I thought Patterico.com had an interesting post today about copyright law in the internet age, and the irony of how the law currently applies to the works of George Orwell. Go read it.In other news, Ernesto is coming to visit, and I have the day off work tomorrow. I hope it's stormy enough that TPTB don't feel dumb for putting life on hold for a ( Read more... )

It's amazing how quickly it went from dark skies, pouring rain, and howling winds to a bright, sunshiney day.

Anyway, the storm (Hurricane Wilma) has passed, and we only got the edge of it anyway. So it's all good. :)

Joie

To the original ORX:

Happy belated birthday, firoza!!!I have a good excuse for my lateness: Hurricane Dennis ate my internet connection. I'm getting my fix at a friend's house right now. Comcast has NO IDEA when our connection will be working again. *cries* Of all weeks to have internet issues. So anyway, if you are missing my online presence, you'll ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, garybeary!!!In other news, hurricane Dennis is headed for the Gulf Coast not too far west of Tallahassee. It's close enough that we're getting some pretty nasty storms, but it's far enough that I don't think we're in any real danger. Pensacola, however, where a few folks I care about live, is probably in for a beating, and they are still ( Read more... )