. C O M M U N I C A T E

. C O M M U N I C A T E: this is me cached on coral!!!

Coral P2P Cache Enters Public Beta

Coral P2P Cache Enters Public Beta: "'infoAnarchy reports that Coral, a peer-to-peer webcaching system, has gone into public beta. Currently the Coral node network is hosted on Planet-Lab, a large scale distributed research network of 400 servers. You can use Coral right now by appending 'nyud.net:8090' to a hostname. View Slashdot through Coral. Is this the end of the Slashdot effect?'"

Universal3D vs. Real Open Standards

Universal3D vs. Real Open Standards: "'Back in April, Slashdot reported the announcement of a Universal 3D File Format by Intel, Microsoft & others - to be 'as open as MP3'. Of course, that's not all that open. And this turns out to be the sneaky part. There is a real open standard already - X3D is ISO-ratified, royalty-free, and has multiple open source implementations. U3D is 'going to be submitted to ISO' - one day - but right now they're talking to ECMA, which allows royalty-bearing patents. I found this article by Tony Parisi, co-chair of the X3D Working Group a fascinating insider's picture of the standards wars, along with insights into what it takes to release an online game, what really killed VRML, and why open standards do (and don't) matter. I mean, a royalty-bearing, pseudo-open universal 3D format from Intel and Microsoft? Sorry, guys. That trick doesn't work anymore ;)'"

Almost a brawl with tree and i as key players. Bob and the kids nice set despite the fucked and chaotic crowd.

Barriers rushed riots abound and marcus with robot girl.

Seen the red light and its interpol. What else is one to do when there are on new joy division recs.

Rapture growing on me. Lime of like moss.

Mogwai just dont get it. My bad. Head something yeah bad hives imitation.

Curiosa? Nice drummer girl looks like she likes to break things.

Mer-B-day

MerBday: so mocam shots of the festivities!!!

Grokster Wins Big in Ninth Circuit (redux)

Grokster has won big in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Read the decision: [PDF]. It is a very strong decision, basically bringing the Sony-Betamax decision into the modern age. Of course, the decision does make it clear that if Congress wants to change the law, they can (cough*INDUCE Act*cough). Read the whole thing, the actual opinion is only 18 single-column pages. See also, commentary from Jason Schultz, Ernest Miller, Cory Doctorow, and Ed Felten. And don't forget to thank EFF."

in honor of the decision, i am posting a paper i wrote in march on a very related subject. for thoes interested...

"It is Time to Compete with Free.pdf -This is a draft of paper I prepared for a Software and Internet Law class while completing my LLM in Entertainment and Mass Media Law. It gives a brief overview of the current problems and inconsistencies facing copyright law, particularly with respect to p2p systems. And further makes the case that economic competition with piracy is not only possible, but presents significant advantages over litigation and legislation at this point in time."

GMail

GMail Archives - Aimless Words: "So you have your GMail account but you need a little extra something. Perhaps you need a GMail import utility? Or possibly a GMail POP3 proxy program. Or maybe you are interested in turning Gmail into a file archival system? Within these pages I have collected links to all the GMail tools I have discovered in my daily web travels. It's a pretty big list."

My Bad

this one's for kate! love mark

Big names confirm for LA festival

Big names confirm for LA festival - NME.COM: "MORRISSEY IAN BROWN FRANZ FERDINANDand THE KILLERS are set to headline LOS ANGELES radio station KROQ%E2%80%99s INLAND INVASION 4 this autumn. Also joining the bill for the event dubbed Flashback to the Future are Siouxsie And The Banshees Muse Billy Idol Devo A Flock of Seagulls Death Cab for Cutie X Tears for Fears The Walkmen and Missing Persons."

England Unedited (Redux)

England Unedited, round one. images, not selected, not commented. just there. more to come. if anyone wants copies, please ask and i'll get you a full size!!!

also, my girl cathy has put up her shots. people get ready!!!

Paul Edwards (Redux)

Paul Edwards, big ups to paul on the write up in the stranger, and the sanzy looking new site!!! word!!!

They want their MTV!

Four amazing bands head up a night of music on MTV2 this weekend - NME.COM: "RAZORLIGHT and THE HIVES are two of the four amazing bands headlining this weekend’s set of exclusive live gigs to be screened on MTV2.The groups will feature alongside The Cure and the Beastie Boys as part of this weekend’s ’Live Night Saturday’ programming (August 14). Beastie Boys will kick off the evening at 10pm, followed by Razorlight at 11pm, The Cure at 11.30pm and The Hives at midnight. Watch out for performances from Jet and The Music the following Saturday night (August 21) on MTV2"

Up!

back from the dead, and soon ready to roll.

done!

home, burrito eaten, sleep soon :)

tomorrow, what i left out about the last 24.

Eye on the sky!

mark to la: hlr - > lax
depart: sun. 8-8-04 @ 12:00pm on virgin flight # 7
arrive: sun. 8-8-04 @ 3:10pm