Monthly Archives: May 2004

MT licensing update

Posted on 5/15/2004 by Ben

Six Apart made a few modifications to the new Movable Type licensing scheme. Nothing that seems likely to stop the mass exodus, though.

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Freedom 0

Posted on 5/15/2004 by Ben

Mark Pilgrim puts his finger on the problem with Movable Type 3.0. Freedom 0 is the freedom to run the program, for any purpose. WordPress gives me that freedom; Movable Type does not. It never really did, but it was … Continue reading →

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Presenting WordPress

Posted on 5/15/2004 by Ben

Here we are, successfully migrated to WordPress. I’ll be migrating the templates soon, probably tomorrow.

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Movable Type licensing

Posted on 5/14/2004 by Ben

Six Apart has announced a new, very pricey, licensing scheme for Movable Type. There’s still a free version that seems like it should meet most individual bloggers’ needs but the Trackback comments appear to be almost entirely negative. I wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Congress mulls revisions to DMCA

Posted on 5/13/2004 by Ben

I listened to yesterday’s <a title=”Congress mulls revisions to DMCA href=”http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5211674.html”>hearing on the DMCRA and it was very interesting. Jack Valenti said he opposes the bill because it “legalizes hacking”. Is hacking illegal? I guess I better find a new … Continue reading →

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Self-esteem games

Posted on 5/12/2004 by Ben

Researchers designed games to boost your self-esteem. The link in the article doesn’t work, the games are here.

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Album of the Week

Posted on 5/10/2004 by Ben

The album of the week is just an EP, They Might Be Giant’s Indestructible Object. But since the first song takes a page from The Postal Service, I’ll post that as well.

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Support the DMCRA

Posted on 5/9/2004 by Ben

Here’s another piece of important legislation. Representatives Rick Boucher and John Doolittle re-introduced the Digital Media Consumers’ Rights Act (DMCRA, H.R. 107), which would enact labeling requirements for usage-impaired “copy-protected” compact discs, as well as several amendments to 1998′s infamous … Continue reading →

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The Misunderestimated Man – How Bush chose stupidity

Posted on 5/8/2004 by Ben

Great Slate piece on whether Bush is really stupid. George W. Bush has governed, for the most part, the way any airhead might, undermining the fiscal condition of the nation, squandering the goodwill of the world after Sept. 11, and … Continue reading →

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iTunes and Lawsuits

Posted on 5/8/2004 by Ben

Newsweek’s Stephen Levy puts his finger on the insanity of the current legal music download offerings. This is crazy. Online prices should always be much lower than physical CDs. The economics of downloading favor high volume. CDs have to be … Continue reading →

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Designs on the White House

Posted on 5/6/2004 by Ben

Designs on the White House is a contest to design the best anti-Bush and pro-Kerry t-shirts. The all-star panel of judges includes Margaret Cho, Al Franken, Moby, and Joe Trippi.

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Piracy Deterrence and Education Act

Posted on 5/5/2004 by Ben

Oppose the Piracy Deterrence and Education Act! You may not agree with the recording industry’s war on file sharing, but under the Piracy Deterrence and Education Act (PDEA, HR 4077), you’d still have to pay for it. The PDEA would … Continue reading →

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The Rise of Interface Elegance in Open Source Software

Posted on 5/5/2004 by Ben

Acts of Volition has a nice article on the new focus on interface design in open source software. It seems like GNOME has really taken the lead here with principles like preference simplicity and instant apply and with exciting new … Continue reading →

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Red Hat Desktop

Posted on 5/4/2004 by Ben

Red Hat is releasing an OS for the enterprise “client” desktop. Nice to hear, but I wonder how exactly this differs from Workstation.

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SWG economy

Posted on 5/3/2004 by Ben

Raph Koster posts some interesting statistics on the Star Wars Galaxies economy.

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