Monthly Archives: November 2003

QTFairUse

November 22, 2003 – 3:48 am

Jon Johansen is awesome. He is an author of DeCSS, and just today came out with QTFairUse. This program, which has a much better name, circumvents the DRM that keeps you and other people from playing music files you bought from the iTunes Music Store with anything other than iTunes or an iPod. I took [...]

By Eric | Posted in Intellectual Property Law | Comments (0)

Bush Campaign: Democrats Support the Terrorists

November 22, 2003 – 3:34 am

Today came this news from Dean For America: This weekend, the Republican National Committee is launching its first television ads for George W. Bush…The ad shows George W. Bush giving his last State of the Union address, and then the screen flashes with the words that “some are now attacking the president for attacking the [...]

By Eric | Posted in Progressive Politics | Comments (0)

Sphere

November 18, 2003 – 1:35 am

I probably shouldn’t be writing in my blog when I am so tired, however I feel compelled to write about Sphere, which used to be called PowerG3, my (beige) Power Mac G3. It is now 6 years old. Without it, it is unlikely that I would have gotten into computer science. The most amazing thing [...]

By Eric | Posted in Computers & Technology | Comments (1)

No Way

November 5, 2003 – 12:17 am

I have already stated why I am supporting Howard Dean, and tonight, despite his could-have-been-better debate performance, I am once again amazed by this campaign. I am writing to place the most important decision of this campaign in your hands. We need to choose whether we will decline federal matching funds or accept them. …This [...]

By Eric | Posted in Progressive Politics | Comments (2)