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Month: June 2004


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The Struggle for Free Speech – What We're Teaching "Our" Kids

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You gotta give this kid credit for sticking up for his rights. He wanted to protest the political indoctrination he was receiving by putting posters around his school. So, why the big hub-bub? Because he’s a conservative, hawkish protester, not a liberal, anti-war protester. Shenanigans ensues and, predictably, his voice is silenced. For now. But, […]

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Way to go Grand Haven!

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I don’t know who runs Ottawa Wireless, but good on yah, boys! These geniuses (and for once I’m not being sarcastic) set up a WiFi network to cover six square miles of the city (I’m assuming this means downtown and the lakeshore). Unlimited calls to anyone in Canada or the US for $30 a month […]

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Information wants to be free

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In my continuing struggle to wake up into the current world around me, I stumbled across a little utility called Hymn that strips the draconian DRM from music purchased via iTunes so you can play them on non-authorized computers (you know, the other machines you use in the course of the day). This is great […]