Dean Landolt

>>> from __future__ import braces
SyntaxError: not a chance (<console>, line 1)
I love you, Python!

As often as I rail against intellectual property, it’s stories like this that serve to demonstrate the necessity of copyright in certain circumstances. What a trainwreck — and yet, even in this seemingly Pentopticonian age of IP enforcement, this poor girl has little recourse. These laws aren’t made for people…and that’s the real crime!

No shit.

The 9th Circuit just dropkicked probationary bans on boozing…with flair:
Moderate consumption of alcohol does not rise to the dignity of our sacred liberties, such as freedom of speech, but the freedom to drink a beer while sitting in a recliner and watching a football game is nevertheless a liberty people have, and it is probably […]

“Linux is not communism, Vendor lock-in is.”
Via /.

Interesting take on the ugly vogue in design…
When ugly is done properly, the conventional-minded are properly outraged. This should never be admitted as the goal, however. “This is the most appropriate way to communicate to our audience,” offered Super Super’s Steve Slocombe. Or, as Mike Meiré says, “It is what it is.” But finally there […]