http://gwire.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:15:37 +0100 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/icann-fail.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lee) http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/icann-fail.html?_c=feed-rss http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/icann-fail.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:15:37 +0100 I've never been a fan of ICANN. They're a ludicrously costly organsisation whose "authority" stems from administrative stewardship for some of the internet's universal namespaces. As I used to point out: ICANN costs millions to run every year an... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/icann-fail.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252056378fdb00fae8c6c437000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> internet icann dns http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/comic-chat-redux.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lee) http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/comic-chat-redux.html?_c=feed-rss http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/comic-chat-redux.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:50:35 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://gwire.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252056378fdb00fae8c38cc3000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252056378fdb00fae8c38cc3000b-50si" alt="Adventures-in-productivity" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Hah. Now every stupid instant messenger conversation I have can be rendered as a poorly conceived anonymous three-panel webcomic. Huzzah. There's still a bit of cut-n-pasting to do, but stripgenerator.com seems to be quick and simple enough. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/comic-chat-redux.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252056378fdb00fad6920f1b0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> webcomics http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/watt-the.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lee) http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/watt-the.html?_c=feed-rss http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/watt-the.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:28:45 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://gwire.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252056378fdb00e398f2d7200005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252056378fdb00e398f2d7200005-50si" alt="Lumen" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Why the hell are we still labelling light-bulbs in watts? The energy consumption of a light-bulb is rarely the overriding criteria for choice (otherwise we'd be saving energy by sitting in the dark), it's whether it's bright enough for its inten... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252056378fdb00f48cf141f40003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/donut-plains.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lee) http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/donut-plains.html?_c=feed-rss http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/donut-plains.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:15:18 +0100 "My girlfriend is always kicking my arse at Mario Kart DS - the Wii version may be my best chance to claw back some dignity," I say, gripping a white plastic toy steering wheel. Apparently, in Mario Kart games, having played the first game... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/donut-plains.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252056378fdb00f48cef91830003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> wii http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/snow-day.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lee) http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/snow-day.html?_c=feed-rss http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/snow-day.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:19:49 +0100 It snowed in London last night. As made my way down the street I felt a cold wet thud against the back of my head. For the first time in my adult life (that I can recall) I'd been pelted with snowballs by kids. And not the powdery snowballs of... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/snow-day.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252056378fdb00e398ed78bd0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/browsing-history.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lee) http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/browsing-history.html?_c=feed-rss http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/browsing-history.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:56:26 +0100 One of the things on my mental radar for 2008 (trends: tea-snobbery and "kaizen") is the mainstreaming of personal statistics - data gaterered about a specific person, presented (primarily) for the use of that same person. The concept is alread... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/browsing-history.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252056378fdb00f48cebe8e20003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/the-obvious-joke.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lee) http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/the-obvious-joke.html?_c=feed-rss http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/the-obvious-joke.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:12:57 +0000 "I've just been reading an advanced copy of the government's Byron Review on videogame ratings." "Oh really, what does it say?" "Seven out of ten." <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/the-obvious-joke.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252056378fdb00e398e3f5470004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> video games http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/the-action-movie-badass-guide-to-self-surgery.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lee) http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/the-action-movie-badass-guide-to-self-surgery.html?_c=feed-rss http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/the-action-movie-badass-guide-to-self-surgery.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:31:20 +0000 I saw No Country for Old Men last night. It's a good movie, certainly, but since it followed many of the rules of a typical genre action/chase/thriller. In that context, which you'll understand if you've seen it, it's ultimately unsatisfying. On... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/the-action-movie-badass-guide-to-self-surgery.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252056378fdb00e398d5ce390003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> movies http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/how-to-bypass-my-spam-filter.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lee) http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/how-to-bypass-my-spam-filter.html?_c=feed-rss http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/how-to-bypass-my-spam-filter.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:40:30 +0000 It's a new year, I've got a new empty inbox, and I'm turning up the sensitivity dial on the spam filter. Email, for me, falls into three broad categories - lists I've subscribed to, mail from people I know, mail from strangers. Lists can be id... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/how-to-bypass-my-spam-filter.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252056378fdb00e398d094090001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> spam email http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/things-i-like.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lee) http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/things-i-like.html?_c=feed-rss http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/things-i-like.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:58:09 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://gwire.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252056378fdb00e398c177d80004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252056378fdb00e398c177d80004-50si" alt="Foutaises (1989)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> On my way to work today I was thinking about "Foutaises", a seven minute Jean-Pierre Jeunet film which illustrates a character's various likes and dislikes. Thoughts, experiences, a sort of observational nostalgia. Similar to the observations of... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gwire.vox.com/library/post/things-i-like.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252056378fdb00e398c181f30003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> nintendo