Monthly Archives: May 2001

Mercury News: Bush’s energy strategy holds little for California. More broadly, the White House believes the proposals to increase supply and improve electricity and natural-gas distribution are the keys to helping California and the rest of the country deal with … Continue reading →

The Hague Convention is a draft treaty that purports to solve legal jurisdiction problems. It’s also an arrow aimed at free speech and consumer rights. More in column today. Comments

I just installed the Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 on my home desktop computer. Upon rebooting, I was greeted with a Blue Screen of Death, and for now the machine is thoroughly whacked. Looks like I’ll have to reinstall everything … Continue reading →

Feed Magazine: Give it Away Now! This is the ultimate flaw in Mundie’s argument. If creative destruction is a hallmark of the new new economy, if we’re fated to live through increasingly turbulent economic times, then open source software isn’t … Continue reading →

Read this open letter from the leaders of the open source and free software movements. This is an important letter, because it brings together some of the people Microsoft wants to split apart. It appears that they’re not falling for … Continue reading →

Online Journalism Review: Blogged Down in the PR Machine. PR agencies are only now beginning to wake up to the importance of Weblogs in the mediasphere, and many aren’t sure how to deal with them. This is an excellent look … Continue reading →

News.com: Ex-Webvan CEO to collect $375,000 yearly. Under the terms of his retirement package, Shaheen will receive 50 percent of his base salary and target bonus for the rest of his life. The payments will continue to be sent to … Continue reading →

Reuters: US high court says no medical marijuana exception. “It is clear from the text of the act that Congress has made a determination that marijuana has no medical benefits worthy of an exception,” he wrote in the 15-page ruling. … Continue reading →

Salon: The first Ted Olson scandal. It didn’t begin with the Clinton-smearing Arkansas Project. The solicitor general nominee’s pattern of ruthlessness and deception began during his tenure in the Reagan administration. I was in Washington the day the Monica Lewinsky … Continue reading →

Robert Scoble: Union Pacific Says Microsoft Train Simulator Is Dangerous. Union Pacific turned down Microsoft’s request to be involved with Train Simulator because UP is concerned that people will learn to drive a train and then hop into a real … Continue reading →