-14: Castle in the Sky, 1986 Watched on Sunday May 14, 2023.
2023-05-14: Checked in at Camp Taylor. Another night, another shot of the sky through the trees (@ Camp Taylor …
2023-05-13: Checked in at Camp Taylor. Camping with some family to celebrate my upcoming ██th birthday.
2023-05-13: I love the big overlap in the user communities at omg.lol and Micro.blog. There’s something about …
2023-05-13: The sky through the trees (@ Camp Taylor Campground, NJ, USA)
2023-05-10: Neil Gaiman announced season 2 of Good Omens on Bluesky today. I enjoyed season 1 which, though it …
2023-05-09: Currently reading: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams 📚 I’m reading this …
2023-05-06: Please stop inviting heads of state to Bluesky ⟶ The Verge’s Elizabeth Lopatto reports on Bluesky’s …
2023-05-06: 🗨️ Re-installing the twitter app… just for a bit so I can complain to Dropbox about their gross …
2023-05-06: Mandibles, night-blooming jasmine, and in-utero memories. These are the things a great Nic Cage …
2023-04-30: If You Build It I’ve been poking around Bluesky and it seems like they’ve really opened up the gates over there. I’m …
2023-04-29: As I said on Bluesky itself: This is… not a good idea at all…
2023-04-28: 🎧 "It’s a Pleasure to Meet You" by Motion City Soundtrack You are not alone We’ve all had our battles with darkness and shadows I’m here to let …
2023-04-23: I’m trying out cross-posting from Micro.blog to Bluesky. Come & say hi if you’re over there. …
2023-04-21: 🟦 If you’re on Bluesky, come say hi. I’ve found some cool people, but it’s a … different vibe than …
2023-04-19: For and Against Bluesky Point against Bluesky: Already it’s recommending I follow crypto bros, as if no one who works on …
2023-04-15: 💻 Of course I'm putzing around on omg.lol
2023-03-26: 📱 Having fun rebuilding my Drafts app groups and actions from the ground up.
2023-03-02: 📻 Listening to the National Security Law Podcast …
2023-02-25: 😁 Every time I visit omg.lol or social.lol I find a new fun thing to try. This time it’s status.lol …
2023-01-16: App recommendation: Workflowy Workflowy is easily one of my favorite #productivity apps. I’ve been using it for years for work and …
2021-11-22: Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer, 2018 Turned this off in the first ten minutes
2021-09-27: Riders of Justice, 2020 - ★★★★ It both is and is not the movie you think it is, and both in the best way.
2021-08-24: FUMC Ideas Sunshine Pieces Daniel Isn’t Real Near Dark Don’t Look Now Next Door Enter …
2021-08-24: Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness, 1986 - ★★ Awful… awfully wonderful
2021-08-14: CODA, 2021 - ★★★ Awful family places burden of their livelihood on daughter for her entire life and finally decides …
2021-08-13: Black Widow, 2021 - ★★★ It’s worth a watch for the chemistry between the sisters - you don’t see a lot of effective …
2021-08-06: The Suicide Squad, 2021 - ★★★★ A lot of people love this movie for the same reasons a lot of people hate this movie. It …
2021-07-31: Don't Look Now, 1973 - ★★★★½ The non sequitur implementation of the ending cost half a star but the film is visually stunning and …
2021-07-27: Starry Eyes, 2014 - ★★★ Watched on Tuesday July 20, 2021.
2021-07-27: The Peanut Butter Solution, 1985 - ★★★ You will not know where it’s going until it gets there.
2021-07-27: FUMC History The films watched by the FUMC, in order. Martyrs The Peanut Butter Solution Starry Eyes …
2021-07-27: Cigarette Burns, 2005 - ★★★ Watched for the FUMC.
2021-07-27: House, 1977 - ★★★ Well you should all watch it once. Watching it alone was disorientating and left me wishing I had …
2021-07-24: A Quiet Place Part II, 2020 - ★★★★★ I try to be stingy with 5 stars but this movie deserves it. The writing, direction, acting and SOUND …
2021-07-23: C'est la Vie, 2016 - ★★★★ I watched a few of his shorts tonight but this was my favorite.
2021-07-23: Beau, 2011 - ★★★ There’s so much more to be told here.
2021-07-23: The Strange Thing About the Johnsons, 2011 - ★★★ Yes it’s disturbing but there’s nothing supernatural about it.
2021-07-21: Martyrs, 2008 - ★★★★ Watched on Wednesday July 21, 2021.
2021-07-21: Come and See, 1985 - ★★★★ Brutal and unrelenting, once is enough, but it’s also necessary.
2021-07-19: Near Dark, 1987 - ★★★★ It’s worth a watch despite the lame performance of the male lead. Henricksen and Paxton are …
2021-07-17: The Amusement Park, 1975 - ★★ These are all things I have seen happening to Oder folks. It’s a sad sad movie whose true horror is …
2021-07-15: Sunshine, 2007 - ★★ The star power is impressive, with Michelle Yeoh and Chris Evans and Cillian Murphy and Rose Byrne. …
2021-07-15: Gunpowder Milkshake, 2021 - ★★★ Watched on Thursday July 15, 2021.
2021-06-05: Furious 7, 2015 Watched on Friday June 4, 2021.
2021-06-05: Fast & Furious 6, 2013 Watched on Thursday June 3, 2021.
2021-06-05: Fast Five, 2011 Watched on Wednesday June 2, 2021.
2021-06-05: Fast & Furious, 2009 Watched on Tuesday June 1, 2021.
2021-06-05: 2 Fast 2 Furious, 2003 Watched on Saturday May 29, 2021.
2021-06-05: The Fast and the Furious, 2001 Watched on Friday May 28, 2021.
2021-04-22: Synchronic, 2019 - ★★★ As usual, this directing duo puts an interesting new spin on a very old kind of story. It’s a worthy …
2021-04-16: Sound of Metal, 2019 A stunning movie. I don’t know how well it portrays being deaf, but it moved me with its portrayal …
2021-04-16: Parasite, 2019 - ★★★★ I can’t remember when I watched this but it was a while ago. It was incredibly strange and …
2021-02-08: The Lighthouse, 2019 - ★★★★ Buy the ticket, take the ride, smell the farts, be disturbed and left with a lot of questions and a …
2021-02-08: Earwig and the Witch, 2020 - ★ Abrupt ending, animation not great, decent first draft of a story and movie at best
2021-01-17: Promising Young Woman, 2020 - ★★★★ Everyone woman should watch it once. Every man should watch it two or three times. I dinged it a …
2021-01-15: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 2019 - ★★★★ It simultaneously puts every cynical fight you ever may have had about Mr. Rogers to bed an also …
2021-01-10: Hope Gap, 2019 - ★★ Depressing but it has heart. Ending sucked.
2021-01-09: Save Yourselves!, 2020 - ★★★ It’s worth watching but the end was huh?
2021-01-05: Togo, 2019 - ★★★★ This was surprisingly true to the facts I could find. It’s hard to maintain a couple hours of mostly …
2021-01-02: Wild Mountain Thyme, 2020 - ★★★ I guess, based on what the critics say, I’m not supposed to admit I liked this movie, but fuck it. …
2020-12-30: Ad Astra, 2019 - ★★★ Brad Pitt was very good in a role I don’t think anyone would expect him to excel in. Beyond that …
2020-12-26: Wonder Woman 1984, 2020 - ★ Oof. That did not go well.
2020-10-12: Hubie Halloween, 2020 - ★★½ It was exactly what I thought it would be. Don’t review this thing like it’s suppose to change …
2020-10-09: Midnight Special, 2016 - ★★★ Great bones but a criminal underuse of Kirsten Dunst, overuse of Adam Driver, who is great but whose …
2020-09-12: One Cut of the Dead, 2017 - ★★★★ Despite how it looks at first, it’s not a horror movie but it’s absolutely worth a watch, especially …
2020-09-01: The Peanut Butter Falcon, 2019 - ★★★★ Great performances from the main dudes and the main lady, but the end was too abrupt
2020-08-26: Project Power, 2020 - ★★★ The actor that plays Robin is really good. Her hoodie being Robin colors is an nice touch. It’s …
2020-08-23: Host, 2020 - ★★★½ Perfectly paced and does the horror via video call thing very well.
2020-08-13: Jurassic Park, 1993 - ★★★★★ Still a great watch all these years later.
2017-07-07: 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia case: 1st Amendment protects recording police in public Some notable passages from today’s 3rd Circuit opinion in Fields v. City of Philadelphia, …
2017-05-08: Court Junkie podcast episode on Eric Frein trial Court Junkie podcast episode on Eric Frein trial I was a law clerk when the murder of Corporal Bryon …
2017-05-03: A disturbing sex trend called 'stealthing' is on the rise A disturbing sex trend called ‘stealthing’ is on the rise ‘Stealthing’ is …
2017-05-02: New Orleans: an unethical District Attorney and an overworked Public Defender Prosecuted by her legal counterpart: ‘It destroyed my life in so many ways’ This DA …
2017-04-21: A month after dismissing federal prosecutors, Justice Department does not have any U.S. attorneys in place A month after dismissing federal prosecutors, Justice Department does not have any U.S. attorneys in …
2017-04-20: Sources: Nintendo to launch SNES mini this year Sources: Nintendo to launch SNES mini this year Tom Phillips writes at Eurogamer: The reality of a …
2017-04-18: Alex Jones' rock and hard place: Authentic lunatic or performance artist and fit parent? In Travis County custody case, jury will search for real Alex Jones Jonathan Tilove reports this …
2017-04-15: Unenforceable ban on atheists holding public office still on the books in 8 states Unenforceable ban on atheists holding public office still on the books in 8 states This is an old …
2017-04-14: Mentally incompetent Utah man dies in hospital after jail episode left him paralyzed Mentally incompetent Utah man dies in hospital after jail episode left him paralyzed Is this the …
2017-04-11: United Airlines Tumbles After Social-Media Storm Goes Global United Airlines Tumbles After Social-Media Storm Goes Global Justin Bachman and Linly Lin reporting …
2017-04-10: The magnificent stupidity of the "nuclear option" The magnificent stupidity of the “nuclear option” It’s a trainwreck. Republicans …
2017-03-23: Senate Republicans Vote To Gut Internet Privacy Senate Republicans Vote To Gut Internet Privacy Hamza Shaban, writing for BuzzFeed: The Senate voted …
2017-03-23: Heinz running Don Draper’s ‘Pass the Heinz’ ads Heinz running Don Draper’s ‘Pass the Heinz’ ads Tim Nudd at Adweek: In a meta union of advertising’s …
2017-03-22: Trans characters in the first big video games of 2017 Trans characters in the first big video games of 2017 Laura Dale, writing at Polygon: The past month …
2017-02-27:
Modern Law #5
2017-01-13: DOJ internal watchdog to investigate FBI's Clinton inquiry Justice Dept. internal watchdog to investigate FBI’s Clinton inquiry The inquiry by the …
2016-12-19: Prenda copyright trolls arrested Prenda Law “copyright trolls” Steele and Hansmeier arrested Justice.
