WorldChanging’s Jon Lebkowsky has raised what I consider to be an important issue in his post, “Freedome to Connect 2: Fat Pipe, Always On….!” (Link). Many of you have seen me go off on how blatant disregard for intellectual property rights can affect the independent voices disproportionately to the entrenched corporations. Well, here we have another potentially dangerous side-effect of the two diametrically-opposed camps waging war: the corporations influencing IP laws and distorting their intent, and “free everything” people who Continue reading →

As part of my transition to No Feed, I’m attempting to “flush” some of those old posts that were ignored by Technorati and others out to the net so that they still show up in a keyword search (outside of Google, which seems to capture everything). I’m unsure if my efforts will work to be honest. I’ve tried once already, but my Bloglines test reader and a Technorati search are indicating failure. I’m going to assume that I didn’t leave the modification in place long enough for the bots to do their work, so this is the last post for today and we’ll see if I can get those old posts out there.

Apologies in advance if I somehow flood anyone with unwanted stuff.

When I saw this over on Inhabitat (Link), I thought it was a joke. Then I seemed to recall something about this or something similar elsewhere. Now I don’t know. But it does get me thinking. That’s a good thing on a stormy weekend.

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There’s an excellent post titled “When Design is a Matter of Life or Death” written by Michael Bierut over on Design Observer (Link) telling the story of the Citicorp Center Tower, it’s flawed design, and what was done to correct a monumental mistake.

What a great read for a designer at the end of a long work week. For anyone. It’s always nice to keep things in perspective and this piece certainly goes a long way toward providing us all with some assistance in doing just that.

I caught this late last night and wanted to mention it. New Scientist brings word (Link) that genetically modified viruses may someday be used to assemble themselves into electronic components. From the article:

Researchers in the US have created viruses that automatically coat themselves in metals and line up head to tail to form an efficient battery anode – the negatively charged component that channels electrons to generate current. These nanowires could be used to make revolutionary new forms of lithium-ion batteries, the researchers say.

I was recently talking to someone about rapid-manufacturing and how there were some limitations – specifically with regard to electronic components. That may no longer be an issue.
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