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TechDirt on Net Neutrality

I commented on this over at TechDirt, but had to challenge their assertion here as well. I’m not one to let a ridiculous claim go unanswered, so below is the text of my reply to Mike at TD. Their basic contention was the telcos are opposing regulations

Eco-Friendly CD Cases

I recently decided to convert my CD collection from CDs to Mp3s and put them on a media server. I’ve got hundreds of CDs, so I suspect this will take a while. I know there are services that will do it for me, but don’t really feel like paying for it.
I started toward

Congress In Action

Given Congress’ determination to discuss, debate, and perhaps pass net neutrality legislation in the complete absence of any actual threat, I found this Wall Street Journal editorial interesting. It requires a subscription and has nothing to do with net neutrality, but it highlights a growing trend in Congress

Hey MSN! This Is Why You Suck!

Hey Microsoft! Pay attention to this! I’m writing it so you’ll get a clue!
Here is a perfect example of why people prefer Google’s search algorithm to the one you use. I was cleaning up my mp3 collection, and stumbled upon a song by Basement Jaxx. The filename was truncated, so I

Convo Predictions

The bids are in and the list of cities hoping to host the national convos in 2008 has been narrowed down to:
Denver (Dem)
New Orleans (Dem)
New York (Both)
Minneapolis-St. Paul (Both)
Cleveland (GOP)
Tampa-St. Pete (GOP)
Given those options, here are my predictions.
Denver 2008
The Democrats will end up in Denver. It’s nice there

Disconnect

There is a real disconnect between politicians and the people and it’s illustrated fairly well by this post on Kos. I’m not normally one to give kudos to Kos or his minions, but they actually got this one right – sort of.
Send [Rep. William Jefferson] (and all

Mark The Date

Speaking Saturday in France at the Cannes Film Festival about global warming, [Al] Gore said, “I even believe there is a chance that within the next two years, even (President) Bush and (Vice President) Dick Cheney will be forced to change their position on this crisis,” he said. “One can