2016-12-17: On bookstores I’m in a bookstore, Joseph Fox in Philadelphia, and there are people here in the cramped sometimes …
2016-12-16: NBC stupidly shutting down Breaking News app, service NBC stupidly shutting down Breaking News app, service The decision, as it often does in the media …
2016-12-07: Wells Fargo claims customers agreed to arbitration... for accounts they never asked for Wells Fargo Killing Sham Account Suits by Using Arbitration [Jennifer] Zeleny, a lawyer who lives …
2016-11-28: Poultry Fraud ‘Dark Meat’ by Gabriel Thompson Failing to record injuries is one strategy to create …
2016-11-17: FCC abides by GOP request, deletes everything from meeting agenda FCC abides by GOP request, deletes everything from meeting agenda Wheeler's attempt to impose new …
2016-08-31: Dropbox employee’s password reuse led to theft of 60M+ user credentials Dropbox employee’s password reuse led to theft of 60M+ user credentials Kate Conger, reporting at …
2016-08-24: Secret Cameras Record Baltimore’s Every Move From Above Secret Cameras Record Baltimore’s Every Move From Above Pritchett had no idea that as he spoke, a …
2016-07-12:
I fact-checked that old anti-Muslim mass email, and you'll totally believe what happened next
A beloved relative recently included me on an email forward that I simply could not ignore. …
2016-07-07: NJ law would require pet stores sell only rescue animals NJ law would require pet stores sell only rescue animals John C. Ensslin reports for The Record: …
2016-05-12: A Slack bot to alert about missing children A Slack bot to alert about missing children [caption id=“attachment_2481” …
2016-03-07: Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign Jim Finkle reports for Reuters: Hackers …
2016-03-03: The perils of marriage equality The perils of marriage equality Professor Kimberly Mutcherson of Rutgers Law School writes at …
2016-02-17: Re: Dumb conspiracy theories on Scalia's death Enough with the conspiracy theories about Justice Scalia’s death I read this earlier today: …
2016-02-03: Google begins rolling out free internet to public housing in Fiber cities Google begins rolling out free internet to public housing in Fiber cities This is a big deal. I …
2016-02-02: Retiring founder wants $1M for his SCOTUS audio archive Retiring founder wants $1M for his SCOTUS audio archive Oyez is a robust archive of audio recordings …
2016-01-23: No Rey, No Way LucasFilm to toy vendors: No Rey Michael Boehm at Sweatpants and Coffee: The insider, who was at …
2016-01-14:
U.S. DOT paving way for self-driving cars (and a Klingons aside)
U.S. DOT paving way for self-driving cars Chris Ziegler reports at The Verge:
DOT and NHTSA will …
2016-01-11:
Ziggy Played Guitar
Look up here, I’m in heaven
I’ve got scars that can’t be seen
I’ve got drama, can’t be …
2016-01-05: More than 13,000 untested rape kits in Florida More than 13,000 untested rape kits in Florida This bit sent shivers down my spine: After Detroit …
2015-12-31: Cosby charged with sexual assault Bill Cosby charged with sexual assault in Pennsylvania The TV legend is accused of drugging and …
2015-12-29: Is sending porn illegal in Pennsylvania? Is sending porn illegal in Pennsylvania? Dave Davies writes on his WHYY blog, Off Mic: It's right …
2015-12-24: Katie Floyd's 3 Tips For Family Tech Support Katie Floyd’s 3 Tips For Family Tech Support Great advice for every geek dreading the holiday …
2015-12-18: Laser-armed fighter jets by 2020 Laser-armed fighter jets by 2020 Thom Patterson writes for CNN: Here's how Air Force special ops …
2015-12-14: Sorry HR, your job descriptions suck Machine Intelligence In The Real World [...] Textio is a text editor that recommends improvements …
2015-12-10: "A slower-track school where they do well" “A slower-track school where they do well” I’m just going to leave this Justice …
2015-11-27: Israeli Supreme Court Rejects Family Petition To Bury Trans Woman As Their “Son" Israeli Supreme Court Rejects Family Petition To Bury Trans Woman As Their “Son" Peleg, who …
2015-11-25: Adele's '25' on Pandora Adele’s ‘25’ on Pandora Pandora confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that every track …
2015-11-24: Restraining orders in the age of drones Today Joshua Goldman of CNET reports that the FAA recommends requiring drone pilots to register …
2015-11-19: Vizio TVs spy on you, here's how to disable it Vizio TVs spy on you, here’s how to disable it Vizio’s technology works by analyzing snippets …
2015-11-17: The how and why of sneaky ultrasonic ad tracking Dan Goodin reports over at Ars Technica on the development of technology which can use inaudible …
2015-11-12: Is the Russian kamikaze sub misinformation or an inadvertent warning to the West? Is the Russian kamikaze sub misinformation or an inadvertent warning to the West? Apparently, The …
2015-11-12: Russian Ships Too Close to Data Cables for U.S. Comfort Russian Ships Too Close to Data Cables for U.S. Comfort The first of two this-is-really-concerning …
2015-11-10: Apple has learned nothing from Microsoft's Surface Apple has learned nothing from Microsoft’s Surface - The Verge iPad sales are indeed down, but …
2015-11-09: When is time to take antitrust action against Comcast? When is time to take antitrust action against Comcast? It’s hard to read about U.S. …
2015-10-19: China hack attacks on US continue despite commercial spying pact China hack attacks on US continue despite commercial spying pact If this surprises you, I’ve got a …
2015-10-14: Hackers Can Silently Control Siri From 16 Feet Away Hackers Can Silently Control Siri From 16 Feet Away Well this is concerning: A pair of researchers …
2015-10-13: Axel Springer bans adblock users from Bild online Axel Springer bans adblock users from Bild online According to the report by Reuters at The …
2015-10-07: CFPB proposes ban of class action prohibitions in arbitration clauses CFPB proposes ban of class action prohibitions in arbitration clauses The Consumer Financial …
2015-09-24: 'Happy Birthday' copyright held invalid ‘Happy Birthday’ copyright held invalid Until now, Warner has asked for royalties from …
2015-09-23:
The Government Is Selling Thousands of Homes to Hedge Funds Without Their Owners' Knowledge
The Government Is Selling Thousands of Homes to Hedge Funds Without Their Owners' Knowledge Jared …
2015-09-22:
Thoughts on ad blockers
Most of this article is an extensive discussion of my hunt for the best ad blocker on iOS. It …
2015-09-21: Video gamer hunts down, stabs man who killed his online 'Counter-Strike' character Video gamer hunts down, stabs man who killed his online ‘Counter-Strike’ character …
2015-09-03: My annual sportsball post: Tom Brady’s Four-Game N.F.L. Suspension Erased by Judge Tom Brady’s Four-Game N.F.L. Suspension Erased by Judge Tom Brady is now set to play in the …
2015-09-02: Missouri Teenagers Protest a Transgender Student’s Use of the Girls’ Bathroom Missouri Teenagers Protest a Transgender Student’s Use of the Girls’ Bathroom I can’t blame …
2015-08-27: Alison Parker, Adam Ward of WDBJ remembered by friends Alison Parker, Adam Ward of WDBJ remembered by friends It’s inappropriate to use these tragic …
2015-08-18: Lewis James Fogle Free, 34 Years After His Wrongful Conviction Lewis James Fogle Free, 34 Years After His Wrongful Conviction The case against Mr. Fogle itself …
2015-08-14: What's better for free speech on reddit, saving a single thread or getting the whole site unbanned in Russia? What’s better for free speech on reddit, saving a single thread or getting the whole site …
2015-08-13: Facial Recognition Software Moves From Overseas Wars to Local Police Facial Recognition Software Moves From Overseas Wars to Local Police This is troubling: Lt. Scott …
2015-08-12: The ethics of modern web ad-blocking The ethics of modern web ad-blocking Marco Arment, creator of Instapaper and, more recently, …
2015-08-03: Can the FTC ban digital goods? Can the FTC ban digital goods? Brent Kendall, writing at The Wall Street Journal: The current case …
2015-08-03: Federal Court's data breach decision shows new tilt toward victims, class-action lawsuits Federal Court’s data breach decision shows new tilt toward victims, class-action lawsuits John …
2015-07-31: "Happy birthday" lawsuit takes a(n unexpectedly interesting) turn “Happy birthday” lawsuit takes a(n unexpectedly interesting) turn Did you know copyright …
2015-07-29: China-Tied Hackers That Hit U.S. Said to Breach United Airlines China-Tied Hackers That Hit U.S. Said to Breach United Airlines This is starting to look like a …
2015-07-21: Drone regulation, firefighting and basic decency Drone regulation, firefighting and basic decency Michael Martinez, Paul Vercammen and Ben Brumfield …
2015-07-20: Democracy.io - Contact your Members of Congress Democracy.io - Contact your Members of Congress Great stuff from the Electronic Frontier Foundation: …
2015-07-19: Google's alleged gender-based pay disparity Ex-Googler says she exposed company-wide pay inequality with crowdsourced spreadsheet Kristen V. …
2015-07-14: Antitrust official inappropriately lauds Amazon's "disruptive business model" Antitrust official inappropriately lauds Amazon’s “disruptive business model” DOJ …
2015-07-13: Obama Plans Broader Use of Clemency to Free Nonviolent Drug Offenders Obama Plans Broader Use of Clemency to Free Nonviolent Drug Offenders Peter Baker of The New York …
2015-07-09: iOS 9 Public Beta coming today? iOS 9 Public Beta coming today? I rarely cross-post from my geekery-focused Tumblr, but I’m so …
2015-07-08: The Verge made a FAA drone exemption search engine The Verge made a FAA drone exemption search engine Ben Popper reports at The Verge: We have …
2015-07-07: Tor Project seeks Executive Director Tor Project seeks Executive Director The Tor Project, makers of anonymizing browsing tools, is …
2015-07-06: When a Company Is Put Up for Sale, in Many Cases, Your Personal Data Is, Too When a Company Is Put Up for Sale, in Many Cases, Your Personal Data Is, Too I have written about …
2015-07-01: Amazon AWS: Good enough for the CIA Amazon AWS: Good enough for the CIA Leena Rao has a fascinating background story at Fortune on …
2015-06-29: Philly diner's SCOTUS-inspired brunch menu following same-sex marriage ruling Philly diner’s SCOTUS-inspired brunch menu following same-sex marriage ruling Oh Philadelphia, …
2015-06-27:
Modern Law for the Week Ending June 26, 2015
This week I devote the entire newsletter to the Supreme Court decision declaring bans on same-sex …
2015-06-18: Monster sues their way out of Apple's licensed accessories program Apple Revokes Monster’s Authority to Make Licensed Accessories Daisuke Wakabayashi writes at The …
2015-06-10: Petraeus' preferential punishment Petraeus' preferential punishment Mitch Weiss of the Associated Press reports: A federal judge in …
2015-06-04: NASA, Verizon developing tech to track drones via cell towers NASA, Verizon developing tech to track drones via cell towers Mark Harris reports at The Guardian: …
2015-06-02: Microsoft has acquired Wunderlist Microsoft has acquired Wunderlist Amir Mizroch of The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft …
2015-05-30: Crisis shelter workers want Google Maps to hide the locations of their shelters Crisis shelter workers want Google Maps to hide the locations of their shelters Selena Larson …
2015-05-29: Microsoft won't rule out complying with potential UK encryption limits Microsoft’s won’t rule out complying with potential UK encryption limits Danny Yadron at …
2015-05-27: Appeals court keeps immigration policy on hold Appeals court keeps immigration policy on hold Lyle Denniston writes at SCOTUSBlog: Under the …
2015-05-22: Subscribe to my weekly newsletter Subscribe to my weekly newsletter I don’t write here as often as I’d like to, and while …
2015-05-08: The Amazon Noncompete Clause The Amazon Noncompete Clause Here it is, in all its overbroad glory: During employment and for 18 …
2015-05-07: Apple under federal anti-competition scrutiny, again Apple under federal anti-competition scrutiny, again Micah Singleton writes for The Verge: Sources …
2015-04-30:
Popcorn Time, Netflix, HBO and the future of digital media
This story about a U.K. court ordering Popcorn Time blocked has been knocking around in my brain for …
2015-04-29: “Super-cuts” from same-sex marriage arguments “Super-cuts” from same-sex marriage arguments SCOTUSBlog contributor Tejinder Singh posted 36 …
2015-04-28: Re-engaging driver with questions after saying he’s free to leave is a second stop Re-engaging driver with questions after saying he’s free to leave is a second stop This is worth …
2015-04-09: NJ lawyers need a social media policy for employees NJ lawyers need a social media policy for employees Jennifer Marino Thibodaux of Gibbons writes: …
2015-04-02: Another blow to deceptively marketed "unlimited" data plans Another blow to deceptively marketed “unlimited” data plans Jon Brodkin at Ars Technica: …
2015-04-01: Tim Cook: Pro-discrimination ‘religious freedom’ laws are dangerous Tim Cook: Pro-discrimination ‘religious freedom’ laws are dangerous Tim Cook, in an op-ed at the …
2015-03-25: Employee Manuals Need Spring Cleaning Thanks to the NLRB Employee Manuals Need Spring Cleaning Thanks to the NLRB Jason Shinn, writing at Michigan Employment …
2015-03-20: Tesla will enable automated freeway driving this summer Tesla will enable automated freeway driving this summer Chris Taylor reporting at Mashable: So to …
2015-03-11: The Night His Girlfriend Dissociated and Forgot Who He Was The Night His Girlfriend Dissociated and Forgot Who He Was An anonymous author writes at Vice.com: …
2015-03-03: Petraeus reaches plea deal with Justice Department Petraeus reaches plea deal with Justice Department Kevin Johnson and Tom Vanden Brook, reporting for …
2015-02-27: Goodbye Leonard Nimoy Goodbye Leonard Nimoy Krishnadev Calamur, reporting at NPR: Actor Leonard Nimoy, best known for his …
2015-02-10: Snapchat selfie gets teen arrested on murder charge Snapchat selfie gets teen arrested on murder chargeJill Daly, reporting at the Pittsburgh …
