Notes

Julie Amero is the Connecticut teacher facing a possible 40 year prison sentence because the PC in her classroom got hit by a porn popup storm. This appears to be her site: Julie Amero

Apple: “In 2006, under 2 billion DRM-protected songs were sold worldwide by online stores, while over 20 billion songs were sold completely DRM-free and unprotected on CDs by the music companies themselves.” Apple – Thoughts on Music

Charlie Brooker: “The only way to have fun with a Mac is to poke its insufferable owner in the eye.” Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | I hate Macs (reminds me of a review I once wrote of Picasa)

Banjo fan? Ukulele fan? You really owe it to yourself to click here: Midnight Ukulele Disco: Video of Il m’a vu nue performed by Kurt Hoffman and Meg Reichardt (thanks India)

I think I speak for all editors when I say we love nutcase feedback like this: Chronicle Podcasts : “Pilotless Drone”

I’m happy to see that the Communications Workers of America (that’s a trade union, for all of you Silicon Valley readers who have never heard of such a thing) is launching a campaign to push for faster broadband for all US citizens. It’s a union issue because it means more jobs pulling cables and fi

Firefox 2.0, which I finally upgraded to this week, offers two standout advantages relative to 1.5. It’s faster. Pages load noticeably quicker — in some cases, as little as 50% of the time they took under 1.5, judging by the performance I’ve seen on Bloglines, Gmail, and an assortment of websites. L

In case you were wondering why Microsoft is selling 18 different versions of Windows, Joel Spolsky has an amusing explanation of the reason (market segmentation): Camels and Rubber Duckies

Crazy, but it looks strangely fun to ride: Ultimate Hybrid

To the comment spammers hitting my haiku site: There is something buggy with one of your scripts. I keep getting these comments that contain nothing but a bogus email address and a single word: Array Now, come on. You call this comment spam? Not even a link to a phentermine or Cialis site? No keywor

Somebody has spent a lot of time putting hex codes and swatches for every imaginable color into wikipedia, along with links to related color entries. This is actually useful. Some examples: safety orange – chartreuse – ecru – but not, alas, Pantone 292

Carl Malamud explains 10 tricks for making government work for you. Mostly practical, a few idealistic: Internet Archive: Details: Hack 1: Be Media (Internet Governance in a Nutshell)