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Friday Links XXXXII

21 December 2007

A flashconf on fair use?
“I hate it when people copy a whole post of mine and paste it into theirs. But then I grab bits of images and put them on my blog and people rarely complain. The blogosphere is built on being loose about copyright and fair use.”

Hmm – this bit doesn’t seem to add up to me; images (unless specified with an attached license) aren’t just there for the taking. Just because people haven’t complained doesn’t mean it’s right.

Summize: A Sentiment Engine For The “Reviewosphere”
I quite like these simple visualisations of overall opinion.

Dear Head, meet Heart…and vice versa
When dealing with online communities, it’s all about heart.

Challenging the Apple archetype
Love those lego posters.

Internet Explorer 8 and Acid2: A Milestone
Amazing stuff. It would be fairly incredible if IE8 was up to the same standards as Firefox and Safari. We can but dream…

Developing apps for Google Android: it’s a mixed bag
Sounds like they’ve still got quite a way to go.

Yet Another in the Ongoing Series Wherein I Examine a Piece of Supposedly Serious Apple Analysis From a Major Media Outlet and Dissect Its Inaccuracies, Fabrications, and Exaggerations Point-by-Point, Despite the Fact That No Matter How Egregious the Inaccuracies / Fabrications / Exaggerations, Such Pieces Inevitably Lead to Accusations That I’m Some Sort of Knee-Jerk Shill Who Rails Against Anything ‘Anti-Apple’ Simply for the Sake of Defending Apple, and if I Love Apple So Much Why Don’t I Just Marry Them?
Nice title.

Apple, Think Secret settle lawsuit
To be honest, Think Secret has been going downhill for quite a while; this is no big loss.

10.5.2 fixes Stacks!
Quite why it wasn’t like this to start with I’ll never know…

Blog refuseniks facing the sack?
I really don’t see the point in forcing people to blog – isn’t that missing the whole point?

CDs are over, it’s time for downloadable vinyl
I don’t see MP3+vinyl as a replacement for CDs – that’s what MP3s by themselves are. MP3+vinyl are something different – interesting, but still niche.

The Archers in 2007
Yay for data visualisations!

The Most Expensive Drink at Starbucks
I may try this at some point.

‘2008? It’s the year of odd band names’
Good tips for 2008.

Drive Someone Insane with Postcards
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

MPAA Bans This Poster
Land of the free and all that.

Deciding what it means to be grown-ups.
Epic.

Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote
Brilliant stuff – very, very impressive.

Have a good christmas folks – posting will be light for the next week or so…