Month: September 2007

  • New features on Amazon.com

    I am really impressed with the new Amazon mp3 website. Not only are the downloads DRM-free, but they are cheaper than Apple’s iTunes store. I had stayed away from iTunes because I wanted some security in case I got a non-Apple media player, but also because I am deluded by rap songs on the iTunes…

  • Make October 20 "Light’s On" day in Los Angeles

    The city and county of Los Angeles is organizing a voluntary “lights out” event on October 20 to “fight climate change.”  If you agree with me that this event is a moral atrocity and a stepping stone to coercive restrictions on human industry, then I urge you to use as much energy as possible from…

  • MIT's learning Leonardo Robot

    How cool is this: (More cool robots.)

  • Ayn Rand Institute editorial/press release RSS feed

    Since the Objectivist Metablog republishes most of ARI’s press releases, I created an RSS feed which allows you to feed those press releases to your newsreader/website: http://www.objectivismonline.com/Feeds/ARI.php Please note that the feed contains a copyright notice reproduced verbatim from ARI’s press releases.  You will have to follow the rules in their copyright notice if you…

  • Censorship by any other name

    “Net neutrality” is the new fairness doctrine for the Internet. Edit: The crazy thing is that Verizon caved to customer pressure within 24 hours – proving the power of the market – yet its brief initial refusal has been taken up as proof of the need for government censorship.

  • Taking death-worship to a whole new level

    ..in Mexico