Feeling silly
Name the llama shortlist
Thanks to all who sent in entries. There are three short-listed entries: Lilian Dougal Bruno The winner shall be announced shortly, I’m trying to negotiate a judge.
Feeling silly
Name that llama
Former student Linda Wilbraham has sent us a mascot llama (pictured). Colleagues at the office have suggested that it needs a name, so I have decided to initiate a competition to name that llama. You can either write a comment with your name and the suggested llama name, or send Read more…
Copyright
Fairytale use
Absolutely brilliant video. Watch some unexpected characters explaining the basics of copyright law. In a faraway land…
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M@rking…
It’s that time of year again. Following this method could help alleviate the pain.
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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.
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Piracy rates prove Pastafarianism
(via Jordan Hatcher) Ben Muse recently linked to an International Chamber of Commerce report on high-seas piracy. Apparently, sea piracy is on the decrease as pirates find it more difficult to collect plunder from their victims. There were 239 piracy attacks during 2006, while 2005 saw 445 attacks in total. Read more…
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April’s Fools roundup
Another good April 1st has gone by, with some beautiful stories. Google sits on top of the April’s Fool list, as usual. This year everybody’s talking about Google’s TiSP, a convenient ISP that comes through your toilet, and whose tag is “Want WiFi around? Just Flush it down!” The service Read more…
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Conservapedia
So, you are a member of the religious right in the United States. You go online to find information to defeat those heathen atheists and their plot to subvert the youth by teaching the evils of Evolutionary theory. But what do you find? Wikipedia is biased against Creationism and the Read more…
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Internet addict sues IBM
You could not make up stories like these even if you tried. James Pacenza used to work for IBM until he got fired for participating in adult chat rooms. He now has sued IBM because he claims to be a sex addict and an Internet addict, and that under his Read more…
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Happy New Year
Happy new Year to all regular (and non-regular) readers. I’ve been overwhelmed by the steady numbers that the blog has been getting. Sometime in the last two days we’ve managed to reach the 30,000 hit mark, and last December was the most viewed month since I started counting, with more Read more…