It’s called “There, I Fixed It: Epic Kludges and Jury Rigs“

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See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

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From Ars Technica:
… Jammie Thomas-Rasset and Joel Tenenbaum captured the nation’s attention when they were defendants in the RIAA’s first two trials against accused online infringers. But here’s the mind-warping reality: both defendants would have been far better off monetarily if they had simply ignored the complaint altogether and failed to show up in court.
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Cross posted from Faculty Lounge:
According to CNN, the U.S. Secret Service asked Facebook to suspend the use of an application that allows users to create online polls when someone created a poll asking whether the president should be killed.  The possible answers were “yes”, “no”, “maybe”, and “if he cuts my healthcare”.

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A couple of weeks ago I noticed in an advertisement for the movie “Love Happens” a tag line that read:  “Jennifer Aniston at her most engaging.”  Of course, having read the review from which it was taken, I realized that the full quote in context said something like:  “Even Jennifer Aniston at her most engaging [...]

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Massachusetts postal worker admits to stealing 30,000 DVDs.
A former postal service employee has pleaded guilty to stealing more than 30,000 DVDs that moved through a western Massachusetts post office.
Myles Weathers, formerly of Springfield, took DVDs that were mailed by Netflix to customers for a year [...]

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I don’t know how many people saw this, and I haven’t read the full opinion yet, but yesterday an Advocate-General advising a French court opined that Google’s adwords program didn’t violate trademark law in the E.U.  There is a media story here (thanks to Roberto Colon for passing this on to me).  The full text [...]

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From here, an article entitled:
Kirby Estate Sues Marvel – Notices of copyright termination sent to film studios.
The estate of comic book icon Jack Kirby has filed a copyright lawsuit against Marvel Entertainment, challenging the company’s — and its new potential corporate parent, Disney’s — long-term rights to certain characters. But Marvel and Disney aren’t the [...]

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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s recent remarks at the Brookings Institution — “Preserving a Free and Open Internet: A Platform for Innovation, Opportunity, and Prosperity” — call for the FCC to adopt network neutrality rules. It is a good speech — the webcast is here. He describes the Internet as “the most transformational communications breakthrough [...]

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Pam Samuelson’s latest HuffPo column measures the Department of Justice response to the proposed Google Book Search settlement.
All commentators, including Pam and Randy Picker (in his post below) note that the settlement is being revised (James Grimmelmann speculates that the negotiations are “frantic”).
At a very mundane, pragmatic level, revising the settlement to meet the [...]

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From the NYT:
… The idea behind the MIT work, done in 2007, is as old as the adage that birds of a feather flock together. For years, sociologists have known of the “homophily principle” – the tendency for similar people to group together. People of one race tend to have spouses, confidants, and friends of [...]

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Let me start by saying thanks to Mike for the invitation to blog here. I will probably cross-post some posts here and at the Chicago Faculty blog.
This is a longish post and runs the risk of violating some filter Mike has undoubtedly set about the number of self-cites permitted in a post.
Randy

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Story here. Sample SexGen commodified virtual monster genitalia below. Might not be safe for work, apologies if this post got you fired.

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From the NY Daily News:
A freelance artist is suing New York University, saying her alma mater’s famous bobcat mascot is really just a copycat.
Ariel Fleurimond says the mascot NYU unveiled in 2008 and began plastering on apparel, memorabilia, posters, its Web site and even the gymnasium floor is a design she created at the request [...]

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Did anyone see this report from CNET News about a guy who apparently, while robbing a house, logged in to the homeowner’s computer to check his Facebook page?  It links to another story about a guy who targets people checking their Facebook pages in Starbucks as a good place to steal laptops.  The perils of [...]

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Via.

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Table of Contents
Editorial

Extending transformation
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TWC Editor

Theory

The labor of creativity: Women’s work, quilting, and the uncommodified life
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Debora J Halbert

Sex detectives: “Law & Order: SVU”’s fans, critics, and characters investigate lesbian desire
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Julie Levin Russo

On productivity and game fandom
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Hanna Wirman

Praxis

Sites of participation: Wiki fandom and the case of Lostpedia
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Jason Mittell

Identity and authenticity in the filk [...]

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So, first of all, thanks to Mike et al. for inviting me to join the blog. Alas, my time for blogging right now is limited, but I did want to point out that the district court in UMG v. Veoh granted summary judgement to Veoh on Friday. Decision here, courtesy of Copyrights & Campaigns. [...]

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