2015-02-09: Gay marriage begins in Alabama Gay marriage begins in AlabamaJustices Thomas and Scalia were none too pleased that their colleagues …
2015-02-06: How the DMCA criminalized DIY farm equipment repair How the DMCA criminalized DIY farm equipment repairKyle Wiens, writing at Wired: Manufacturers have …
2015-02-05: Innocent until convinced otherwise Innocent until convinced otherwiseSusan Perry, reporting at MinnPost.com on a study led by …
2015-02-03: The Guardian explains ‘three-parent’ babies The Guardian explains ‘three-parent’ babiesIan Sample has a clear, concise explainer over at The …
2015-02-01: The science of smarter teams The science of smarter teamsThis is a fascinating article about what characteristics distinguish …
2015-01-30: Aol dials up the stupid with 150 editorial layoffs Aol dials up the stupid with 150 editorial layoffsBrianna Royce, Editor in Chief of Massively, the …
2015-01-30: EFF Wins Battle Over Secret Legal Opinions on Government Spying EFF Wins Battle Over Secret Legal Opinions on Government SpyingThe EFF said in a press release …
2015-01-23: Federal judge strikes down gay-marriage ban in Alabama Federal judge strikes down gay-marriage ban in AlabamaI’ll just leave this right here…
2015-01-14: South Dakota same-sex marriage ban falls South Dakota same-sex marriage ban fallsI’ve probably used this line before, but I can’t help …
2015-01-12: A Reminder To Ditch The Disclaimer This Tax Season A Reminder To Ditch The Disclaimer This Tax SeasonKelly Phillips Erb, writing at Forbes: According …
2015-01-07: Join the bone marrow registry Join the bone marrow registryDrew Olanoff (@drew) is facing cancer for the second time. He is …
2015-01-05: Google Calendars as a timekeeping tool Google Calendars as a timekeeping toolKeri Mahoney of Law Technology Today writes about using Google …
2015-01-02: Message scanning lawsuit against Facebook won't go away Message scanning lawsuit against Facebook won’t go awayJohn Timmer reports at Ars Technica: …
2014-12-31: What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2015? What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2015? Duke Law’s Center for the Study of the …
2014-12-31: Some policy thoughts on corporate "revenge hacking" Michael Riley and Jordan Robertson, reporting a fascinating story at Bloomberg: In the U.S., …
2014-12-19: Treatment of Transgender Employment Discrimination Claims Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Treatment of Transgender Employment Discrimination Claims Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of …
2014-12-17: Employees sue Sony over email leaks Employees sue Sony over email leaksSaba Hamedy and Meg James, at the LA Times: Hackers began …
2014-12-16: A court of beginnings Photo of Pike County Courthouse by the author Several excellent writing professors have told me …
2014-12-15: The ethics of reporting on the Sony hack The ethics of reporting on the Sony hackEmily Yoshida (@emilyyoshida), entertainment editor at The …
2014-12-11: Google recognizes non-binary, fluid nature of gender identity in new settings This is another post that began as a mere link post and became, by the time I was done writing it, …
2014-12-10: HBO without cable confirmed for April 2015 HBO without cable confirmed for April 2015Finally, although HBO’s decision to use MLB Advanced Media …
2014-12-05: Tim Cook will lend his name to Alabama LGBTQ bill Tim Cook will lend his name to Alabama LGBTQ billApple initially expressed corporate reluctance, but …
2014-11-26: Searching Google Scholar Searching Google ScholarI’m trying to post fewer links, which means I’ve been posting less …
2014-11-21: Serial podcast presents novel collision of law and technology Serial podcast presents novel collision of law and technologyThe incredible true crime podcast …
2014-11-14: Americans’ Cellphones Targeted in Secret U.S. Spy Program Americans’ Cellphones Targeted in Secret U.S. Spy ProgramDevlin Barrett reports at The Wall Street …
2014-11-13: Warrantless seizure of child pornography evidence fatal to prosecution's case Warrantless seizure of child pornography evidence fatal to prosecution’s caseThe Michigan …
2014-10-22: SCOTUS Servo tracks and announces changes to Supreme Court opinions SCOTUS Servo tracks and announces changes to Supreme Court opinionsGitHub is where most software …
2014-10-18: Anita Sarkeesian asserts her right not to be in danger of being shot Anita Sarkeesian asserts her right not to be in danger of being shotTim Vitale, spokesman for Utah …
2014-10-15: HBO without cable coming in 2015 HBO without cable coming in 2015Peter Kafka reports at Recode: [HBO CEO Richard] Plepler said the …
2014-10-11: Update to iOS 8 even without enough free space I’ve heard from many people who insist their iPhone or iPad “can’t handle” or “doesn’t fit” iOS 8. I …
2014-10-09: A sense that it wasn’t design A sense that it wasn’t designRobert Sullivan has such a good interview with Jony Ive over at Vogue: …
2014-10-09: Philly will consider adding LGBTQ protections to hate crimes ordinance Philly will consider adding LGBTQ protections to hate crimes ordinanceRandy Lobasso, writing at …
2014-10-01: Subprime auto lenders use technology to compel payment Subprime auto lenders use technology to compel paymentMichael Corkery And Jessica Silver-Greenberg, …
2014-09-26: FBI Director dislikes encryption on Apple and Google devices FBI Director dislikes encryption on Apple and Google devicesEncryption of data on mobile devices is …
2014-09-24: Anonymous Instagram users role-play with stolen baby photos Anonymous Instagram users role-play with stolen baby photosBlake Miller of Fast Company has this …
2014-09-23: Apple can't bypass your iOS passcode Apple can’t bypass your iOS passcodeApple says in the latest revision of its page on …
2014-09-19: Check for lint before trying to replace your iPhone's charging port My iPhone 5 recently stopped charging, unless I propped the phone upside down against an inclined …
2014-09-18: OutBeat, America's First Queer Jazz Festival OutBeat, America’s First Queer Jazz FestivalI don’t usually write about events here, but since …
2014-09-16: Millenials won't use subpar enterprise software Millenials won’t use subpar enterprise softwarePaul Boag writes at Smashing Magazine: …
2014-09-13: The systemic failure of modern hiring practices The systemic failure of modern hiring practicesLaurie Voss, in a piece about technical hiring that …
2014-09-12: Privacy advocates, tech companies nudge Congress to protect ‘abandoned’ e-mails Privacy advocates, tech companies nudge Congress to protect ‘abandoned’ e-mailsThe Email Privacy Act …
2014-09-05: 7th Circuit strikes down gay marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana 7th Circuit strikes down gay marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana The legal momentum favors …
2014-09-03: Listen: The Lawfare Podcast discusses zombies in the context of international law and national security Listen: The Lawfare Podcast discusses zombies in the context of international law and national …
2014-08-20: How law firms can innovate by providing third-party services to other law firms The Economist wrote in 2011 about the end of the legal industry’s lofty heights, saying of one large …
2014-07-29: Larry Lessig fighting for campaign finance reform with Mayday PAC Larry Lessig fighting for campaign finance reform with Mayday PACLawrence Lessig’s Mayday PAC is …
2014-07-22: Facebook is not free Facebook is not freeIf you use Facebook, this article is a must-read. It’s now common knowledge …
2014-07-16: Why we don't speak up at work Why we don’t speak up at workThis piece by Claire Lew at Signal v. Noise doesn’t exactly fit …
2014-07-06: For the NSA, we are the haystack For the NSA, we are the haystackBarton Gellman, Julie Tate and Ashkan Soltani, reporting at the …
2014-07-04: Facebook COO Sandberg apologizes for emotional contagion experiment Facebook COO Sandberg apologizes for emotional contagion experimentR. Jai Krishna, reporting on the …
2014-07-03: Listen: This Week in Law Listen: This Week in LawWhen it comes to my own website, editorial calendars always give way to real …
2014-07-02: Perverting the Metric: The Role of Metrics in Editorial Strategy HuffPo and BuzzFeed co-founder Jonah Peretti recently said in a long and fascinating interview by …
2014-06-30: Houston, We Have A Public Domain Problem Houston, We Have A Public Domain ProblemParker Higgins of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, …
2014-06-28: Facebook experimented on its users' emotions Facebook experimented on its users' emotionsAviva Rutkin, reporting in New Scientist: A team of …
2014-06-20: Budgets and egos Budgets and egosMark Headd, Philly’s first Chief Data Officer, who quit in spring of 2013, talking …
2014-06-18: Avoid Facebook's all-seeing eye Avoid Facebook’s all-seeing eyeViolet Blue, reporting at ZDNet: Facebook also announced …
2014-06-06: Journalism and tomatoes Journalism and tomatoesFrom a May 2013 editorial in the Columbia Journalism Review: Perhaps …
2014-05-29: AT&T, acquiring DirectTV, "vows" to stick to FCC's Open Internet rules for 3 years AT&T, acquiring DirectTV, “vows” to stick to FCC’s Open Internet rules for 3 …
2014-05-22: Mark Zuckerberg on survival of the most passionate Mark Zuckerberg on survival of the most passionate I actually think a lot of the reason why great …
2014-05-17: Gino Barrica on self-hating lawyers Gino Barrica on self-hating lawyersGino Barrica, responding to yet another article1 cautioning …
2014-05-14: The true Julian Assange The true Julian AssangeAndrew O’Hagan reads his essay Ghosting, about the failed ghostwriting …
2014-05-08: Condoleezza Rice backs out of Rutgers commencement Condoleezza Rice backs out of Rutgers commencementThe Associated Press reports: The school’s board …
2014-05-07: Internet Privacy and What Happens When You Try to Opt Out Internet Privacy and What Happens When You Try to Opt OutJanet Vertesi tried to hide her pregnancy …
2014-05-05: Moves, contradicting previous statement, may share user data with Facebook under new privacy policy When Facebook acquired fitness tracking app Moves, the two said user data would not be commingled. …
2014-04-25: Philadelphia School District releases budget data Philadelphia School District releases budget dataPublic entities don’t often have the budget needed …
2014-04-20: Buffer CEO Joel Gascoigne's blog Buffer CEO Joel Gascoigne’s blogJoel Gascoigne is a co-founder and the CEO of Buffer, the most …
2014-04-19: Gabriel García Márquez on life as literature Gabriel García Márquez on life as literatureThe recently deceased García Márquez, in an interview …
2014-04-17: Om Malik on digital advertising Om Malik on digital advertising Is a page being auto-refreshed on an open tab in your browser really …
2014-04-16: Plagiarism in Legal Briefs Plagiarism in Legal BriefsGerard Magliocca, writing at Concurring Opinions: If I cited [someone …
2014-04-14: You don't have to tweet for Twitter to consider you an active user You don’t have to tweet for Twitter to consider you an active userYoree Koh reporting at The …
2014-04-13: Government agency NTIS charges for docs you can get online for free, loses money doing it Government agency NTIS charges for docs you can get online for free, loses money doing itGood thing …
2014-04-11: The DATA Act and legislative definitions The DATA Act and legislative definitionsAndrea Peterson reports1 at The Washington Post the Senate …
2014-04-10: Down the aggregation rabbit hole This began as a link post pointing to Joel Achenbach’s Washington Post blog entry Journalism is …
2014-04-10: Margaret Sullivan takes her NYT colleagues to task like it's her job, because it is Margaret Sullivan takes her NYT colleagues to task like it’s her job, because it isMargaret …
2014-04-08: Heartbleed: When no encryption is better than bad encryption Heartbleed: When no encryption is better than bad encryptionAlex Hern reports for The Guardian this …
2014-04-08: “Notable toupee” “Notable toupee”I wanted to share this because it’s a funny phrase, and I think it’s important to …
2014-04-06: NPEs planning patent litigation may be safer as private companies Note: I’m not your lawyer, you’re not my client, and nothing in this article is, or should be …
2014-04-02: Aggregation is plagiarism Aggregation is plagiarismAggregation is plagiarism: I couldn’t help but aggregate (though not …
2014-03-28: Facebook buys virtual reality company Oculus Facebook buys virtual reality company OculusFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is betting virtual reality …
2014-03-27: Listen: 99% Invisible Listen: 99% InvisibleThis week’s featured podcast is 99% Invisible is “a tiny radio show about …
2014-03-22: Reading List: Law reviews, loans, novels and Crimea Here’s what I’ve been reading lately. The Crimea story is easily the most important one in terms of …
2014-03-20: Listen: CMD + Space I want to tell you about one great podcast every week. This shouldn’t be a problem for at least a …
2014-03-12: Popcorn Time streams movie torrents, but maybe it’s more than that The image above is the first screen you see when you open Popcorn Time. The app, available on Mac, …
2014-03-04: An update on 'Reading List' A daily post of links I read that day feels too spammy now that I’ve done it a few times. I’ll make …
2014-03-03: Reading list: Hari Kondabolu, Tim Cook, and magazine covers My favorites among today’s reads are the Hari Kondabolu piece, which is actually a video of few …
2014-03-02: Tim Cook and the same question Tim Cook and the same question When Cook turned the spotlight on someone, he hammered them with …
2014-03-02: Introducing 'Reading List' I’m a huge fan of apps and services like Instapaper and Pocket, which allow you to save web pages, …
2014-02-22: Disgraced Scientist Granted U.S. Patent for Work Found to be Fraudulent Disgraced Scientist Granted U.S. Patent for Work Found to be FraudulentIt’s hard to believe this …
2014-02-21: Get off your ass Get off your assIt makes for funny headlines, like this one I came up with three years ago, but the …
2014-02-20: DHS wants to track license plates DHS wants to track license platesICE spokeswoman Gillian Christensen, on the license plate tracking …
