Memory Banks

"Being deprived of my blog right now would be akin to suffering extensive brain-damage. Huge swaths of acquired knowledge would simply vanish. Just as my TiVo frees me from having to watch boring television by watching it for me, my blog frees me up from having to remember the minutae of my life, storing it for me in handy and contextual form." [Cory Doctorow at O'Reilly]

Ev, I have been hoping your backup redundancy is on the really well thought out side.

Another One Bites The Dust

Christopher: fantastic. Now, do me a favor and jump right into Gonzo Marketing which picks up where Cluetrain leaves off. Then drop Jeneane a line and come join us at Reading Gonzo Engaged. (This invitation is by no means exclusive to Christopher, but he's on a roll.)

The Unexamined TV Viewer

Declan McCullagh has the scoop on Judge Cooper's recent order in the ReplayTV case, where she reversed the magistrate judge's directive about collecting viewer data. He also has a link to the Epic amicus brief on privacy issues, but it sounds like the judge was more focused on technical burdens than privacy ones.

New Book Focuses On Mentoring For Women

Author Elizabeth Vrato says of her book The Counselors: Conversations With 18 Courageous Women Who Have Changed the World, "I want my readers to feel like they've just had a cup of coffee with Sandra Day O'Connor . . . She might say something that she wouldn't just say to someone at some cocktail party." [Via Law.com] A.k.a., she might say something she might just say on a blog.

Yes, And Yes

I'm with Ernie, but also with Ed. Patience, child, all in time. Maybe it's purely a Donna Summer thing.