Dave Kellam

Hola, I’ve been staring at my computer a lot the last couple of days. It’s been pissing me off because a lot of that time has been spent staring at windows and learning the frustrating windows ce api calls. Here’s a screencap of a pocketpc being emulated on windows emulated on a mac. It’s also evidence that my project is semi-working. Whoooooo.

Buppa cha ba buppa cha ba:

He said that downloading a song or making files available in shared directories, like those on Kazaa, does not constitute copyright infringement under the current Canadian law.

Download away my friends, download away.

Apparently, Denmark has invaded Canada. And none other than Stockwell Day has taken up the cause of defending our great nation:

“The nation of Denmark has laid claim to Canadian territory. Its military, from its warship, hoisted its flag on our Arctic territory without permission, without warning, and without any fear of being stopped,” Mr. Day said on Friday.

“The government’s utter disarray is underlined by the fact that the scandal has led to the recall of our ambassador to Denmark, the very nation that is challenging our sovereignty,” Mr. Day said.

We must fear our Danish overlords! Canada’s response? We’re sending a warship, troops and helicopters up for patrols sometime in the summer.

A few excerpts from an essay by Norman Borlaug:

“Low-yield farming is only sustainable for people with high death rates”.

“Some of them say that modern food is not as healthy as yesterday’s, though science can find no lack of nutrients and, all over the world, the people eating modern crops are growing taller and living longer.”

I remember watching a Bullshit! episode about genetically engineered crops and Penn & Teller referring to Borlaug as the greatest man alive, that he had saved more than a billion lives. There was an article on slashdot today that says he just turned 90. He is responsible for the “Green Revolution” and won a noble prize in 1970.

Check out the Freedom Timeline over at the Whitehouse for Kidz. Here’s an explanation:

What is the Freedom Timeline?
The American Response to Terrorism is being fought in many ways. You may be hearing new words on television and at school such as intelligence, diplomacy and humanitarian relief. These words have served as markers on America’s timeline of freedom over many years.

Dave Grohl can add New York Times critic to his ever expanding list, titled, “Stuff I’ve Done.” His writing style and musical opinions seem to verge on normal, it’s crazy! There’s also a bit at the end that says his current project is under the name Probot and is a collaboration with 11 heavy-metal singers. Eleven is a nice round number.

Want to buy a ready-to-go house made from shipping containers? Quik house is your answer. Seems a lot like The Fifth Element to me.

From an article on Lawrence Lessig (co-founder of Creative Commons) and intellectual property extremism:

Silicon Valley needs to step up and protect the open traditions that have helped build the high-technology industry or run the risk of being dominated by “IP extremists” whose restrictions on the use of intellectual property (IP) would stifle innovation, Stanford Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig told an audience of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, lawyers, and venture capitalists at the Open Source Business Conference here Tuesday.

He also mention’s America’s pirate past:

In reality, Lessig said, the U.S. has long held a balanced approach to intellectual property. Until 1891, for example, the United States did not observe international copyright laws, and until 1976, the vast majority of intellectual property created in the U.S. was not protected by copyright, he said. “We were born a pirate nation,” he said.

A large corporation has also seen the comedy value in squirrels that drink. Bear witness to the Guinness drinking squirrel (via Alanah), he was a good friend of the Stella drinking squirrel who is no longer with us.

Did a quick redesign over the last day or so, just altered the header graphic and tweaked the font colours and css a bit. Doesn’t take too much time to change some numbers in a few different text documents. It’s still an easy way to kill a couple hours and avoid doing productive work. There might be a few glitches around.