2014-02-17: CrossFit sends trademark takedown demand CrossFit sends trademark takedown demand The lesson here: the Digital Millennium COPYRIGHT Act …
2014-02-16: What is Intellectual Property Law? What is Intellectual Property Law?It’s not surprising that more scholarship self-identifying as …
2014-02-15: Sens. Cruz and Lee Introduce State Marriage Defense Act Sens. Cruz and Lee Introduce State Marriage Defense ActAt this point the anti-Constitutionalists are …
2014-02-14: Facebook Opens Up LGBTQ-Friendly Gender Identity And Pronoun Options Facebook Opens Up LGBTQ-Friendly Gender Identity And Pronoun OptionsFollowing up on my recent …
2014-02-14: Kansas anti-gay segregation bill is an abomination. Kansas anti-gay segregation bill is an abomination.Mr. Stern’s headline sums it up very well. If you …
2014-02-09: $12M CEO vs. $1M baby $12M CEO vs. $1M babyThe wife of an AOL employee, commenting on the company’s chief executive using …
2014-02-06: What is the maximum constitutional duration of a traffic stop? What is the maximum constitutional duration of a traffic stop?The answer is, perhaps unsuprisingly, …
2014-01-29: Workflow Tech, Part 2: Catalog Introduction I focused in the first of this three-post series on how I capture information for use …
2014-01-25: Mac turns 30 Mac turns 30Steve Jobs, in 1985: We’re just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly …
2014-01-19: Who cares if I think this link leads to a silly blog post at Forbes.com? Who cares if I think this link leads to a silly blog post at Forbes.com?No one. Least of all I. I …
2014-01-18: 500 Words A Day 500 Words A DayMG Siegler, general partner at Google Ventures, TechCrunch columnist, and tech …
2014-01-17: The part that goes alone This post stems from my recent conversations with a few people I know and care about who are having …
2014-01-03: Developing the Law of Cyber Warfare Developing the Law of Cyber WarfareGood article by lawyer, legal journalist and fellow Temple Law …
2014-01-02: Facebook scans messages for ad targeting Facebook scans messages for ad targetingI know this is an unpopular stance, but if you operate on …
2013-12-31: Apple and "market realities" Apple and “market realities”Apple, it turns out, is not happy about the legal …
2013-12-19: Teehan+Lax on redesigning Prismatic Teehan+Lax on redesigning PrismaticIt’s a great post by great designers about the work and value …
2013-12-17: Judges are, and aren't, competent to rule on intelligence issues Judges are, and aren’t, competent to rule on intelligence issuesLots to parse on this one, …
2013-12-13: CrunchBase and People+ settle CrunchBase and People+ settleA TechCrunch reporter had this to say about his employer’s sister …
2013-12-05: Personhood for chimps? Not any time soon. Personhood for chimps? Not any time soon.It’s a noble cause, but a flawed strategy. Victory is …
2013-12-04: NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwideBarton Gellman and Ashkan Soltani, reporting at The …
2013-12-04: Jay Rosen on the "View from Somewhere" Jay Rosen on the “View from Somewhere”The quarter-billion-dollar news company Pierre …
2013-12-02: Stephen Wolfram is building a ghost for the machine Stephen Wolfram is building a ghost for the machineStephen Wolfram, putting modesty aside as he …
2013-11-21: Is Google Play Newsstand a viable alternative to standalone Android apps? Is Google Play Newsstand a viable alternative to standalone Android apps?No.
2013-11-20: Winamp is dead Winamp is deadVery sad news. I’ve used Winamp for its entire life, all 15 years.
2013-11-16: 10 misconceptions about copyright and fair use 10 misconceptions about copyright and fair useEveryone on the Internet should have to read these.
2013-11-14: Judge calls Google book-scanning fair use Judge calls Google book-scanning fair useGreat news for fair use doctrine, and a big win for word …
2013-11-13: Is the job worthy of you? Is the job worthy of you?The link is aimed at software developers but it’s applicable to anyone …
2013-11-11: A Friend Under Fire Ed. note: This article was originally published in 2007 at Phillyist, the now-closed website about …
2013-11-06: A new kind of freelance journalism A new kind of freelance journalismThis is essentially journalism à la carte: Peter Jukes offered to …
2013-11-06: AOL lawyers don't understand Creative Commons. At all. AOL lawyers don’t understand Creative Commons. At all.David Kravets writes at Wired about …
2013-11-03: Pivot while there's still time Pivot while there’s still timeBobby Ghoshal, co-founder of the now-defunct social news app …
2013-11-03: Steam has more subscribers than Xbox Live Steam has more subscribers than Xbox LiveThe Steam gaming network is now the number 2 community for …
2013-11-01: Google's party barge Google’s party bargeMystery one day, party barge the next.
2013-11-01: NSA responds to “erroneous” data collection reports (full text) The National Security Agency, in a mass email to press Oct. 31, presumably responding to a recent …
2013-10-31: FBI asks DOJ to investigate source of Calderon leak to Al Jazeera FBI asks DOJ to investigate source of Calderon leak to Al JazeeraIt could be that I’m new to the …
2013-10-31: States cite lack of federal progress in pursuit of privacy reform States cite lack of federal progress in pursuit of privacy reformSpecial interest groups oppose …
2013-10-31: Details and summary tags in HTML5 HTML5 includes two tags, details and summary, that can be used to generate expanding menus you once …
2013-10-31: Google "zealously" private about mystery barge Google “zealously” private about mystery bargeI thought this was interesting but not …
2013-10-31: Jim Roberts joins Mashable as executive editor, chief content officer Jim Roberts joins Mashable as executive editor, chief content officerJim Roberts on his new role at …
2013-10-28: On being a female lawyer On being a female lawyerWorth a read whether you’re a male or a female. Hat-tip to Sheryl Axelrod, …
2013-10-27: Whose Fault Is a Driverless-Car Crash? Whose Fault Is a Driverless-Car Crash?Some possibilities not contemplated in this brief Time piece: …
2013-10-27: Poetic copyright troll illustrates need for reform Poetic copyright troll illustrates need for reformLinda Ellis, copyright troll: If protecting my …
2013-10-26: Why You Need Several Versions of Your Resume Why You Need Several Versions of Your ResumeAbsolutely necessary. Just like cover letters, every …
2013-10-26: Liberals, Tea Partiers unite to protest NSA in DC Liberals, Tea Partiers unite to protest NSA in DC The march attracted protesters from both ends of …
2013-10-13: Corporations Have Personhood. Why Not Dogs? Corporations Have Personhood. Why Not Dogs?What a good survey of animal law, where it came from, …
2013-10-12: The Hidden War Against Gay Teens The Hidden War Against Gay TeensAlex Morris wrote a great piece at Rolling Stone about what can only …
2013-10-11: One Google, two different privacy rulings One Google, two different privacy rulingsStanford researcher Jonathan Mayer, in an email to the Wall …
2013-10-11: Sheryl Sandberg: The real story Sheryl Sandberg: The real storyCNN’s Miguel Helft, in a great profile of Sandberg at the Money blog: …
2013-10-09: Living man declared dead, too late to overturn ruling Living man declared dead, too late to overturn ruling Hancock County Probate Court Judge Allan …
2013-10-08: EFF's Legal Guide for Bloggers EFF’s Legal Guide for BloggersThis is useful. If you have delayed starting your own blog …
2013-09-26: Some oaths are apparently more oathy than others Some oaths are apparently more oathy than othersThis is a great article, but this bit is …
2013-09-19: Reuters nixes Next: Failed redesigns and the challenge of expanding a digital audience Reuters nixes Next: Failed redesigns and the challenge of expanding a digital audienceThat’s a …
2013-09-19: Russian President Vladimir Putin says Berlusconi would not have been tried if gay Russian President Vladimir Putin says Berlusconi would not have been tried if gayThis guy is in …
2013-09-16: NYT managing editor: Guardian story on Israel and N.S.A. Is Not 'Surprising' Enough to Cover NYT managing editor: Guardian story on Israel and N.S.A. Is Not ‘Surprising’ Enough to …
2013-09-11: Daniel Victor of the New York Times shows us how to be a reporter even on Twitter Daniel Victor of the New York Times shows us how to be a reporter even on TwitterThis is a great …
2013-09-09: John Gruber on the convergence of smartphones and tablets John Gruber on the convergence of smartphones and tablets John Gruber: Better, I think, not to …
2013-09-06: Michael Poulshock’s Hammurabi Project aims to make law and regulations accessible to the masses Michael Poulshock’s Hammurabi Project aims to make law and regulations accessible to the masses …
2013-09-01: On Law, Policy, and (Not) Bombing Syria On Law, Policy, and (Not) Bombing SyriaIan Hurd, an Associate Professor of Political Science at …
2013-08-30: My first post at Medium My first post at MediumIt’s something I put here in January, but I thought I’d point it out in case …
2013-08-29: Apps for storing your photos in the cloud Apps for storing your photos in the cloudAt the end of the day, expertise or a lack of it will …
2013-08-26: Media Analysis: Measles Outbreak Traced to Anti-Vaccine Church dbreunig: An astounding story that should be part of the national conversation regarding vaccines. …
2013-08-26: Kevin Spacey knows what viewers want Kevin Spacey knows what viewers wantActor Kevin Spacey, speaking at the James MacTaggart Memorial …
2013-08-25: How reality caught up with paranoid delusions How reality caught up with paranoid delusions it was not in the least like losing one’s reason… I …
2013-08-15: Welcome to Google Island Welcome to Google IslandIf you follow one link from my blog this week, make it the one above. It’s …
2013-08-14: Facebook Testing VIP App With Some Celebs Facebook Testing VIP App With Some CelebsIn case you thought I was becoming a Facebook fanboy, let …
2013-08-14: 101 million of Facebook's 128 million daily U.S. users are on mobile devices 101 million of Facebook’s 128 million daily U.S. users are on mobile devicesMy headline says …
2013-08-14: How Brown Moses exposed Syrian arms trafficking from his front room How Brown Moses exposed Syrian arms trafficking from his front roomEliot Higgins’ work is a prime …
2013-08-11: US government recognizes League of Legends players as pro athletes US government recognizes League of Legends players as pro athletesThis is fascinating, especially …
2013-08-10: Honda Launches National Campaign to Save Drive-In Theaters Honda Launches National Campaign to Save Drive-In TheatersGreat idea but, more to the point, …
2013-08-10: Legislative failure to define essential terms Legislative failure to define essential terms The definition of terms essential to the application …
2013-08-07: Fast Company's Austin Carr profiles Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley Fast Company’s Austin Carr profiles Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley This profile of …
2013-08-05: U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate Americans U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate AmericansJohn Shiffman and Kristina …
2013-08-04: A Day In The Life Of An iPhone Factory Worker A Day In The Life Of An iPhone Factory WorkerThis is something everyone should read. Apple isn’t the …
2013-08-03: How the death of Google Reader is saving RSS How the death of Google Reader is saving RSSBen Popper, at The Verge1: Some Reader partisans may …
2013-07-30: Facebook Said to Plan to Sell TV-Style Ads for $2.5M Each Facebook Said to Plan to Sell TV-Style Ads for $2.5M EachHuge
2013-07-29: Twitter user arrested for threatening to rape and murder female activist Twitter user arrested for threatening to rape and murder female activistI wrote recently about my …
2013-07-29: Baton Rouge sheriff trying to enforce unconstitutional anti-sodomy laws Baton Rouge sheriff trying to enforce unconstitutional anti-sodomy lawsIt’s been ten years since …
2013-07-27: Twitter UK chief responds to abuse concerns after campaigner is deluged with rape threats Twitter UK chief responds to abuse concerns after campaigner is deluged with rape threatsThis is a …
2013-07-25: NLRB: Overbroad social media policies may violate NLRA NLRB: Overbroad social media policies may violate NLRASue Reisinger, writing at Corporate Counsel: …
2013-07-23: Christmas in jail Christmas in jailJohn Futty, reporting for The Columbus Dispatch in Ohio: Judge Michael J. Holbrook …
2013-07-22: Stop taking multivitamins. Seriously. Stop taking multivitamins. Seriously.I’ll be the first to admit I took multivitamins on and off for …
2013-07-22: Norwegian rape victim Marte Deborah Dalelv "pardoned" by UAE Norwegian rape victim Marte Deborah Dalelv “pardoned” by UAEI wrote yesterday about Ms. …
2013-07-21: Dubai: Where rape is only a crime if you're the victim Dubai: Where rape is only a crime if you’re the victimUpdate: she has been “pardoned.” A …
2013-07-19: MIT wants pre-release review of Secret Service file on Aaron Swartz MIT wants pre-release review of Secret Service file on Aaron SwartzKevin Poulsen, at Wired's Threat …
2013-07-15: Tim Stevens is no longer editor-in-chief at Engadget Tim Stevens is no longer editor-in-chief at EngadgetTwo years is a good run, and the site looks and …
2013-07-11: Errant law blogger repents, promises return to snarky, somewhat-informed weblog Dearest readers, I know, I know: it’s been a while. I moved, started a new job, got married, and am …
2013-06-03: Tumblr, Yahoo, and Ads That Don't Suck Here’s a semi-article, in that it’s more like a rant, but certainly not a link post. If you’ve seen …
2013-05-27: German railroad mulling anti-graffiti drones German railroad mulling anti-graffiti dronesWith US authorities pushing for easier backdoors into …
2013-05-24: 10 great free monospaced fonts for programming 10 great free monospaced fonts for programmingI can understand why programmers may want to consider …
2013-05-24: Should I merge Geekeries with this blog?
