John Hiler's Personal Waterloo

Blogosphere: the emerging Media Ecosystem. [Via Glenn Reynolds] Symbiosis, grassroots, collaboration and the global coffeehouse. Grab an espresso and settle in.

Better Brief Access

Since April 9, 2002, the Michigan Supreme Court has been posting copies of the briefs in its cases in .pdf form, on its Schedule of Oral Arguments page. [Via yclipse, the people behind the useful Courts.Net] This is a big step forward from what we currently have in California - offline brief depositories, or reliance on third parties for Web access to briefs.

Another Reason To Love Google

Aside from all the obvious ones? The lava lamps.

Racing Tech

This discusses that *other* league (CART), but involves Paul Newman so is ok by me. [Josh Lawrence for The Screen Savers] More here. [Jacob Dalton for The Tech_ Of] It's incredible what the crews know about the cars they fly around the track, and what happens in race cars happens later in the cars we slug around the freeways - from the aerodynamics to the telemetry. So, you can consider these articles sort of an oracle into the future of your Omni.

Rupaul and Me

And so ends my brief but happy sojourn as a Blog of Note on Blogger - probably the first and last time I'll share a distinction with Rupaul. Yesterday, Rupaul reprinted a letter from Courtney Love to Prince (sorry, my keyboard doesn't know how to render his actual name), seeking artist support for "the idea that recording artists need an organization that represents our interests in Washington and with the record companies." Courtney's letter makes some excellent points about the under-representation of artists, and the conflicts of interest that may dog their attorneys and managers. She writes, "Artists have all the power. They create the music that makes the money that funds the business. No one has ever harnessed that power for artists' collective good," and compares their situation today with that of actors in the early 20th century in the heyday of the studio system. Rupaul doesn't seem to have permalinks, so get over there quick before this one slides into the land of the misfit archives.

I also note Ru and I started blogging about the same time. But he's got much better legs.