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  • adam 09:28 on 2007/10/24 Permalink
    Tags: archives, , , ,   

    Britney images have moved 

    Well, not really. But since I re-did all the category archives to only be links to the individual archives – some of the archives were rather large, and getting re-loaded too frequently for my tastes – I think some of the folks coming to the site in search of Britney Spears photos have been feeling a little… lost.
    So, the images themselves are collected here for your convenience. If you want to look at the posts related to Ms. Spears, you can go here.
    Thanks for stopping by!

     
  • adam 12:16 on 2007/10/23 Permalink
    Tags: fair use, hotlink, lawsuit, , quote   

    How to make enemies and piss off the internet… 

    CL&P Blog: All Criticism of This Website Is Hereby Forbidden
    CL↦Blog brings up the topic of Dozier Internet Law’s website and, more interestingly, their “User Agreement.”
    Ooops. Apparently I’ve managed to mess up – I just linked to them, so I’ve violated the “User Agreement” of their site:
    We also do not allow any links to our site without our express permission
    There I go again – I quoted part of their website, which violates another part of the “browse-wrap” license agreement:
    Dozier Internet Law, P.C. has a lot of intellectual property on our site. For instance, we are the creators of all of the text on this website, and own the “look and feel” of this website. We also own all of the code, including the HTML code, and all content. As you may know, you can view the HTML code with a standard browser. We do not permit you to view such code since we consider it to be our intellectual property protected by the copyright laws. You are therefore not authorized to do so. In addition, you should not make any copies of any part of this website in any way since we do not want anyone copying us.
    I think I might be in a lot of trouble now. Good thing I have a handy dandy user agreement of my own. (For the record, even thinking about my website means that you agree to the terms. Of course, I really should modify the agreement to say that you also owe me $5 for loading the site. I think I might have stumbled upon a new “revenue stream” for the site…)
    Anyway, this type of heavy handed bullying has been tried before – and it usually fails before it even gets to the courtroom. On the rare occasion that it makes it that far, cooler heads usually prevail.
    I wonder if Dozier will come after me? Time will tell…..

     
  • adam 10:28 on 2007/10/21 Permalink
    Tags: drew carey, photography,   

    Did you know….. 

    SI.com – Writers – Richard Deitsch: Q&A with Drew Carey:

    Q&A: Drew Carey
    Posted: Tuesday June 14, 2005 1:08PM; Updated: Tuesday June 14, 2005 4:58PM
    Last week, Sports Illustrated associate editor Richard Deitsch interviewed Drew Carey for the magazine’s Q&A. The actor-comedian has been following the U.S. men’s national soccer  team — and moonlighting as a photographer. Here are some of Carey’s photographs and excerpts from the interview.

    It’s very interesting that he goes to such lengths to get “the good seats,” but at the same time he’s apparently quite a decent photographer.

     
  • adam 09:43 on 2007/10/18 Permalink
    Tags: , ,   

    Another fun ride in… 

    Today’s fun ride into work was brought to you by Chaiyya Chaiyya, a fun little song from the movie Inside Man (Widescreen Edition). It’s Indian or Pakistani or something – not really sure to be honest – but it’s kind of fun and helped kill 6 minutes, 54 seconds of my commute this morning. I particularly like the percussion work, as it’s rather complex at times.
    Oh, and if you just mouse over one of those links, you should get Amazon’s fancy new product preview pop-up. It’s kinda cool. And speaking of Amazon, did you know about Amazon MP3? Among the best reasons to patronize them is that, like the iTunes Music Store, you can buy just one song at a time if you so choose. You can also – get this – copy the song to any device you want. How? No DRM is applied to the songs. Madness!

     
  • adam 10:31 on 2007/10/11 Permalink
    Tags: , kansas, missle, , silo   

    Anyone got $1,000,000 I can borrow? 

    NIKE MISSLE BASE KC-SILO 60 – (eBay item 300156975741 end time Oct-31-07 05:23:14 PDT)
    Sure, it’s 60 acres. And sure, the Missle silos are filled with water. But there’s an 800 sq. ft. fortified bunker you can live in. I’m thinking….
    * 1 silo filled with water for free diving
    * 1 silo with cargo netting for climbing
    * 1 silo turned into a rock wall/climbing area
    * paint ball in some of the land
    * “agri-tainment” in other bits
    * there’s still room for the old homestead….
    Of course, as Rudi pointed out, it’s still in Kansas. Not that I have anything against Kansas – I just don’t know if now is the best time to uproot the whole family and move…..

     
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