I Want! That's one of Nikon's just-announced D200 digital cameras. Although the name implies it's the next version of Nikon's D100 camera, the specifications look more like a cross between Nikon's D2X professional digital camera and Nikon's spectacularly successful D70 consumer-grade camera. That's right, this is the newest iteration of the pro-sumer camera. The price is … [Read more...] about I Want!
EFF: Bloggers
I've added a link on the right in the Resources section for the Electronic Frontier Foundation's page for bloggers. Lots of stuff about the legal issues affecting blogging. … [Read more...] about EFF: Bloggers
Tookie’s Nobel Prize Nomination
There's been a lot of buzz in the blogosphere about the upcoming execution of Tookie Wiliams, founder of the Crips street gang, for murdering four people back in 1979. Of particular interest is Williams' nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize for his anti-gang work while in prison. I've got nothing personal against Tookie—I hope he gets whetever justice he … [Read more...] about Tookie’s Nobel Prize Nomination
The not-so-secret-history of ‘Aeon Flux’
Stealing once again from Antigravitas, here's the history behind the Aeon Flux movie. … [Read more...] about The not-so-secret-history of ‘Aeon Flux’
Free-Market Begging
This is how the free-market economist bloggers at Marginal Revolution ask for donations: Efficiency says that goods with zero marginal cost should have a zero price but without prices not only is the incentive to produce diminished but so is information about what to produce. [...] Donations allow prices to be set at [marginal cost] while at the same time providing a (noisy) … [Read more...] about Free-Market Begging