2013-05-24: Evernote's desktop apps get integrated reminders and a task list, no love for mobile yet Evernote’s desktop apps get integrated reminders and a task list, no love for mobile …
2013-05-15: Strongbox and Aaron Swartz: Open source, anonymous tips Strongbox and Aaron Swartz: Open source, anonymous tipsThere is plenty of Google news today coming …
2013-05-14: Minnesota governor signs same-sex marriage bill into law Minnesota governor signs same-sex marriage bill into lawNumber twelve and counting; this looks to be …
2013-05-08: The pressing need for hospital pricing regulation The pressing need for hospital pricing regulationThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services …
2013-05-08: DARPA and deep learning DARPA and deep learningThis article by Daniela Hernandez at Wired is well-done and fascinating. …
2013-05-08: Delaware becomes eleventh state to approve same-sex marriage Delaware becomes eleventh state to approve same-sex marriageAnd the steady march continues, as …
2013-05-08: Obama May Back F.B.I. Plan to Wiretap Web Users Obama May Back F.B.I. Plan to Wiretap Web UsersCharlie Savage of The New York Times: the new …
2013-05-07: Air Force sexual assault prevention officer charged with sexual battery Air Force sexual assault prevention officer charged with sexual batteryDisgusting. Anything less …
2013-05-03: Now you can 3D-print a gun. Now you can 3D-print a gun.Andy Greenberg at Forbes: Once the file is online, anyone will be able …
2013-05-03: Netflix launch reduces BitTorrent use Netflix launch reduces BitTorrent useJoe Hanlon of TechRadar: Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted …
2013-05-02: Rhode Island legalizes same-sex marriage Rhode Island legalizes same-sex marriageThe inexorable march of time sees a tenth state grant gay …
2013-05-02: The Perfect Empty Vessel The Perfect Empty VesselThis is a good piece on how hard Facebook tries to keep the social juices …
2013-05-01: Path is still spamming your contacts Path is still spamming your contactsIf you’re a Path user, consider, er, reconsidering. This is …
2013-04-29: NBA player Jason Collins comes out as gay NBA player Jason Collins comes out as gayI don’t usually cover sports here, but Collins’ coming out …
2013-04-26: The next generation of Instapaper The next generation of InstapaperMarco Arment has turned control of his read-it-later service, …
2013-04-21: Not a Bad Quarter Not a Bad QuarterMarco Arment, he of Instapaper, and of excellent commentary: If you sell a 99-cent …
2013-04-20: Why carriers should be more worried than Google about Facebook Home Why carriers should be more worried than Google about Facebook HomeEllis Hamburger, writing at The …
2013-04-12: Dr. Kermit Gosnell: Philadelphia's "Abortion" Monster Dr. Kermit Gosnell: Philadelphia’s “Abortion” MonsterThe Atlantic's Conor …
2013-04-11: What Bad Customer Service Costs Your Business What Bad Customer Service Costs Your BusinessBuffer, the service that will schedule your social …
2013-04-11: How to add tasks to Any.do or Wunderlist via SMS This post is exactly what it says on the tin: I’ll share two recipes from if this then that (IFTTT), …
2013-04-10: Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the CrimeRichard A. Oppel Jr. reports at the New York Times: But …
2013-04-10: Philadelphia councilman introduces bill aimed at improving health insurance prospects for life partners and transgendered people Philadelphia councilman introduces bill aimed at improving health insurance prospects for life …
2013-04-10: California law school grads suing schools; neither party has a good point California law school grads suing schools; neither party has a good pointAttorney Michael C. …
2013-04-09: Apple removes app curation app from App Store Apple removes app curation app from App Store"Yes, you can live here," Apple seems to say to …
2013-04-07: Select YouTube partners exempt from fair use policy Select YouTube partners exempt from fair use policyYouTube’s well within their rights to refuse to …
2013-04-05: Google fighting National Security Letter Google fighting National Security LetterThe letters, issued by federal authorities investigating …
2013-04-05: Twitter Arrives on Wall Street, Via Bloomberg Twitter Arrives on Wall Street, Via BloombergInteresting news, but someone call the design police: …
2013-04-04: Facebook announces Home, an Android launcher Facebook announces Home, an Android launcherI was right. Oh, and in case you were worried, there …
2013-04-03: The trolls are now trolling themselves The trolls are now trolling themselvesThis great post by Seattle attorney John Whitaker sums up the …
2013-04-03: Why I Chose Temple Law I originally posted this to one of my old blogs, The Rotten Word, in April 2009. I wanted to publish …
2013-04-02: Want to learn to code? Start here. Want to learn to code? Start here.Zack Shapiro offers some great advice for those interested in …
2013-04-02: HBO exec laments piracy of low-quality editions of 'Game of Thrones' HBO exec laments piracy of low-quality editions of ‘Game of Thrones’HBO programming …
2013-04-01: 2nd Circuit: Aereo streaming of individual over-the-air TV feeds via internet doesn't violate copyright law 2nd Circuit: Aereo streaming of individual over-the-air TV feeds via internet doesn’t violate …
2013-04-01: China is very serious about cyberespionage China is very serious about cyberespionageGoogle apologists like myself often answer concerns that …
2013-03-29: Facebook To Reveal “Home On Android” Facebook To Reveal “Home On Android”I predict Facebook will announce a custom Android launcher — a …
2013-03-28: Amazon acquiring Goodreads Amazon acquiring GoodreadsMakes sense.
2013-03-27: Abortion's inevitable return to the Supreme Court Abortion’s inevitable return to the Supreme CourtAbove the Law’s Elie Mystal is right: …
2013-03-27: Make Feedly look more like Reader Make Feedly look more like ReaderIf you like Feedly but prefer Reader’s white space and width, grab …
2013-03-25: OUYA and Emulation OUYA and EmulationDarrell Etherington, reporting at TechCrunch: OUYA forum admin and owner Ed …
2013-03-25: Yahoo: The Marissa Mayer Turnaround Yahoo: The Marissa Mayer TurnaroundJean-Louis Gassée consistently provides insight and, perhaps even …
2013-03-25: Easily fake a tweet from anyone's account Easily fake a tweet from anyone’s accountI wonder whether Twitter can eliminate the potential …
2013-03-22: HBO CEO wants to bundle HBO GO with your internet subscription HBO CEO wants to bundle HBO GO with your internet subscriptionThis is progress, although MG Siegler …
2013-03-21: Dropbox isn't a feature, it's an infrastructure Dropbox isn’t a feature, it’s an infrastructureCollin Fletcher of The Tech Block makes …
2013-03-21: Titles are Toxic Titles are ToxicMichael Lopp on the anachronism and true uselessness of titles: When a company is …
2013-03-21: Google Keep isn't an Evernote killer Evernote will be just fine, despite Google’s recent announcement of a new note-taking app called …
2013-03-20: Google and Experimentation Google and ExperimentationThis is a great article, especially if you don’t know much about the …
2013-03-20: Actually, it's not our data at all Actually, it’s not our data at allIt may illustrate your shopping habits and your life events, …
2013-03-19: 'Babble' to consolidate Google's chat tools under one brand ‘Babble’ to consolidate Google’s chat tools under one brandGeek.com's Russell …
2013-03-17: Nope, Flickr's hashtags aren't news either Nope, Flickr’s hashtags aren’t news eitherWSJ was wrong to pretend potential Facebook …
2013-03-16: Prenda Law's dismissing some cases following ID theft claim Prenda Law’s dismissing some cases following ID theft claimThis stuff just gets better and …
2013-03-15: Google+ lead asks for advice from Google Reader fans Google+ lead asks for advice from Google Reader fansGoogle+ architect Yontan Zunger meant well, but …
2013-03-15: Porn troll Prenda Law angers judge with shady behavior Porn troll Prenda Law angers judge with shady behaviorEarlier this week I mentioned that the EFF was …
2013-03-15: Questions? Now that Constant & Endless is up to a staggering 26 Tumblr followers, I’ve enabled the ability …
2013-03-15: Transitioning from Google Reader to feedly Transitioning from Google Reader to feedlyFrom the Feedly blog: We have been working on a project …
2013-03-14: Dear Wall Street Journal: Why is Facebook's hashtag implementation news? Dear Wall Street Journal: Why is Facebook’s hashtag implementation news?I love that this is …
2013-03-14: Whitson Gordon finally figured out Evernote Whitson Gordon finally figured out EvernoteI’m not being snarky: he writes at Lifehacker about how …
2013-03-13: Powering Down Google Reader Powering Down Google ReaderI don’t even know what to say about this. Reader is an integral part of …
2013-03-13: The Evening Edition Podcast The Evening Edition PodcastEvening Edition is a wonderful way to catch up on news that doesn’t …
2013-03-12: EFF will represent targets of copyright troll Prenda Law EFF will represent targets of copyright troll Prenda LawCopyright trolls sue lots of people to …
2013-03-12: Harvard snooped on faculty email Harvard snooped on faculty emailIf you’re composing an email you don’t want someone to see, consider …
2013-03-07: How to Export Your Last.fm Listening History on a Mac My goal was simple: I wanted to export all of the tracks I’ve listened and stored in my Last.fm …
2013-03-07: ECPA amendment would require warrant even for email older than 6 months ECPA amendment would require warrant even for email older than 6 monthsReps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), …
2013-03-06: How to Roll Your Own Multireddit This is probably so awesome to me because only recently have I dusted off my Reddit account and …
2013-03-05: Twitter kills TweetDeck, announces it on Posterous, which they're also killing Twitter kills TweetDeck, announces it on Posterous, which they’re also killingI admit, …
2013-02-28: Google's answer to AirPlay comes to YouTube for iOS, sends video to consoles and TVs Google’s answer to AirPlay comes to YouTube for iOS, sends video to consoles and TVsI’ve been …
2013-02-25: Yahoo nixing work-from-home arrangements Yahoo nixing work-from-home arrangementsI was hoping Marisa Mayer would bring Yahoo1 into the …
2013-02-24: Twitter kills my favorite Twitter app for Android Twitter kills my favorite Twitter app for AndroidIn August, Twitter turned its back on the sort of …
2013-02-23: Facebook is buying your loyalty card history Facebook is buying your loyalty card historyCotton Delo of Ad Age: The targeting would …
2013-02-11: Evernote CEO hints at future task management integration Evernote CEO hints at future task management integrationPhil Libin, CEO of Evernote, talking to …
2013-02-06: Zombie Law Schools Zombie Law SchoolsGerard Magliocca of Concurring Opinions introduces a fresh take on the legal …
2013-02-03: CBS "Streisanding" itself among courts with CNET debacle CBS “Streisanding” itself among courts with CNET debacleCBS’s strong-arming of CNET on …
2013-01-30: Streaming music: good for fans, bad for musicians Streaming music: good for fans, bad for musiciansThe numbers are pretty stark, and while it doesn’t …
2013-01-30: Apple store trade dress Apple store trade dressI wonder if there are any retail stores out there that have looked like Apple …
2013-01-30: Antigua responds to US gambling ban with government-backed infringement plan Antigua responds to US gambling ban with government-backed infringement planThe Carribean nation …
