Robert K. Brown:  Follow Up: EntertainNews Tonight

(btw - I like Robert's new design.) 

Vet student 'kills uncle's dog and boils it in hot oil'  [via Dog News]

The student told the police that San Simon University [in Bolivia] demands all student vets bring in an animal skeleton and those who bring dogs are rewarded most.

He said he had no money to buy one so he decided to kill his uncle's dog. He added cooking it in hot oil would help to remove the skin.

:-( 

CNN: Band director accused of mailing raccoon head.  A suburban high school band director has been indicted on charges of intimidation and retaliation for allegedly mailing a raccoon head to a school official during a teachers' strike.  [MyFreePress.com] 

Rob regarding Congresscritters turning off their email inboxes (see my post from yesterday):

[...] I would prefer that my email not get lost in a deluge of auto-generated crap from some interest group. Having a contact form is better for this purpose, and is better for the democratic process. I was very impressed when I sent an email to my representative via the contact form on his web site, and was sent back a letter specifically adressing my concerns. I can't imagine his office being able to do that if they were responding to a regular email address which was getting bombarded with automatically generated emails (i.e. "Press this button to tell your congressman how you feel about tax increases!!!!").

Back in August, I was glad to see that the Electronic Frontier Foundation was providing a convenient way for individuals to contact all of their representatives to voice their opposition to the Berman Bill (.pdf).  I guess in this case, the messages sent by individual constituents via the EFF site represent the "auto-generated crap from some interest group."  Our representatives have an obligation to read all email from their constituents, in my opinion.  Public opinion expressed to elected officials is not spam.  Email facilitates the "democratic process."

By the way, if you view the source of Senator Barbara Boxer's contact page (mentioned in the "Congresscritters" piece), you'll see that the submitted form's contents are being emailed to her at a unique address... how convenient it is to have a way to separate the cream from the crap... 

Edward W. Felten:  "Sasha Volokh tells an amusing story about asking record companies for permission to tape recorded music." 

>>  The site features 20 pieces of original art.  Dario, the artist, says "I would be happy if you would write me an email."  That's not surprising because every artist wants a little feedback, don't they?  Hopefully, Dario will enjoy the email he gets today from coolstop.  I doubt that he designed the website himself, but the art is unique and I just have to thank the person, whoever they are, who decided to publish Dario's work.  The web could definitely use more sites like this one.  Besides being colorful and inspiring, the works on display have a wonderful childlike quality.  That's not surprising, either.  Dario is 5-years-old... ;~))   [Coolstop Daily Pick 12/4/02 via stereot < deformat] 

Lessig News Log: chaos II -- these numbers are AMAZING!  "Jack Valenti's crowd says exclusive rights are the only way to assure content get's distributed. So we have a nice experiment: For the films between 1927-46, exclusive rights fails to make available 93.2% of the content produced. Does anyone really doubt the public domain wouldn't do better?"  [The Shifted Librarian < Cox Crow]

Related:
Rafe Colburn:  "Using a quick IMDB search, Jason Schultz discovered that 93% of the movies released from 1927-1946 are currently unavailable."  [Scripting News]

McGee's Musings: The trouble with pesky data 

Mapping the news.  "The National Geographic Society reported recently that most young American adults can't locate major countries in the news on a map. In light of that report, the Star offers this weekly background to important world news."  [Arizona Daily Star] 

Chris Heilman:  "I am truly connected to this community through my own global neighborhood. Cool." 

December 2002

 


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