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  • Groklaw: The End of the Patry Copyright Blog

    William Patry has shuttered his blog, The Patry Copyright Blog. The archives are gone too. He tells why in a final post. It’s a tragedy, nothing less. No, no one at Google made him do it. He did it for a couple of reasons, both of which resonate with me, and I think they are important to highlight. I must warn you, it’s a bit depressing. Here are the reasons:
    1. The Inability or Refusal to Accept the Blog for What it is: A Personal Blog 2. The Current State of Copyright Law is too depressing
    But it’s in the details that the story is told. Read more at Groklaw

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-08-02

    • @whurley /me wishes I were at barcamphomebrew #
    • @guyma nooooooooooo! 🙂 #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2008-08-01

    • @puppetmasterd max of 1 hour – let’s just say puppet on Linux. But can you get recent .debs of puppet? #
    • @jrep nice find. #
    • @edenhensley that sounds great! pick your time slot – 1, 2, 3 or 4pm #
    • @einfeldt follow me so I can DM you #
    • @puppermasterd yup – ubuntu community day at LinuxWorld on Thursday, August 7. Pick your time slot: 1, 2, 3 or 4 #
    • @puppetmasterd you got it! thanks #
    • currently seeking: anyone doing Ubuntu on mobile devices. contact me. #
    • @fabricapo missed you this morning! it was my first time in the funambol office #
    • @Roebot Ok, here’s the deal – I really want a deki talk, so I’m reserving a 1pm slot for you. Send someone 🙂 #
    • @smaffulli follow me so I can DM you – we need to reach you very very soon 🙂 #
    • @bjorg at ubuntu community day at LinuxWorld – August 7 in SF #
    • @Roebot dude, take the time off. Vacation is important! #
    • @edenhensley thanks, will send you the info. Are you speaking? or someone else? #
    • @bjorg that would be cool. let me know how it goes! #
    • bytesfree.org is now GeekPAC – http://www.geek-pac.org/ w00t! #
    • @brianaker hey, I was told that you’d be interested in GeekPAC: http://www.geek-pac.org/ want to chat soon? #
    • #geekpac If you’re an enterprising PR type and have oodles of free time next week (and don’t need immediate payment) reply to me! #
    • @natfriedman ausgezeichnet! 🙂 #
    • ubuntu community day wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubucon/SanFrancisco #
    • @ripcitylyman dude… you going to linuxworld? #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-31

    • @einfeldt hey wanna give a talk on video processing at next week’s ubuntu community day? #
    • rt @Roebot “iphone is complete crap” I knew there was a reason I liked you 😉 #
    • @Roebot too bad you won’t be at LWCE next week – I could use a good tutorial / demo of Deki on Ubuntu #
    • @tdondich tell you what, why don’t you do something on monitoring on Ubuntu? But it has to be OSS #
    • @puppetmasterd you coming to lwce next week? #
    • @jrep any open source desktop SVN integrations worth demoing on Ubuntu next week? #
    • @roebot i’m dsure zendcon is great but i’m doing a community day at linuxworld. I’ll reserve a slot for you. #
    • @laurencooney I just had an idea. a spectacularly devious idea #
    • @puppetmasterd how about a Puppet on Ubuntu talk on Thursday? #
    • @tdondich sure, that would be great #
    • @tdondich Thursday, August 7 – take your pick: 1, 2, 3 or 4 pm #
    • @yasumoto why yes I am 🙂 what can I do for you? #
    • @linuxfoundation would any of you guys like to talk about Ubuntu next Thursday? Or desktop Linux in general? #
    • @tdondich grumble… ok #
    • @edenhensley yes, that would be great – as long as we’re talking about an OSS solution. gstreamer? #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-30

    • If you’re interested in presenting at a Ubuntu community event next week, let me know #
    • @Roebot will you guys be at LinuxWorld? #
    • @tdondich LOL… Maybe next year? 🙂 #
    • @rossturk @sourceforge LOL… I finally deleted my cache and cookies so I could see the new sf.net home. I must be one of the last people 🙂 #
    • CollabNet released SourceForge 5 today: http://www.collab.net/news/press/2008/csfe5.0.html #
    • @Roebot heh… what was the name of the apple os they were working on for years and then abandoned after buying next? Copeland? #
    • holy crap… 1,100 people are registered for the Ubuntu community day at LinuxWorld #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-29

    • ugh… brain fog. I hate colds / sinus infections #
    • dear earthlink, next time you plan an outage, you wanna maybe let me know ahead of time? #
    • cannot recall the last radiohead I listened to that wasn’t In Rainbows #
    • @smaffulli when? #
    • @storming you’re not talking to yourself, you just have an invisible bluetooth earpiece 😉 #
    • @MelWebster @TheInfovore don’t get me wrong, I still love The Bends and OK Computer – just can’t remember when I last listened to them #
    • futebol!!!! http://tinyurl.com/2gsbe4 #
    • @TheInfovore Unfortunately, neither does Sedaris – otherwise his books wouldn’t appear on the non-fiction lists #
    • In light of the quake, would it be flippant to point out that the Quakes play the Galaxy this Sunday? It does not bode well, Galaxy fans. #
    • @jclingan possibly? 😉 #
    • bigsoccer.com peeps are jumping on today’s quake news: http://tinyurl.com/5uovu2 #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-28

    • @bgoldy LOL… I aim to amuse 😉 #
    • @laurencooney doh… sorry to hear that 🙁 parking garages… FTL. #
    • I find it hilarious that Real Salt Lake has a record of 6-6-6 🙂 #
    • @netdiva forget the bowl – how about your knee??? #
    • today’s word: PAIN #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-27

    • back from BK kite fest. if you’re in the bay area go tomorrow and go early! #
    • @bryce we made the same mistake #
    • @glynnfoster I don’t know much about rugby, but I dig whenever I can watch those two. I take it this match was not epic? #
    • @bgoldy you just made me google ‘tenesmus’ – ewwww #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-26

    • @jrep I find MSFT’s OSP announcement more material than their ASF announcement today #
    • @fusion94 wow have fun in barca #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-25

    • Tonight at #OSCON – “hacking the legislature” BoF at 7pm #
    • strip club + booze ftw #oscon #
    • @sarad dude, I hardly saw you. until next time. #
    • @Roebot dine and dash with roebot FTFW! #
    • @laurencooney yeah, it’s been difficult to keep that one under wraps 🙂 #
    • @sogrady really look forward to that #
    • @Roebot tee hee 😉 #
    • @sogrady stupid question: what’s a “CLEAR” airport? #
    • arrived back from OSCON. good to see @cdibona @storming @sarad @glynnfoster @laurencooney @irabinovitch @garethgreenaway @fuzzychef and more #
    • @sogrady niiiiice. if you fly alot, it’s not even that expensive #
    • @Roebot does that make @sogrady “the man”??? #
    • @mherrick66 I hear you 🙂 I’m all for using deki in place of broken moin #
    • more breweries getting into the twitter act: @bridgeportbrew #
    • @merrick66 let’s do some scheming on that #
    • http://twitpic.com/5dmr – bizarre plant mutation – see silk strands and popcorn kernels on end of pollen stalk #
    • @mherrick66 as you know, I prefer to be paid in beer 😉 #
    • @jrep @mherrick66 now that is good news! #
    • @jeckman LOL… classic #

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