2013-01-30: 128 GB iPad perfect for pros? 128 GB iPad perfect for pros?I still personally have no interest in a 128 GB iPad, but as John …
2013-01-29: Confessions of a Liberal Gun Owner Confessions of a Liberal Gun OwnerNovelist Justin Cronin presents a very well-written and reasonable …
2013-01-29: At Google, Constitution trumps statute At Google, Constitution trumps statuteDavid Kravets quotes a Googler: “Google requires an ECPA …
2013-01-29: Veganism as religious belief Veganism as religious beliefI must admit that I never thought about it in that light, but I’d love …
2013-01-29: The 128 GB iPad is official... The 128 GB iPad is official……but I’m not interested. Peter Cohen of The Loop shared this …
2013-01-23: NLRB refines position on employee social media and workplace criticism NLRB refines position on employee social media and workplace criticismMy personal policy is to …
2013-01-22: 'Escape from Tomorrow', filmed in Disney World without permission, debuts at Sundance ‘Escape from Tomorrow’, filmed in Disney World without permission, debuts at …
2013-01-17: Non-interfering citizens should be able to videotape on-duty police Non-interfering citizens should be able to videotape on-duty policeIf someone is videotaping a …
2013-01-17: Panetta Ties Delay of Aid in Mali to Legal Questions Panetta Ties Delay of Aid in Mali to Legal QuestionsAs I learned in that international law class I …
2013-01-16: Shawn Blanc explores Simplenote alternatives Shawn Blanc explores Simplenote alternativesThe Simplenote/nvALT sync issues recently scared me away …
2013-01-15: Facebook "Graph Search" mines your network in response to plain-language queries Facebook “Graph Search” mines your network in response to plain-language queries I …
2013-01-15: Designer Eats Engineer Designer Eats EngineerLaurie Voss: It’s getting easier for designers to become engineers. That’s a …
2013-01-15: The Verge picks the best reads of 2012 The Verge picks the best reads of 2012This is a great list, and includes only a few that missed, …
2013-01-13: More House of Representatives data available in XML More House of Representatives data available in XMLO’Reilly's Alex Howard reports that both House …
2013-01-13: Larry Lessig on the suicide of Aaron Swartz Larry Lessig on the suicide of Aaron SwartzIt’s a tragedy, as suicide always is, but Mr. Lessig asks …
2013-01-11: TechCrunch's John Biggs on how to cover the Consumer Electronics Show TechCrunch’s John Biggs on how to cover the Consumer Electronics ShowJohn Biggs, in a great …
2013-01-11: Lions Gate abusing DMCA and ignoring fair use doctrine Lions Gate abusing DMCA and ignoring fair use doctrineYou’ve got to click through and read this …
2013-01-11: UPenn criminologist Richard Berk's recidivism-prediction algorithm UPenn criminologist Richard Berk’s recidivism-prediction algorithmWired's Kim Zetter: To …
2013-01-10: Law and the Multiverse analyzes 'The Hobbit' Contract Law and the Multiverse analyzes ‘The Hobbit’ ContractI love several things about this: …
2013-01-10: US suspects Iran behind DDoS attacks on banks US suspects Iran behind DDoS attacks on banksThese look a lot like “feeler” operations, meant to …
2013-01-10: Lawyers on Quora Lawyers on QuoraFormer Facebook CTO and Quora co-founder Adam D’Angelo, talking to Om Malik at …
2013-01-09: Witness intimidation reform on the horizon in Philadelphia Witness intimidation reform on the horizon in PhiladelphiaThe Philadelphia Inquirer’s Craig R. …
2013-01-09: Site Design as Context: An Amateur's Perspective Introduction I hesitated to change themes because, well, it’s one of those things people do instead …
2013-01-09: Student loses suit over school ID requirement Student loses suit over school ID requirementWired's David Kravets reports that: The girl’s father, …
2013-01-09: California Scout group recommends openly gay member for Eagle California Scout group recommends openly gay member for EagleThe Scouts’ central authority is …
2013-01-08: App to App Handshakes App to App HandshakesFred Wilson: This morning I was at the gym listening to the Django Unchained …
2013-01-08: Seldo's Tumblr: Another awesome US immigration experience Seldo’s Tumblr: Another awesome US immigration experienceseldo: So a little over a month ago …
2013-01-07: Subscribe to The Brief if you like concise daily updates on the tech news that matters Subscribe to The Brief if you like concise daily updates on the tech news that mattersThe ads …
2013-01-07: Keycard: A neat little Mac app that secures your computer by detecting the proximity of your mobile device - The Next Web Keycard: A neat little Mac app that secures your computer by detecting the proximity of your mobile …
2013-01-07: Antivirus pioneer John McAfee spying on Belize Antivirus pioneer John McAfee spying on BelizeNate Anderson, at Ars Technica: You will not be …
2013-01-07: Airrand mashes up tasks, Foursquare, and SMS Airrand mashes up tasks, Foursquare, and SMSThis is a brilliant and elegant use of Foursquare. It’s …
2013-01-05: CIA Comments on Zero Dark Thirty CIA Comments on Zero Dark ThirtyDeborah Pearlstein of the law blog Opinio Juris shared the statement …
2013-01-04: At least one Ars Technica reader agrees: Rdio > Spotify At least one Ars Technica reader agrees: Rdio > SpotifyArs Technica reader jamieskella, …
2013-01-03: Learning by Shipping Learning by ShippingFormer Windows executive Steven Sinofsky, explaining the name of his new blog: …
2013-01-03: An interview with Mailbox founder Gentry Underwood An interview with Mailbox founder Gentry UnderwoodAbdel Ibrahim, interviewing Mailbox founder Gentry …
2012-12-26: Government can still warrantlessly read older emails Government can still warrantlessly read older emailsThis is unfortunate. There are processes in …
2012-12-26: Netflix via Amazon Netflix via AmazonThis is interesting: Netflix delivers its streaming option via one of Amazon’s …
2012-12-22: Rdio now sends you a notification when artists in your collection release new music Rdio now sends you a notification when artists in your collection release new musicPeople who prefer …
2012-12-19: Nilay Patel on what we agree to when we use cloud services Nilay Patel on what we agree to when we use cloud servicesNilay Patel at The Verge reads some Terms …
2012-12-19: Tor: An Anonymous, And Controversial, Way to Web-Surf Tor: An Anonymous, And Controversial, Way to Web-SurfTor gets a headline at WSJ.com.
2012-12-19: Federal Trade Commission to data brokers: Show us your data Federal Trade Commission to data brokers: Show us your dataJessica Guynn of the LA Times: The FTC …
2012-12-18: Google Music gains scan and match feature in the US Google Music gains scan and match feature in the USNice.
2012-12-11: Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News splitting into separate paywall sites Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News splitting into separate paywall sitesGawker’s Hamilton Nolan’s …
2012-12-09: 96.36 billion cyberattacks against the US Navy each year 96.36 billion cyberattacks against the US Navy each yearThe Next Web's Emil Protalinski, quoting …
2012-12-07: Washington Post reports "a person familiar with the plans" says Washington Post considering paywall Washington Post reports “a person familiar with the plans” says Washington Post …
2012-12-07: For Netflix and the S.E.C., a Facebook Share Should Be Public Enough For Netflix and the S.E.C., a Facebook Share Should Be Public EnoughIt’s true, but not really …
2012-12-06: Drones in our backyards Drones in our backyardsThe Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Jennifer Lynch explains how EFF got data …
2012-12-06: Tim Cook tells Brian Williams TV is "an area of intense interest" Tim Cook tells Brian Williams TV is “an area of intense interest”Ronnie Polidoro, …
2012-12-05: Sign Language Researchers Broaden Science Lexicon Sign Language Researchers Broaden Science LexiconThis is wonderful stuff: with a shortage of STEM …
2012-12-05: The World Conference on International Communications The World Conference on International CommunicationsThis is important, and Richard Dunlop-Walters’s …
2012-12-04: John's Tumblr: We can do better than lecture videos John’s Tumblr: We can do better than lecture videos lilly: What I meant to say about this …
2012-12-04: News Corp. Shutters The Daily iPad App - Peter Kafka News Corp. Shutters The Daily iPad App - Peter KafkaI know they’re not the same thing, but it’s …
2012-12-03: Facebook Makes A Huge Data Grab By Aggressively Promoting Photo Sync Facebook Makes A Huge Data Grab By Aggressively Promoting Photo SyncJosh Constine at TechCrunch: …
2012-11-30: $85 million round by Evernote $85 million round by EvernoteIt’s one of my favorite services, and the first I decided to pay for on …
2012-11-28: NYPD subpoenas call logs of stolen cell phones NYPD subpoenas call logs of stolen cell phonesJoseph Goldstein, writing for the Times: Mr. Sussmann …
2012-11-28: "Gay conversion" snake-oil salesmen taken to court “Gay conversion” snake-oil salesmen taken to courtErik Eckholm, reporting for the New …
2012-11-27: Apple Maps lead fired Apple Maps lead firedRichard Williamson is his name, and shipping a less-than-perfect mapping …
2012-11-27: Philly.com posts NSFW photo, ‘production glitch’ blamed Philly.com posts NSFW photo, ‘production glitch’ blamedSomeone’s gonna get fired…
2012-11-27: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Energy Infrastructure Security Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Infrastructure SecurityThis is an …
2012-11-27: USPTO Director announces January 2013 resignation USPTO Director announces January 2013 resignationDavid Kappos thinks software patents are just fine, …
2012-11-27: Grover Norquist on proposed update to Electronic Communications Privacy Act Grover Norquist on proposed update to Electronic Communications Privacy ActTwenty-plus years is a …
2012-11-26: UPDATED: Google Acquires Wi-Fi Provider ICOA for $400 Million UPDATED: Google Acquires Wi-Fi Provider ICOA for $400 MillionUpdated: This is not true. Angela …
2012-11-26: The Release Windows Archaism The Release Windows ArchaismFrédéric Filloux at Monday Note: As for the TV shows such as Homeland …
2012-11-22: USPTO director defends software patents USPTO director defends software patentsDirector of the United States Patent and Trademark Office …
2012-11-22: How to Opt out of PayPal's "Agreement to Arbitrate" How to Opt out of PayPal’s “Agreement to Arbitrate”It’s worth considering if …
2012-11-21: FBI examining HP/Autonomy accounting debacle FBI examining HP/Autonomy accounting debacleHP’s got ninety-nine problems, but a recently-acquired …
2012-11-21: US accused of launching cyberattack against French government US accused of launching cyberattack against French government A spokesperson from the US Embassy in …
2012-11-20: H.P. Takes Huge Charge on 'Accounting Improprieties' at Autonomy H.P. Takes Huge Charge on ‘Accounting Improprieties’ at AutonomyMichael J. de la Merced …
2012-11-20: Thoughts on the new Engadget design INTRODUCTION Disclaimer: I don’t know anything about design. I’m a user, and design work on websites …
2012-11-20: MG Siegler finally gets a Surface, despite Microsoft's best efforts MG Siegler finally gets a Surface, despite Microsoft’s best efforts In hindsight, I now see …
2012-11-19: Professor David Post on the Republican Study Committee's prematurely-released-then-removed copyright critique Professor David Post on the Republican Study Committee’s prematurely-released-then-removed …
2012-11-19: Wranglers say 'Hobbit' animals died on unsafe farm Wranglers say ‘Hobbit’ animals died on unsafe farmDisturbing.
