Significant Developents in Global Internet Law in 2004: This assessment attempts to edit a complex universe of dazzlingly diverse issues down to a manageable analysis — the past really is prologue, and thinking about the most crucial issues from 2004 can help to bring 2005 into clearer focus. As Covington & Burling approach their tenth […]
Read MoreA plumbing parable: My kitchen sink has a problem. Something has broken inside the Moen faucet, so that the handle is loose and only marginally effective. I’m thinking I should run down to the hardware store and get a new faucet assembly, and get under the sink with a pipe wrench. It shouldn’t be too […]
Read MoreSEQUENTIAL Pictures Star Wars Episode III: A Lost Hope [Revenge of the Sith parody] ——– pretty funny….
Read MoreLeiter Reports: The Horowitz Attack on Academic Freedom Arrives in Ohio The Horowitz Attack on Academic Freedom Arrives in Ohio The bill introduced in the state legislature is here. (Thanks to Joshua Smith for the pointer.) As one news story (for which I could not locate a URL) stated, the bill would regulate what professors […]
Read MoreYahoo! News – Top Stories Photos – AP: Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Due, right, a U.S. Army recruiter, is surrounded by protesters at Seattle Central Community College, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, in Seattle. After about a 10-minute standoff during which protesters tore up U.S Army literature, the protesters were successful in getting Due and another […]
Read MoreTechnology and time poverty: This article from Pacific Northwest Magazine at modern work life and how technology, urgency and multi-tasking are eroding much needed focus and contemplation. It’s a good article that raises several key points ultimately questioning if anything is actually getting more efficient and productive. “Suppose you tape two empty toilet-paper rolls and […]
Read MoreTechnology and time poverty: This article from Pacific Northwest Magazine at modern work life and how technology, urgency and multi-tasking are eroding much needed focus and contemplation. It’s a good article that raises several key points ultimately questioning if anything is actually getting more efficient and productive. “Suppose you tape two empty toilet-paper rolls and […]
Read MoreJenny Holzer’s Project: please change beliefs… ——— gotta love jenny holzer’s art.
Read MoreAnimal-Human Hybrids Spark Controversy Scientists have begun blurring the line between human and animal by producing chimerasâ€â€a hybrid creature that’s part human, part animal. Chinese scientists at the Shanghai Second Medical University in 2003 successfully fused human cells with rabbit eggs. The embryos were reportedly the first human-animal chimeras successfully created. They were allowed to […]
Read More