Retail Fix

photo.stamps.com. My grandma is going to DIG this. Ok, so it's a little too-too. Too-cute-by-half, as one of my colleagues is fond of saying. At least it'll be a break from those ubiquitous LOVE stamps on wedding invitations. [Via NPR]

Urban Outfitters now has its own shop on Amazon. What, no Anthropologie? [Via the place that sees no contradiction in recommending I buy changing pad covers and Tarantino Mania! Hey, complexity is the new black.]

[Update:] EEK! Too funny.

Magic Cory Ball

Not surprisingly, Cory Doctorow is involved in both of the following glimpses into Web's effect on the future of the law biz:

• Naming-and-shaming on Slashdot: better than hiring a lawyer


• New Sci Fi Book Plays out Cyberspace Law Issues (Includes/comments on passage from Eastern Standard Tribe wherein counsel is found and retained on IRC!)

When Counterfeits Attack

Last night on 60 Minutes: The World's Greatest Fakes, discussing China as "the undisputed capital of counterfeiting." The story had this utterly chilling conclusion:

Since this report last January, dozens of children from one eastern Chinese city died after being fed counterfeit baby formula. Thousands of boxes of counterfeit formula have been discovered.

More on the arrests of those charged with making or selling the fake formula, which apparently has led to at least some 50-60 malnutrition deaths.

Lawyers Go A-Conference Bloggin'

The American Bar Association's Cyberspace Law Committee is blogging at the ABA's annual meeting happening now in Atlanta. Complete with key alimentary recommendations, nightlife reports, a separate rant blog, and the obligatory "Here I am, blogging this" photo.

Oh, and Vince likes Snow Crash, so there's always the possiblity of a Hiro Protagonist reference, you never know.

And Elliot Should Know

Elliot Noss, on artificial distinctions between business vs. residential users: "It is the size of the bundle, not where you use it."