Finding parts for a 17-year-old computer
I seem to have obsessions with mechanical things in their late teens. My second car was a 1977 MGB that I drove from 1991 until 1996, when it turned 19 (and caught fire, but that’s another story). Now I’m working on this surplus old Mac.
It’s not a Fat Mac, as I originally reported (and [...]
Supporting weblog research
Wil Wheaton points to a survey of bloggers being conducted as part of a thesis investigation at Georgetown University. It appears to be a fairly well thought out survey with a good variety of demographic and behavioral questions about blogging.
Though I have a few criticisms of the survey (the caps on the choices numbers [...]
License to sample?
Creative Commons discusses adding a potential new commons license that explicitly grants sampling rights. Interesting idea, and they quote Don Joyce of Negativland: “[A sampling option would] stop legally suppressing it and start culturally encouraging it — because it’s here to stay.”
While I respect Mr. Joyce’s work, I’d like to hear from other musicians on [...]
