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The "Amen Break" and the Copyright argument

Keith — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:42:14 -0700

"Over protecting intellectual property is as harmful as under protecting it. Culture is impossible without a rich public domain. Nothing today, likely nothing since we tamed fire, is genuinely new. Culture, like science and technology, grows by accretion, each new creator building on the works of those who came before. Over protection stifles the very creative forces it’s supposed to nurture."

- Judge Alex Kozinski, Dissenting in the White v. Samsung Elec. Am., Inc., 989 F.2d 1512 (9th Cir. 1993) ruling.

Flash Mob in Liverpool Street - The T-Mobile Dance

Keith — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:46:56 -0700

Last Thursday at 11:00 there was an excellent example of the flash mob form in Liverpool Street train station in London where most of the concourse starting dancing. I am calling it an "example of the form" because it was actually organised by T-Mobile, but aside from that it had all the hallmarks: A group of people who turn up, do something, melt away afterwards, and most important of all; the general public knows nothing about it.

Reyn Ouwehand performs "Green Beret" theme

Keith — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:41:22 -0600

What we have here is Reyn Ouwehand performing a fabulous modern version of the "Green Beret" theme by (the great) Martin Galway. It also happens to be an excellent example of what a single talented musician can do with a handful of instruments and a loop machine.

Aurora: 3D Concept Browser

Keith — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:55:19 -0600

Aurora is a design concept for a 3D browser by Adaptive Path who are working in partnership with Mozilla Labs and have presented a mock up of what a future browsing experience might look like. So, it's not a real product, or even a product in development, but it looks cool nevertheless.

How The Milky Way will end

Keith — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:40:09 -0700

In keeping with the tonights Space theme, and following on from 'Planets and Stars to Scale' I stumbled over a peice on Andromeda vs. The Milky Way that the BBC included a documentary. It is rather dramatic, and of course all the action takes place about three billion years from now, but even so it is clear that everyone is going to a have a bad day.

Planets and Stars to Scale

Keith — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:17:11 -0700

In the grand scheme of celestial bodies where do we rate? Answer: Nowhere.