2012-11-19: $22.5M FTC fine against Google for Safari tracking $22.5M FTC fine against Google for Safari trackingMichael Liedtke, writing for Associated Press: In …
2012-11-19: Xbox 720 leak: Blu-ray, Kinect 2.0, new controller Xbox 720 leak: Blu-ray, Kinect 2.0, new controller I don’t typically post rumors or leaks, but this …
2012-11-16: Streaming music to listeners, but not money to artists Streaming music to listeners, but not money to artistsGalaxie 500 drummer Damon Krukowski1, writing …
2012-11-09: Philly is lost-phone central Philly is lost-phone centralThis includes theft and just plain misplacement. I’m more of a dropper …
2012-11-09: Sprint buys spectrum and 585,000 customers from U.S. Cellular for $480m in cash Sprint buys spectrum and 585,000 customers from U.S. Cellular for $480m in cashEach subscriber …
2012-11-09: EFF's pre-emptive prior art defense of 3D printing EFF’s pre-emptive prior art defense of 3D printingIt’s a great idea, and I hope it yields some …
2012-11-08: Twitter and Two-Factor Authentication Twitter and Two-Factor AuthenticationTwo-factor authentication is a pain in the ass. Just ask my …
2012-11-08: Judge blocks California’s new ban on anonymity for sex offender Judge blocks California’s new ban on anonymity for sex offenderThis one is worth watching. With …
2012-11-08: The Oxford Guide to Treaties: An Opinio Juris Symposium The Oxford Guide to Treaties: An Opinio Juris SymposiumIf international law interests you at all, …
2012-11-08: Conservatives lambast Romney, vow to take over Republican Party Conservatives lambast Romney, vow to take over Republican PartyThe Hill’s Erik Wasson, quoting Jenny …
2012-11-08: "Parallel Thinking in Product Design Will Only Increase" “Parallel Thinking in Product Design Will Only Increase”Rain Noe at core77: When you …
2012-11-07: Marriage rights tide turns decisively against US bigots Marriage rights tide turns decisively against US bigotsI hope this is the beginning of an …
2012-11-07: IMAlive provides online counseling—but at what cost? IMAlive provides online counseling—but at what cost?Aja Romano of The Daily Dot: IMAlive sounds …
2012-11-07: Pandora suing ASCAP for lower licensing fees Pandora suing ASCAP for lower licensing feesDon Jeffrey of Bloomberg: Pandora also claims that it’s …
2012-11-05: When 32GB is really 16GB... When 32GB is really 16GB…Microsoft is taking heat for claiming more user-available disk space …
2012-11-02: A Map Of America’s 284 Drone Strikes Against Pakistan A Map Of America’s 284 Drone Strikes Against PakistanCliff Kuang of Co.Design: Whatever your stance …
2012-11-02: Nearly all of Omni Magazine at the Internet Archive Nearly all of Omni Magazine at the Internet ArchiveAdi Robertson shared this at The Verge and it …
2012-11-02: Over 50% of Android phones still run Gingerbread Over 50% of Android phones still run GingerbreadThe greatest argument against Android is that the …
2012-11-01: Google integrating AMBER alerts Google integrating AMBER alertsRichard Dunlop-Walters’ The Brief is a must-read for those interested …
2012-11-01: Professor David Post: Copyright is meant to benefit the public Professor David Post: Copyright is meant to benefit the publicProfessor Post, writing at The Volokh …
2012-10-31: Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion Kathleen Kennedy, current Co-Chairman of Lucasfilm, will …
2012-10-27: Marco Arment goes to a Microsoft store Marco Arment goes to a Microsoft storeThe link above and what it describes are far more damning than …
2012-10-26: Samsung shipped a stunning 57M smartphones in Q3 — twice as many as Apple Samsung shipped a stunning 57M smartphones in Q3 — twice as many as AppleHow many Samsung devices …
2012-10-25: More interactive Tweets, in more than 2000 ways More interactive Tweets, in more than 2000 waysWhat ever happened to seeing a link and clicking on …
2012-10-25: Supreme Court Will Address Antitrust State Action Exemption Supreme Court Will Address Antitrust State Action ExemptionSteve Semeraro at the Antitrust & …
2012-10-24: Invention as Art Invention as ArtThis is a great article on patent drawings and models, as selected for Co.Design by …
2012-10-23: iPad mini - Every inch an iPad. iPad mini - Every inch an iPad.Everyone is shitting their pants over this thing, but I’m more …
2012-10-23: FTC Publishes Facial Recognition Guidelines FTC Publishes Facial Recognition GuidelinesCarl Franzen, of TPM Idea Lab: There are two cases where …
2012-10-23: Amazon outage takes out Reddit, Foursquare, Heroku Amazon outage takes out Reddit, Foursquare, HerokuLee Hutchinson, writing at Ars Technica: These …
2012-10-23: Introducing the New Entertainment Experience from Xbox Introducing the New Entertainment Experience from XboxYusuf Mehdi, Chief Marketing Officer for …
2012-10-22: Amazon's "phantom" 20% VAT for UK ebook sales Amazon’s “phantom” 20% VAT for UK ebook salesIan Griffiths and Dan Milmo of The …
2012-10-22: Sloppy SSL implementation begets Android app vulnerabilities Sloppy SSL implementation begets Android app vulnerabilitiesDan Goodin at Ars Technica explains how …
2012-10-20: Online release of Boy Scouts’ ‘perversion files’ breaks decades of secrecy Online release of Boy Scouts’ ‘perversion files’ breaks decades of secrecyDespicable.
2012-10-19: Nebraska court strikes down restrictions on internet use for sex offenders on free speech grounds Nebraska court strikes down restrictions on internet use for sex offenders on free speech …
2012-10-19: Brazilian newspapers leave Google News en masse Brazilian newspapers leave Google News en masseCarlos Fernando Lindenberg Neto, president of …
2012-10-19: Alto: Aol's attempt to redesign email Alto: Aol’s attempt to redesign emailAustin Carr, writing at Fast Company's Co.Design blog: …
2012-10-18: Verizon Activated 3.1 Million iPhones In Q3 2012, But Only 651K Were iPhone 5s Verizon Activated 3.1 Million iPhones In Q3 2012, But Only 651K Were iPhone 5sMG Siegler, commenting …
2012-10-18: 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: DOMA violates Equal Protection 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: DOMA violates Equal ProtectionLarry Neumeister, for AP: The 2nd …
2012-10-18: New $249 Samsung Chromebook New $249 Samsung ChromebookThis is certainly interesting. And at half the price of an entry-level …
2012-10-18: Wireless attack could fatally turn pacemakers against patients Wireless attack could fatally turn pacemakers against patientsPatrick Gray, writing at The Register: …
2012-10-18: White House review: no active spying by Huawei White House review: no active spying by HuaweiJoseph Menn, quoting an anonymous source for Reuters: …
2012-10-15: The Plain Text Problem The Plain Text ProblemMichael Schechter, writing at his blog A Better Mess: They want to take their …
2012-10-15: SoftBank buys 70% stake in Sprint SoftBank buys 70% stake in Sprint Michael J. De La Merced and Neil Gough, in The New York Times: In …
2012-10-13: Richard Branson on Design Richard Branson on Design And if you’re building a spaceship company like Virgin Galactic, you might …
2012-10-12: Deli sues feds for refusing to trademark its 'Philadelphia's Cheesesteak' Deli sues feds for refusing to trademark its ‘Philadelphia’s Cheesesteak’Michael …
2012-10-12: iDermal: The Magnetic Implant iPod Holder iDermal: The Magnetic Implant iPod HolderWelp, absolutely no potential for unfortunate consequences …
2012-10-12: Microsoft To Make Same Privacy Change Google Was Attacked For; No One Seems To Care Microsoft To Make Same Privacy Change Google Was Attacked For; No One Seems To CareThis is a good …
2012-10-11: Councilman Kenney Bashes Immigration Laws Councilman Kenney Bashes Immigration LawsPhiladelphia Councilman James Kenney made the following …
2012-10-11: Tumblr Puts More Focus On Photos With Photoset, Its New Standalone iOS App Tumblr Puts More Focus On Photos With Photoset, Its New Standalone iOS AppDrew Olanoff, at …
2012-10-11: Lawmakers blast advertisers for ignoring 'Do Not Track' on Microsoft's Explorer Lawmakers blast advertisers for ignoring ‘Do Not Track’ on Microsoft’s ExplorerThe …
2012-10-10: US Is Bleeding High-Skilled Immigrants US Is Bleeding High-Skilled ImmigrantsGregory Ferenstein, writing at TechCrunch about Vivek Wadhwa’s …
2012-10-09: Twitter List Copy Twitter List CopyI just completely overhauled my Twitter lists, a few days after impulsively …
2012-10-09: Another Note to RSS Subscribers Those who subscribe to http://feeds.feedburner.com/byjoeross only have a few more days to subscribe …
2012-10-06: Why We'll Never Stop Talking About Steve Jobs Why We’ll Never Stop Talking About Steve JobsMat Honan, writing at Wired: Jobs, like the …
2012-10-05: HP CEO Meg Whitman calls it like it is: bad HP CEO Meg Whitman calls it like it is: badMeg Whitman, as quoted by Sean Gallagher at Ars Technica: …
2012-10-03: Talk by Steven Jobs - IDCA 1983 Talk by Steven Jobs - IDCA 1983This Steve Jobs talk from 1983 (I was less than a month old…) is a …
2012-10-01: The Honest Design Age The Honest Design AgeAllan Grinshtein of LayerVault, design software, designed for designers: It …
2012-09-29: Apple Is Heavily Promoting Alternative Map Apps In The App Store Apple Is Heavily Promoting Alternative Map Apps In The App StoreRelated
2012-09-27: Kindle Library Bulk Delete Kindle Library Bulk DeleteI want to thank Mr. Nathaniel Robertson for pointing people in need of …
2012-09-27: The Problem With Early Reviews The Problem With Early ReviewsJohn Biggs, writing at TechCrunch: In the end, the real reviews are …
2012-09-26: Google Now Lets You Download All Your YouTube Videos In One Archive Google Now Lets You Download All Your YouTube Videos In One ArchiveWhether you like them or not, …
2012-09-26: USPTO Third Party Prior Art Submissions System - Now Live! USPTO Third Party Prior Art Submissions System - Now Live!This looks, on its face, like a good …
2012-09-25: Twitter replies and Instapaper integration I wanted to post something brief to let you know I made a few small but (I think) useful additions …
2012-09-25: Amazon heads off app fragmentation on Kindle Fire, Android Amazon heads off app fragmentation on Kindle Fire, AndroidKevin C. Tofel, writing at GigaOM: This …
2012-09-24: MySpace renovations MySpace renovationsDear MySpace: I am happy to see you lean away from Facebook and toward the new …
2012-09-22: What’s The Most Difficult CEO Skill? Managing Your Own Psychology What’s The Most Difficult CEO Skill? Managing Your Own PsychologyAndreesen Horowitz co-founder and …
2012-09-22: Planet of the Tweets Planet of the TweetsTwitter’s extensive research identified four ways news outlets can better engage …
2012-09-22: Gamers confront copyright law Gamers confront copyright lawProfessor Greg Lastowka of Rutgers-Camden Law School, in a press …
2012-09-21: Welcome to VentureBeat’s reporting-driven Friday Welcome to VentureBeat’s reporting-driven FridayGood on ‘em for trying this out.
2012-09-21: Temple Law Profs Feed I used Yahoo Pipes to make a feed that unites all posts by Temple profs writing at their various law …
2012-09-21: Justice Ginsburg Smile Justice Ginsburg SmileJustice Ginsburg isn’t allowed to say whether or not she would find equal …
2012-09-21: NYT quote approval policy is (only) a good start The new quote approval policy at The New York Times, as quoted by Times opinion writer Margaret …
2012-09-21: Longread: Cameron Todd Willingham, Texas, and the death penalty Longread: Cameron Todd Willingham, Texas, and the death penaltyI usually like to include a quote …
2012-09-21: Verizon Galaxy Nexus gets Jelly Bean... Verizon Galaxy Nexus gets Jelly Bean……finally.
