Archive for June, 2005

You can call me Master now.

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

I submitted my thesis today, 2 days before the drop-dead last deadline. Phew. So, I should get a little paper certificate eventually that says I have a M.S. in computer science from University of Illinois.
If you are a masochist, you could read it. If you’re a sadist, you could make someone else read it.
Me, […]

Why Steal: not Why Steal?

Saturday, June 18th, 2005

43 folders aimed me at a beautiful confessional of music theft. The author is a die hard music fan and former staunch enemy of illegal downloading who has resorted, irregularly and rarely, to stealing music for a variety of reasons. The essay is a catalog of all the music the author has stolen and why.

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The Darknet

Friday, June 3rd, 2005

I’ve been catching up on my email newletter reading from Public Knowledge, The Center for Democracy and Technology, my web host.
The Public Knowledge news letter directed me, by way of BoingBoing, to an academic paper titled “The Darknet and the Future of Content Distribution”. The Darknet is the collection of various content-sharing procedures […]