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Edit 6/4/08 - Jay from the Switchabit team has again proven to be very helpful and the problems seem at this point to be very creepy indeed, but not Switchabit related.  If Jay’s diagnosis (involving multiple IPs from my router) is correct, then their help has amounted to far more than content distribution hiccups.  Still […]

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This is a debate that will reverberate ad nauseum on the internet until, of course, something is done about it.
A majority of internet users believe that the services and software they use on the internet should be entirely free of charge. We know this, but what we also know is that this argument […]

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Yahoo turned down Microsoft’s offer, as I’m sure everyone in the free world is aware by now.
The Gillmor Gang has organized an emergency podcast, which you can listen to.
800-704-9804. Code to listen 714583#.
They just started (it’s a little after 10PM EST), so feel free to check in like a whole lot of us are.
Preliminary verdict:  […]

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Robots & Empire has just launched a custom google search.
Much like Blackle, this bad boy is black, and does all the Google can do.
The catch?
All revenue generated from search queries will be used to launch a microlending fund for third world nations.
Other individual investors have pledged to match any accrued revenue with dollars of their […]

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As TechCrunch reports, ASCAP has just won a lawsuit against major online music streaming services in the amount of $100mm for artists.
My question:  When will BMI be mailing my check?
My music’s getting streamed all over the fuck, and on many of those aforementioned networks.
My case isn’t against musical streaming.  My case is against music publishers […]

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We watched most of the Democratic debates last night, and I was surprised that it was when they began talking taxes that I realized something I hadn’t before:
I can’t vote for a democrat.
My entire rationale could never fit into a blog post and would likely take a series to really clear up, but the epiphany […]

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Zed Shaw’s always on some crazy shit, but here’s some crazy shit.
Utu is a new software package that hopes to “save the internet with hate.”
Here’s the premise:
The internet is overrun by trolls and aggressors who are free to do as they please, using the internet as their spambot, and are able to continue because there […]

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It’s not cool to suck Dave Winer’s dick.
Warning: I’m about to suck Dave Winer’s dick.

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Solution: Quit and start a blog! Give them your ideas for free!
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Dogster is on a self-inflicted PR campaign garnering all sorts of publicity.
Check out their blog post about being on ABC News.
My feelings? I would never in a trillion billion years announce to the public that my employees are such childish burnouts that I had to put restrictions on what they can and can’t bring […]

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