2012-09-20: Twitter changes force removal of related IFTTT triggers IFTTT CEO Linden Tibbets, in an email to users today: [ … ] on September 27th we will be removing …
2012-09-19: Twitter continues to value advertiser utility above user experience Twitter continues to value advertiser utility above user experienceRomain Dillet at TechCrunch …
2012-09-19: David Hoffman on quotation approval David Hoffman on quotation approvalTwo days ago, I mentioned a piece by David Carr on quotation …
2012-09-19: Virgin Mobile USA's inadequate response to a good-faith vulnerability disclosure Virgin Mobile USA’s inadequate response to a good-faith vulnerability disclosureDeveloper …
2012-09-18: The New Feedly Mobile The New Feedly MobileAnti-disclosure: This post raves about the new Feedly. They didn’t pay me, I …
2012-09-18: Mitigating My Mitigating Mitigating My MitigatingThis post by Michael Schechter at his site A Better Mess hit home for me …
2012-09-17: David Carr on quotation approval David Carr on quotation approval Keep in mind that when public figures get in trouble for something …
2012-09-16: Apathy and ecstasy for the iPhone 5 Mat Honan, writing at Wired’s Gadget Lab blog: It is an amazing triumph of technology that gets …
2012-09-14: Twitter forced to turn over protester's deleted tweets Twitter forced to turn over protester’s deleted tweetsMike Isaac, writing at All Things D: In …
2012-09-14: A Note to RSS Subscribers If you are subscribed to http://feeds.feedburner.com/byjoeross you need to subscribe to …
2012-09-13: Apple's Comfortable Middle Hamish McKenzie, writing at PandoDaily : With two product launches in a row that show Apple is …
2012-09-12: Gruber on "Amazon's Play" Gruber on “Amazon’s Play”John Gruber writes one of the most respected and prolific …
2012-09-12: "The Math" “The Math”Once again, MG Siegler nails it on HBO’s missed opportunity for …
2012-09-07: Say Hello to Samsung's Fanboy Factory - The Mobilers Program Say Hello to Samsung’s Fanboy Factory - The Mobilers ProgramIndian mobile tech blogger Clinton …
2012-09-06: Kindle Fire HD 8.9: how the new Kindle tablet compares with the competition Kindle Fire HD 8.9: how the new Kindle tablet compares with the competitionAmazon increased the …
2012-09-06: HootSuite Buys Seesmic HootSuite Buys SeesmicRobins Wauters interviewed Seesmic founder Loïc Le Meur at The Next Web today …
2012-09-04: Brevity BrevityMG Siegler posted yesterday about his desire to write with more concision. His point is a …
2012-08-31: Being Real Builds Trust Being Real Builds TrustSteph Hay, writing at A List Apart: Your mom may not be your target user, but …
2012-08-31: Peeling Back the Hidden Pages of History With Hyperspectral Photography Peeling Back the Hidden Pages of History With Hyperspectral PhotographyJohn R. Quain, writing at …
2012-08-30: I am Barack Obama, President of the United States -- AMA I am Barack Obama, President of the United States – AMAHis most vulnerable answer (in my …
2012-08-29: Twitter files appeal in major social media case Twitter files appeal in major social media caseJeff John Roberts provides an update on Twitter’s …
2012-08-28: NoWait protects restaurants from the wrath of restless customers NoWait protects restaurants from the wrath of restless customersRebecca Grant, writing at …
2012-08-27: Neil Armstrong, First Man on Moon, Dies at 82 Neil Armstrong, First Man on Moon, Dies at 82Neil Armstrong on Chuck Yeager’s breaking the sound …
2012-08-27: Bill Nye ‘The Science Guy’ Hits Evolution Deniers Bill Nye ‘The Science Guy’ Hits Evolution DeniersBill Nye, as quoted in an article by Kevin Dolak at …
2012-08-25: Securing the legacy of the world's greatest geek Securing the legacy of the world’s greatest geekNew Scientist's Jacob Aron interviewed Matthew …
2012-08-24: Cloud startup aims to make “dumb” cell phones smart Cloud startup aims to make “dumb” cell phones smartSean Gallagher reports at Ars Technica on biNu, a …
2012-08-24: Microsoft's Election 2012 hub on Xbox Live heralds the interactive TV future Microsoft’s Election 2012 hub on Xbox Live heralds the interactive TV futureSamit Sarkar, …
2012-08-24: [Longread] Scamworld: 'Get rich quick' schemes mutate into an online monster [Longread] Scamworld: ‘Get rich quick’ schemes mutate into an online monsterThis article …
2012-08-23: What Successful People Do With The First Hour Of Their Work Day What Successful People Do With The First Hour Of Their Work DayKevin Purdy, formerly of Lifehacker …
2012-08-23: Tent - the decentralized social web Tent - the decentralized social webTent is decentralized, not federated or centralized. Any Tent …
2012-08-23: Longread: Brand as Context in Interaction Design Longread: Brand as Context in Interaction DesignBen Fullerton of Method, writing in UX Magazine on …
2012-08-22: What are some things I'd be shocked to learn about the outside world? What are some things I’d be shocked to learn about the outside world?Susan Wu, on Quora: All …
2012-08-21: Why Every Community Should Have Its Own Geek Awards I recently had the pleasure of attending the Second Annual Philly Geek Awards. It was an amazing …
2012-08-21: You are listening to Philadelphia You are listening to PhiladelphiaListen to a mashup of ambient noise recordings from your city (via …
2012-08-21: A Vision for the Future of Newspapers—20 Years Ago A Vision for the Future of Newspapers—20 Years AgoMark Potts, writing about his major part in what …
2012-08-18: Changes coming in Version 1.1 of the Twitter API Changes coming in Version 1.1 of the Twitter APITwitter’s Michael Sippey posted an update at their …
2012-08-18: How to Save the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News How to Save the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily NewsJoel Mathis, writing at …
2012-08-18: Philly Geek Awards Philly Geek AwardsThis happens on Friday, August 17, 2012. I. can’t. wait.
2012-08-18: HP’s webOS group spun out into new company: GRAM HP’s webOS group spun out into new company: GRAMDerek Kessler of webOS Nation wrote this up …
2012-08-18: Boom Makes Your Mac Speakers Go Up To 11 Boom Makes Your Mac Speakers Go Up To 11If you’ve ever wanted your Mac to be louder (as I often did …
2012-08-18: Longread: Prosecutorial Indiscretion | Secrets Of An Independent Counsel Longread: Prosecutorial Indiscretion | Secrets Of An Independent CounselDavid Gran, in 1998 in The …
2012-08-18: Obama to NASA: I want to know about Martians right away Obama to NASA: I want to know about Martians right awayPresident Obama, speaking to NASA’s Curiosity …
2012-08-18: Interactive Martian Panorama from Curiosity Rover Interactive Martian Panorama from Curiosity RoverIf you read Boing Boing, you’ve already seen this. …
2012-08-18: Blog Post Cited in a Ninth Circuit Opinion Blog Post Cited in a Ninth Circuit OpinionMr. Eugene Volokh congratulates my former copyright law …
2012-08-18: Fareed Zakaria Apologizes for ‘Lapse’; Faces Time and CNN Suspensions Fareed Zakaria Apologizes for ‘Lapse’; Faces Time and CNN SuspensionsI would be honored to work for …
2012-08-18: FTC OKs Facebook’s privacy settlement FTC OKs Facebook’s privacy settlementTony Romm, writing at Politico: The order means Facebook must …
2012-08-18: Apple sold 5.7 million tablets in the U.S. last quarter, court documents show. Samsung sold 37,000 Apple sold 5.7 million tablets in the U.S. last quarter, court documents show. Samsung sold …
2012-08-18: Portland Press Herald plagiarized a photo they didn’t even need This is a story within a story. The outer story is about Reverend Robert Carlson, who killed himself …
2012-08-18: Pulse Comes To The Web Pulse Comes To The WebFrederic Lardinois, writing at TechCrunch: The web app, says Pulse, is …
2012-08-18: Philadelphia newspapers CEO’s message to employees Philadelphia newspapers CEO’s message to employeesJim Romenesko, quoting the letter from Bob Hall, …
2012-08-18: U.S. will not challenge computer fraud case to high court U.S. will not challenge computer fraud case to high courtThe Computer Fraud and Abuse Act prohibits, …
2012-08-18: Managing Email Realistically Managing Email RealisticallyI’m not sure all of Matt Gemmell’s advice would work for me, but it’s …
2012-08-18: Flame and Stuxnet Cousin Targets Lebanese Bank Customers, Carries Mysterious Payload Flame and Stuxnet Cousin Targets Lebanese Bank Customers, Carries Mysterious PayloadKim Zetter, …
2012-08-18: Housekeeping, too, is Constant & Endless I’m changing a few things as I settle into my new theme and workflow here at Constant & Endless. …
2012-08-18: Only crazy people don't use Facebook? Only crazy people don’t use Facebook?Zoe Fox, writing at Mashable: Employers may suspect that …
2012-08-18: Landing 2,000 Pounds of Patriotism on Mars From the NASA press release: The Seven Minutes of Terror has turned into the Seven Minutes of …
2012-08-18: Apple's Secrets Revealed at Trial Apple’s Secrets Revealed at TrialIan Sherr, writing for the Wall Street Journal: In …
2012-08-18: Does Cybercrime Really Cost $1 Trillion? Does Cybercrime Really Cost $1 Trillion?A spokeswoman for Senator Joe Lieberman, speaking to Peter …
2012-07-30: Don't believe the 'Apple invests in Twitter' hype Don’t believe the ‘Apple invests in Twitter’ hype In fact, an Apple investment in …
2012-07-28: Analysis over revision: Kara Swisher's mysterious edits to Marissa Mayer's Yahoo! memo (Updated) Updated 12:00 p.m: Kara Swisher reached out to me on Twitter after I published this post (her tweets …
2012-07-27: Geek preferences matter Geek preferences matter We installed Firefox on every non-geek’s computer we could find. And while …
2012-07-26: Apple TV: The Soon-To-Be #1 Gaming Console? Apple TV: The Soon-To-Be #1 Gaming Console?MG Siegler points out that, despite Apple CEO Tim Cook’s …
2012-07-19: No Comment I have turned off comments here at Constant & Endless. I have had only one comment since I …
2012-07-18: Evening Edition beautifully presents the important news you missed Co-creator Jim Ray of Mule Design describes Evening Edition like this: It’s a summary of the day’s …
2012-07-13: In Brief: How Reed Hastings Almost Undid Netflix Greg Sandoval, writing at CNET: For most of the former Netflix employees who moved to Qwikster, …
2012-07-13: Self-Promotion Alert: Read My (Very Short!) Fiction This site is supposed to be me talking about the law and technology, but I have some shameless self …
2012-06-25: Flipboard, Condé Nast, and the Mobile Advertising Problem (Updated) Howard Mittman, VP and publisher at Condé Nast property Wired Magazine, told Ad Age's Nat Ives: I’m …
2012-06-12:
Pirates of Westeros: the untapped half-billion dollar market for Game of Thrones
Ernesto at TorrentFreak: It’s clear that HBO (and others) prefer exclusiveness over piracy, which …
2012-06-01: The danger of covertly-altered ebooks "Philip," writing at his blog Ocracoke Island Journal about the ebook edition of War and Peace he …
2012-05-23: So.cl: Microsoft's social network, or search experiment, or kind ofboth, sort of CNET’s Steven Musil: Users log in to the network with their Facebook or Windows Live accounts. …
2012-05-16: Twitter Digest and the persistence of opt-out Othman Laraki, Director of Growth and International at Twitter, on the official Twitter Blog: Like …
2012-05-14: Google's live 'Hangouts On Air' rolling out to everyone everywhere, and why it matters I originally posted this to The Verge's Web & Social forum. Read the original forum post here. …
2012-05-09: This is my new blog. This is a post I ran recently at my Posterous blog, announcing my move over here. I thought I’d put …
2012-05-09: Remember: 39% of North Carolinians are not fearful and ignorant The North Carolina amendment alters the constitution to say that “marriage between one man and one …
2012-05-07: The Pinterest (Er, Tumblr) Problem, Fair Use, and a Suggestion for Change I wrote the article below for Temple Law’s student newspaper, Prima Facie. While my views on the …
2012-05-03: No Pressure Analyst Brian Marshall, to SFGate’s Jun Yang: As the markets get more saturated, the pressure will …
2012-04-30: Hulu will eventually require a cable subscription Our source noted that Hulu has no interest in being a first mover here and that a requirement for …
2012-04-24: Already paying for extra Docs/Gmail space? You’re payment plan isgrandfathered into Google Drive. Google storage plans have changed, but you can stay on your current plan as long as you: Keep your …
2012-04-19: Marco Arment: Be Skeptical of Twitter's Innovator's Patent Agreement Twitter’s “Innovator’s Patent Agreement” – Marco.org » I recently wrote about Twitter’s promise to …
2012-04-18: "Demand Your Data" "Tim Berners-Lee: demand your data from Google and Facebook" by Ian Katz at guardian.co.uk Whatever …
2012-04-17: Twitter won't use employee patents offensively "Introducing the Innovator’s Patent Agreement" by Adam Messinger, VP of Engineering at the Official …
2012-04-12: Secondary market for class notes: copyrighted free speech or lazy cheater's dream? "Do Students Have Copyright to Their Own Notes?" This is a decent article by Tina Barseghian of …
2012-04-11: Arrington and Siegler out at PandoDaily, don't bother trying to comment about it As of Monday, April 9 the shareholders of PandoMedia voted to remove Michael Arrington as a …
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