I wondered last night whether Obama’s gift of an iPod loaded with show tunes was actually legal. Turns out it’s a very tricky issue. That’s the second gift he’s given recently that has highlighted a copyright problem. Is someone on his staff doing this deliberately to point out how broken and stupid the system is?
Category: Random Links
Links that I’m reading/watching/listening to/thinking about
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Plush Steve Jobs
Plush Steve Jobs. Awwww, he’s so cute!
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Tauntaun Sleeping Bag
Man, I’m sorry it’s just an April Fools joke. I’d LOVE a Tauntaun sleeping bag!
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Mission to Fake Mars
I’m kind of fascinated by this fake Mars mission experiment. Six astronauts are going to be locked up for three months in a space capsule to see how they react to the prolonged isolation of long-distance space travel. They’ll have all their supplies with them, and their communications to “Earth” will be delayed by 20 minutes. Won’t they all just go nuts? That’s what I’m expecting. Other questions that popped into my head: What do astronauts do with their garbage/human waste? Just dump it out into space? (I’m now picturing this space capsule hooked up like a motorhome at a camp ground.) And why aren’t there any women included? Surely the dynamics of a mixed group would be more interesting that all men.
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Mathison leaving Idol?
Mathison leaving Idol??? Nooooooooo! TELL ME it’s an April Fool’s joke.
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Cake decorating
The SMH report on the cake decoration competition at the Easter Show, which they claim is one of the “fiercest contests.” See, this is why I’m not a huge fan of transient art forms. If I spent four months knitting Na Craga only to have somebody knock it over and ruin it, I’d never pick up the needles again.
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Cool Kids Go to the Library
Cool kids go to the library. LOVE IT. (Spotted in Nora‘s shared Google Reader items.)
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MEAT ANTS?
I know cane toads are a menace and everything, but good grief – MEAT ANTS?! The very name is going to give me nightmares.
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Best Beer Map of America
For Snookums: Best Beer Map of America.