Morning Linkage (Apr 24)

In the I won­der who was after what depart­ment. The judge in the Pirate Bay tri­al is a mem­ber of a copy­rights advo­ca­cy group. And this is just com­ing out? Either the PB lawyers are incom­pe­tent (mis­tri­al, incom­pe­tent defense) or clever (mis­tri­al, judge not impar­tial) http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/judges-conflict-of-interest-surfaces-after-pirate-bay-trial.ars Fabulously beau­ti­ful Japanese depic­tions of nature. http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2009/04/nature-of-utamaro.html Half a million … 

Morning Linkage (Apr 23)

Black and White is old skool and that’s good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruipalha/ I prob­a­bly qual­i­fy for “life expe­ri­ence cred­it” for this course but you all might want to con­sid­er it. Internet Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview, by Robert Lanham http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2009/4/20lanham.html Earth Day link — an unob­tru­sive rain water cap­ture sys­tem http://www.aquascapeinc.com/why_rainxchange Wow — that’s like, so, Elvis … 

Morning Linkage (Apr 22)

To fuel the OO vs. every­one else debates. Manga about Ubuntu. (Get ’em ear­ly while they are still impres­sion­able…) http://doctormo.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/ubunchu-the-ubuntu-manga-is-now-in-english/ The last dinosaur will soon be extinct. (Thank God, the thing is creepy) http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/21/pleo-extinct.html I love the ways peo­ple are find­ing to put the arti­facts of excess to use. http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/04/recycled_catalog_dollhouse.html Lovingly recre­at­ed decals for old machinery. … 

Morning Linkage (Apr 21) The Shearing Day Edition

Kind of icky because it’s about bugs (ants) but the pho­tos are fab. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/24826 Can any­one tell me what I am being warned against? “Cause that’s the scari­est squir­rel I have ever seen. http://sleepmachine.tumblr.com/post/98430660/tsuyatsuya Two from the tech news. Oracle to buy SUN. The MySQL forums will be utter­ly use­less for at least a week. Let the wail­ing begin. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/04/oracle-acquires-sun-ars-explores-the-impact-on-open-source.ars …

Morning Linkage (Apr 20)

Spend some time look­ing at what Winfried Baumann can do with a sim­ple alu­minum con­tain­er. Housing, offices, can­teens. Click on “WORKS” in the top bar. http://winfried-baumann.de/ No words just a wicked con­cept bike pic­ture. http://insomnio.org/post/97944795/tron‑2–0 The mania for recre­at­ing the pho­to­graph­ic expe­ri­ence of cheap old cam­eras con­tin­ues. The Russian LOMO http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/20/the-disturbing-beauty-of-oversaturated-pictures/ A cou­ple of infrastructure/communications posts. First …