Today was my first day back at work after two weeks off. My excuse? Parental leave after the birth of my third son. Mother and baby are doing fine. So are his older brothers. I was pleased to see that Blawg Review #70 was posted on Monday by Dave! Gulbransen. I had the pleasure of…
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Speaking at the IP Law and the Internet Seminar
I am one of a panel of speakers on July 27, 2006 at an afternoon seminar entitled “IP Law and the Internet” sponsored by the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (“IPLAC”) Internet Law Committee, and Northwestern Law School. The event will be held at Nortwestern University, and will feature a keynote address by the USPTO’s…
Thoughts on ABA Techshow
I attended the ABA Techshow here in Chicago from Thursday through Saturday, and had a wonderful time. On Wednesday evening I was one of the 100 invited guests of the Lexthink! Lounge, presented by Dennis Kennedy, Matthew Homann and JoAnna Forshee. My bowling was a bit rusty, but the conversation and fellowship was great. Rob…
So can *you* correctly detect the tone of your email?
Research has shown that you really only have a 50-50 chance of correctly identifying the tone of email messages. Stephen Leahy of Wired News takes a look at a research study published in the December, 2005 issue of the Journal of Personality and Psychology. If interested, copies of the Journal article can be purchased from…
Blawg Review #41 is up!
Jonathan B. Wilson is the host of Blawg Review #41, please be sure to check it out here. FYI, I’m hosting next week’s Review, so if you’re a legal blogger please be sure to submit your post (written during this week) for consideration. The deadline is Saturday at 11:59PM PST. For submission guidelines, see here….
Backups? Choose something other than CD’s
While you can get a bulk package of CD-R’s really cheap at local stores or online, they are not the best for backup purposes. The physical material degrades over time, and some types degrade faster than others. An IBM expert indicates that a 2-5 year lifespan is typical for most self-recorded CD’s. (Link courtesy of…
Assorted References
Blawg Review #35 is up at Colin Samuels’ Infamy or Praise. BlawgWorld 2006 is a free e-book available to Technolawyer members that lists entries from 51 legal blogs. Membership is free, so if you haven’t already received your free copy you can sign up over at http://www.blawgworld.com. I am thankful for two things — first,…
Blawg Review #33 is up at Overlawyered
Blawg Review #33 has been posted over at Overlawyered. While I didn’t submit anything this week, I have been following one of the controversies posted about, namely the name change by Pajamas Media to Open Source Media. In relevant part, the quote is as follows: Taking second place in interblog buzz is the IP sticky…
Looking forward to BlawgThink tomorrow!
I am attending the inaugural BlawgThink 2005 here in Chicago tomorrow and Saturday. I have been looking forward to this for weeks. Last-minute spaces are still available, so if you want to learn more about blogging from either a beginner or advanced status you can attend one day or two.
Sony CD contains DRM that can’t be removed
Here’s a link to a fascinating article by Mark Russinovich detailing his process in detecting the DRM on his computer installed with a Sony music CD that uses rootkit technology to hide its existence. It’s the same process used by a lot of malware to hide their existence. Bad, Sony. Bad, bad bad.