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January 06, 2005
i feel like i need another post for today
• The first step is admitting you have a problem: [via TotalFark]
Lucas admits the final part of the opening trilogy marks the end of an era in his career - and he now plans to stop making successful films. He says, “I'm going to make movies nobody wants to see. I've earned the right to fail.”
• Cory Doctorow demolishes some DRM canards:
This has nothing to do with “bits-want-to-be-free,” an even bigger strawman than the idea that this is about whether companies should be trying to make as much money as possible.
Bits may or may not want to be free. The point is that customers of the CE companies certainly want to know how free their bits will be before making a purchase: if we are to have a functional market for devices with educated purchase decisions, then reviews should make note of the salient fact that these devices, unlike every device that a reader has ever owned up until this point, has features that can be revoked at the whim of the studios.
• How-to weave money into a wallet. For other money. It makes duct tape look passé. [via BoingBoing]
Posted by Jon Rubin at January 6, 2005 10:40 PM