Everything this guy does breaks me up.
And Hodgman is everywhere right now.
He is the Bill-Gates-like PC in the hilarious Apple computer Get-a-Mac ads.
His bits on the Daily Show are classic. Here’s one where Hodgman explains Net Neutrality. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Just heard the radical professor R.T. Naylor blast the “War on Terror”.
His research says that Osama does not have millions at his disposal. That money has long been shut off.
He states almost every claim made about the “Global War on Terrorism” is a ridiculous exaggeration.
Bloggers are not journalists.
These posts are more like gossip than anything you find in the New York Times.
I believe US politicians make most decisions based on the influence of lobbyists. I don’t know why this is the case — nor have I researched it. I believe it anyway.
At least Canadian politicians are more accountable to the voters. Or are they?
Remember Sam Bulte, the Canadian Liberal Member of Parliament who lost her seat after her voters figured out that she was raising money from the entertainment industry and then delivering pro-entertainment-industry laws that creamed the public to line the pockets of her buddies?
… her successor, the Tory Minister Bev Oda, was also on the take, netting big bucks from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, Canadian Motion Picture Distributors, Canadian Music Publishers’ Association, Entertainment Software Association, Universal Music and other anti-Internet groups who are about to get their reward when Oda tries to steamroller Canada’s version of the DMCA through Parliament.
How Hollywood’s MP in Canada financed her campaign – Cory Doctorow
I trust Doctorow’s opinion. He is one far-sighted, big-picture, intelligent guy.
But he did not do the research either. He is blogging the blog of Dr. Michael Geist, the Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa.
You are reading this post — and I hope you pass it on to your friends in Canada. Or post it on your own blog.
Sooner or later it gets to Bev Oda’s office — and they decide to get much more careful about campaign contributor influence.
I think I will send her this post myself.
One example how blogging and the internet will change the world.
Assume that everything you do and say on the internet is monitored.
Google, your ISP, or ebay, or Amazon (or someone) is making a record right now.
I might be wrong. But I definitely may be right.
How serious a problem is this lack of privacy? Personally, I am not worried.
Privacy is … the sense of vulnerability that an individual experiences. When people feel exposed or invaded, there’s a privacy issue.
That’s not me.
The benefits of having wrongdoers exposed; the crimes prevented by fear of getting caught may outweigh the problems caused by lack of privacy.
Ask me my opinion again if I am ever brought to task for a some misdeed.
Things are worse now than when Time published this 2001 cover story.
As a teen someone taught me that — when you want to know why decisions are made — follow the money.
The rip-offs have never been greater in the history of the world than in Iraq.
Where are the billion$ going?
newsobserver.com | Contractors in Iraq make costs balloon
Playing with Mother Nature is rarely a good policy.
This is bound to end in diaster.
… I believe Monsanto is going too far with this evil … Yes, I said evil. To prevent a farmer’s seed from previous harvests from germinating just to maintain a strong grip on the marketplace is sick, and one strong reason GM food is looked at with distrust and hatred in the rest of the world.
Terminator technology or anything that disrupts the proper development of any plant should be illegal.
Beyond protecting intellectual property, this is all about greed, plain and simple.
Dvorak Uncensored » Monsanto continues to pursue controversial “Terminator” seed-control technology
I visited Moncton, New Brunswick on a failed attempt to do some coastal hiking.
Happily, the town’s first hostel (The C’Mon Inn) opened this summer. I met some very interesting people.
I rented a car and 5 of us took a road trip up to Koochi Koochi Koo National Park (Kouchibouguac) to stroll the Kelly’s beach dunes. It was a nice day.
Even better was scrambling the Shediac Lobster.
It was an education to spend the day with Mike, the first real activist I’ve ever known. Those people on TV protesting globalization — that’s Mike. He was at the Battle of Seattle, the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999.
Mike was badly hurt protesting The Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, 2001, a round of negotiations regarding a proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas.
Next Mike was inside the tent for the G8 summit 2002 in Kananaskis, Alberta representing Oxfam.
Right now he is an inactive activist, back at school, earning another degree.
But the passion is there. He is committed to, and very knowledgeable on, many important causes facing this planet. I admire Mike’s commitment and courage. And I wish him well into the future. We will keep in touch.
» next travelogue post on this trip – a day in New Brunswick
Xeni Jardin, the popular BoingBoing.net blogger, has a good podcast on NPR radio:
Tradition vs. Change in ‘Lhasa Vegas’
When I was in Tibet in 1997 there were already good internet cafes. It seems the more remote an area, the more important the internet becomes.
Needless to say, the Dalai Lama is jive to the technology, but with a caution:
The internet’s contribution to the diffusion and dissemination of knowledge and information is truly remarkable.
“By itself the internet cannot feed the poor, defend the oppressed, or protect those subject to natural disasters, but by keeping us informed it can allow those of us who have the opportunity to give whatever help we can.”
I just heard Robert Fisk interviewed. Sounds like the most intelligent reporter in the world to me.
His home of the past 25 years, Beirut, Lebanon, has been destroyed by what Fisk feels was unnecessary military action. The Israelis over-reacted. And they came out second best in the conflict.
Fisk speaks Arabic and is one of the few Western journalists to have interviewed Osama bin Laden.
I will be checking out his books.
I finally saw the acclaimed film Hotel Rwanda.
Though painful, I recommend it, especially if you do not know the story.
This is the Hollywood treatment of the Rwandan Genocide where over 800,000 were killed — many hacked to death with $.10 machetes — during a period of 100 days from April 6th through mid-July 1994.
The man in charge of peace-keeping at the time, Canadian Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire was hand-cuffed by the United Nations. The few UN troops on hand were ordered to stand by without intervening.
President Clinton later described US inaction as “the biggest regret of my administration.”
This was only 12-years-ago.
It’s unbelievable.
Rent the movie.
Rick McCharles 