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Blawg Review #295

24th
Jan. Γ— ’11

Welcome to a special “Cyberlaw” edition of the weekly carnival of legal blogging, Blawg Review! I am honored to host, especially since today, January 24, 2011, is a special day. It’s the 27th anniversary of the first sales of the Apple Macintosh [I'm writing this on a Macbook Pro, the best laptop I've yet owned]. [...]


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Towel Day Tweetup – May 25, 2010

21st
May. Γ— ’10

I’m not organizing it, per se, but I promised Ed (pictured below with his towel), to post information about the Tweetup/Blogger Meetup on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010. May 25th is Towel Day every year, in honor of Douglas Adams, so please bring your towels to: Aria Bar, at the Fairmont Chicago hotel 200 North Columbus [...]


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Towel Day is May 25th, every year!

5th
May. Γ— ’10

Legal bloggers, where are your towels? Last year on Towel Day, I hosted Blawg Review #213. This year, I’ll be participating in a blogger meetup for those attending the SuperConference here in Chicago. For details, see the post here, or follow me on Twitter – @cyberlaw. For more on other Towel Day activities, check out [...]


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Blawg Review #256

22nd
Mar. Γ— ’10

Arrakis. Dune. Desert planet… Welcome to Blawg Review #256! In 1965, the best selling science fiction book of all time, Frank Herbert’s Dune, was first published. Parts of it had been published in serial form in a magazine in 1964, but as near as I have been able to determine the first publication was in [...]


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Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble…

2nd
Feb. Γ— ’10

But I am! My sincere thanks and appreciation to all for voting my Blawg Review #213 as “Blawg Review of the Year.” My undying gratitude to the Sherpas and to Ed for helping make Blawg Review what it is. And, to emeritus Sherpa Colin Samuels for being Colin Samuels.


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Blawg Review #213

25th
May. Γ— ’09

(Photo credit to Markbult under a Creative Commons license.) Welcome to the Towel Day edition of Blawg Review! Towel Day began in 2001 as a tribute to Douglas Adams. Some of you may recall that my Blawg Review #42 was also a tribute to Douglas. The first Towel Day was held on May 25, 2001, [...]


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T-1 day to Towel Day edition of Blawg Review – So what’s a hoopy frood?

24th
May. Γ— ’09

Tomorrow, the Blawg Review we’ve been leading up to will be published, on Towel Day. Those who have sent me pictures with their towels will be rewarded with links and praise. They are also hoopy froods, since they obviously know where their towels are. Where does that line come from? Well, here’s the line from [...]


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T-2 Days to Towel Day Edition of Blawg Review – the Multimedia nature of Hitchhikers

23rd
May. Γ— ’09

We’re coming down the home stretch folks, just two more days to the Towel Day edition of Blawg Review. There’s still a small bit of time, law bloggers and twitterers, to send me your pictures with your towels. Send them to kthompson@cyberlawcentral.com, and I’ll do my best to include them in the review with a [...]


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T-3 days to Towel Day edition of Blawg Review – Time for a drink

22nd
May. Γ— ’09

May 25, 2009 is Towel Day, so Blawg Review 213 will have a Towel Day theme! Towel Day is held every May 25th to celebrate the life of Douglas Adams, who wrote the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series. Some of you may recall that my first Blawg Review #42 was in honor of Douglas [...]


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T-4 Days to Towel Day edition of Blawg Review – More about DNA

21st
May. Γ— ’09

We’re now four days away from the Towel Day edition of Blawg Review, #213. Law bloggers and twitterers, I still need your photos with towels! Send them to me at kthompson@cyberlawcentral.com. Time is running out. Don’t complain to me about your lack of time to enter, the plans have been posted at the local planning [...]


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