Well, they’re at it again in Jena. This time it’s 1st Amendment rights that seem to be nettling the powers-that-be. LaSalle Parish Schools Superintendent Roy Breithaupt has told a group of students […]
This just in: Jena school administrators not so keen on 1st amendment…
The next Springsteen?
He doesn’t look a thing like Jesus But he talks like a gentleman Like you imagined When you were young 2003 and 2004 brought us the front edge what I’ve come to […]
The future (of science fiction writing) ain’t what it used to be
By Martin Bosworth Over the weekend there was an interesting flap in literary circles–the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) went insane with copyright infringement notices against Scribd.com, an online document-hosting service, […]
Michael Vick: adding insult to black people’s injury
Wait a minute — what injury did Michael Vick inflict on black people? Since when are an individual’s crimes a reflection on his race? It’s not Vick’s crimes that reflect badly on […]
Why is it we can read but we’re not supposed to talk about it…?
My fellow Scrogue Denny Wilkins (Dr. Denny to you) passed along a great essay by Steve Wasserman, former editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review on the gradual disappearance of book […]
Ad revenues at newspapers: More bad news
Conditions at American newspapers are going to worsen, and there’s a billion reasons why. Because of incompetent or inept or unimaginative top management scared silly by Wall Street profit expectations, you can […]
Don’t be evil – unless you can hide it in the Terms of Service legalese no-one ever reads
If you publish your photos online, you’re understandably giving up some amount of control over those photos. Everyone and their uncle can copy and modify the photos, and while you have some […]
LiveJournal founder on crusade for “open” social networking
By Martin Bosworth Earlier this month my fellow Scrogue Gavin Chait and I discussed the ins and outs of creating a centralized standard for social networking–basically being able to migrate your “online […]
Municipal Wi-Fi isn’t dead, and neither is the Internet
By Martin Bosworth One of the big technology news items this week was a cascading series of failures on the front of municipal wireless networks, from Earthlink’s financial troubles causing it to […]
Saturday Video Roundup: things that make you go “damn”
In this week’s Saturday Video Roundup, a Labor Day Weekend tribute to excellence and innovation in music. First up, courtesy of Founding Scrogue Mike Sheehan, is Klaus Nomi, a unique performer if […]
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