Monthly Archives: November 2005

28 years of “You Light Up My Life”

By robla | Published: November 27, 2005
I’m a big supporter of moving back to a 28 year maximum term on copyrights. I’ve been thinking about how to describe that, and I think I’ve come up with one way of doing it. Rupert Holmes would still be able to earn a living off of his 1979 hit “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)”, [...]
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Scan of 1979 Sears Wishbook

By robla | Published: November 19, 2005
It’s amazing how vivid smell memory is. I remember the exact odor of the Sears Wishbook 1979 after seeing it on Flickr. I believe the Total Control Racing (TCR) track was the highlight of my Christmas that year. The TCR track was supposed to kick ass because the cars could change lanes, but as it [...]
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“Playing politics” is Bush-speak for “thinking critically”

By robla | Published: November 15, 2005
It seems that whenever Bush or the Republicans trot out the phrase “playing politics”, they really mean “thinking critically”.  Just visit the following links, and replace the phrase “playing politics” with “thinking critically” to see what I mean. “But here’s the question.  The question is, how do you respond to [the intelligence failures]?  Do you [...]
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Seattle Library/Amazon LibraryLookup bookmarklet

By robla | Published: November 7, 2005
Stumbled into Jon Udell’s Library lookup bookmarklet and thought I’d give it a spin. It took some tweaking, but now I’ve got a Seattle Public Library/Amazon Bookmarklet To use, just drag the bookmarklet above to your toolbar. Visit Amazon, search for a book, and then click on the bookmarklet. It’ll check the availability of the [...]
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Giving Flock a spin

By robla | Published: November 3, 2005
….and of course, now that I’m sitting in front of this really easy to use interface, I don’t have anything useful to say.  Well, that’s a blog for you.  Plus, I’m feeling all Web 2.0-y now. technorati tags: flock, allthecoolkidsaredoingit, iftheyalljumpedoffacliff, wouldyou
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