Jan 30, 2012

(or: Using Litigation to Stifle a Free-Market Economy) My day began with a simple search for photo video LED light solutions that I can use for photography and DSLR movie making. I encountered a heinous attempt by a wannabe monopolist seeking to corner the market on such lighting. Litepanels has filed a 337 complaint to block the import of LED lights in the...

Jan 21, 2012

Dear Senator Franken, PIPA and SOPA (House version) come about because big money interests like media companies buy political votes like human beings buy groceries at the store. Please stop wasting valuable political airtime on issues that are meaningless to regular humans and only of interest to non-human people like corporations and such. Instead please put...

Jan 16, 2012

Why would a grown man name his newest pet computer Black Tortoise? There’s mystery in that and perhaps a story worth telling. In the meantime check out the wikipedia page concerning Black_Tortoise which is sometimes called the Black Warrior of the North. The Black Tortoise (xuanwu) is the sign for the northern quarter of the sky. The follwoing image on the...