Category Archives: Etcetera

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Open letter to Congress: I am a constituent and I urge you to reject the Internet Blacklist Bills (PROTECT IP Act in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House). I am deeply concerned by the danger … Continue reading →

Dear friend, I just emailed Congress to urge them to oppose the Internet Blacklist Legislation, known as the PROTECT-IP Act in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House. This legislation seeks to give the executive … Continue reading →

Everyone who is currently licensing their work under the terms of the Attribution-ShareAlike license and the many different Creative Commons licenses, thank you. You already get it. However constantly needing to provide licenses with our work is tiresome, especially considering … Continue reading →

Another key figure in computing, John McCarthy, has died this month. People I knew little about, yet their contributions have significantly advanced the state-of-art of computing, and has become a part my computing life. I’m most drawn towards a story … Continue reading →