Wednesday 27 January 2010
Tuesday 26 January 2010
copyfight or Rhaetorian Guard
On the eve of the Davos summit, the APF reports this mystery:
Of course, I am invited to re-tweet this news item, which seems much perferred to a sloppily cited cut-and-paste and is sometimes blocked by some unknown process. I do not agree that sharing should be restricted to such conduits. Jinkies--this does sound like a case. When thinking of the Swiss and security, I can only fathom up them guarding the Pope, which seems to be working well for all involved.
deep breath
Last summer, I ordered a terrific, hopeful T-shirt adapted from a vintage British World War II poster, advocating a stiff upper-lip and moreover to not panic. "Keep Calm and Carry On." I think that this Etsy entrepeneur is espousing equally good advice. Etsy, which is a wonderful outlet for creativity and handicraft and represents those handmade gifts that are great to give and receive, is especially smart considering the sorry state of the economy and jobs market and the prospects for revival of such a monstrosity. We should all hone up on our knitting skills.
Sunday 24 January 2010
gerrymandering
H and I just took a short trip this weekend to get out of the house and shed some of the winter detrius. Had we been traveling during 1789 in the Holy Roman Empire, however, it's boggling to think of how many international boundries we would have crossed with city-states and peculiars of the Church and Crown. How did so many separate jurisdictions cohabitate? Surely it wasn't peaceable.