Not an IP Day post

Because I have the strong psychological urge to be different (or at least different-ish), I’m trying to make today the “Non-IP Day”, seeing as yesterday was “World Intellectual Property Day“. We need a snazzy name though.

Social networking, one month on

It’s been a month since I decided to take the plunge into the dark and mysterious world of social networking by joining LinkedIn and Facebook. My initial motivation was to join in order to conduct research, I’m one of those old-fashioned academics who prefers to experience first-hand what they’re talking Read more…

State of Play Academy

The State of Play Academy begins today, and will offer classes until June 2007. SOPA will be teaching law and technology classes from an impressive array of experts on a wide range of topics. SOPA is taught through www.there.com. Unfortunately for those of us on this side of the Atlantic, Read more…

WiFi thieves?

(via Trey Roberts) Reuters and the BBC are reporting on two arrests made in Worcestershire for wi-fi piggybacking, but where released under caution. Wi-fi leechers are a growing phenomenon, as more and more houses have wireless devices and routers, the number of unprotected networks also increases. A leecher will conduct Read more…

40k

The blog has now reached forty thousand hits since I started counting, and most days we get more than one hundred individual visitors (not counting those reading through RSS). Thanks to all regular and non-regular readers for making the early mornings worthwhile.