Monthly Archives: April 2004

Why Ashcroft’s latest battle is especially scary

If you hadn’t heard, John Ashcroft has a new target honed in his sights–pornography.
And even if you don’t like porn and find it disgusting, Eugene Volokh’s thoughts articulately explain why we should fear any agressive DOJ campaign against porn, and where it could lead.

When the Edge Moved to the Middle

In honor of the 10th Anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s premature departure from this world, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore offers up his thoughts in a N.Y. Times op-ed piece, titled Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: When the Edge Moved to the Middle” href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/08/opinion/08MOOR.html?pagewanted=1&hp”>When the Edge Moved to the Middle.
Most defnitely worth a read, especially if you [...]

YOU GOT SERVED

Tonight’s South Park was one of the funniest ever. They made fun of You Got Served, easily the silliest movie of the year, if not the last 10.
If you’re not familiar, You Got Served is essentially a souped-up, 2004 version of Breakin’ (which would have been the silliest movie of its decade too, if [...]

The Google Operating System?

What is Google up to?
With the announcement of GMail, Google made everyone (most especially Microsoft and Yahoo) very curious. Unfortunately, much of the speculation in the aether has been very short-sighted and rather limited in it’s thinking. Until now.
Kottke’s got a great post, which borrows ideas from another post, by Rich Skrenta. [...]

Coolest bit of Flash I have ever seen

Seriously. This beautiful newsmap is simply amazing.
Data connectivity rules.