Federal LA judge rules that file-swapping tools are legal. He equates them to the same standard as a VCR or copy machine - "both of which can be and are used to infringe copyrights." Interesting development for sure.

Now this is American Life. Link via Brian.

The word of the day is: phonated. Use it successfully and properly - and you win a big open handed thumbs up.

Never before have I received a review quite like this. Oriana rules and I'm happy I get to help her out, though I wish I was a bit quicker with her requests than I am. Anyway, check her out.. very intelligent writings - broaden those horizons.

Some hot pixel fonts over at Atomic Media (flash compatible too!). Link via Zilmer.

Pop-up ads all blow - we can agree on that. But ad's like this one posing as an "Internet Security Advisor" really bother me the most. Some poor schmuck is going to get tricked into thinking that's real...

San Francisco was great but it's always good to come home for a bit. Much love to Arlo, Buzzard, and Jessey - who proved to be great partners in crime for the trip. Not that there was any crime involved, but it was a good time.

You know... I saw this the other day and enjoyed it.. now there it appears that there are a ton of other auctions going on that I somehow missed (or maybe they are new). Mostly graffiti panels - from the likes of Shepard Fairey, Banksy, and 123 Klan.

Oh yea, Jesse told me about Fire - a chat application for the Mac that's open-source and acts like the PC's Trillian. Oh, and so far it's way cooler than iChat or AIM (the programs).

Kicking it in San Francisco. The downtown area is really bustling and has some of the nicest architecture I've seen in a long while. Wish I'd had my camera on me. Mostly I've been chilling at KNI SF working on some projects, and discovering the absolutely perfect distraction that is known as Friendster.

Lots more left to browse but I'm off to the airport and then onward to San Francisco. Expect sparse updates in that time, as browsing may be down to a minimum. Be back Saturday. enjoi.

Check the bizarre designs over in the Spymac Gallery. I've not seen anything that I think would be cool to see in real life, but it's amusing to see what people think they want. Link via Jamie.

Mad quicktime goodness. New Western State - on Geoff McFetridge, who sports one hell of a dope moustache (I know some people that could give him a run for his money). Three new MK12 pieces from the DIK Semi-Permanent Conference.

Nader running 2004? Probably so - but does it just ensure that Republicans will take the ticket? Maybe Bush won't run again, that'd just be convienent for everyone (in the world). Link via KG.

I went snuts today and got one of these. Should be nice to have on my plane ride tomorrow.

Right when I was about the question the future of Computerlove they go ahead and beat me to the punch. 39 days until a full re-launch and it looks like the site will be providing "innovative tools to publish rich-media exhibitions and portfolios." Whatever that means, might be interesting.

Never let it be said that I don't make at least a few attempts to show both sides of the story. While I'll often talk about my affinity for Michael Moore, it is important to see what other people are saying. To see what other people are trying to do. Basically these articles go through Bowling For Columbine and point out some glaring mis-truths.

And while I'm sure Brian will be glued to the screen reading these articles and extolling just how justified his hate for the man is, I must make the point that regardless of the cold hard facts behind Bowling, the point being made is that fear and violence are a huge problem in this country. Moore may have lost some respect in my book (though, if I just blindly believed him, why should I blindly believe these counter-points?) but I still think his underlying point is valid.

Nice t-shirts over at the Roger Carter site.

I enjoyed reading this article but I suspect that the majority of people in this country probably feel that suspected terrorists "deserve" any punishment, regardless of it breaking the rules of the Geneva Convention. And it's that mindset that helps to provoke why we aren't exactly the most loved country.

Is this a joke? I mean.. the CNN clip sounds like someone added audio in with a free crappy microphone.. there's just no debate there of tampering. That's just ridiculous.