I’m posting this to help spread the word about the Steal This Film series and the movement it documents. In brief, there are two documentary films in the series, both are a bit more than half an hour in length. They’re about BitTorrent, P2P file sharing, and the free culture movement in general.
If you’ve ever downloaded a copyrighted song or movie from the internet, you have an obligation to watch these. If you have never done this, you also have an obligation. Because I say so. You can download them (for free, of course) through BitTorrent from stealthisfilm.com, or you can watch them streaming on Google Video (#1 and #2).
You will hopefully find these films to be thought-provoking—particularly the second one (so, if you’re only going to watch one, let it be that one). If you do watch these films and find yourself seeking more information, you’re clearly an intelligent person, and so you can do research on your own. I’d suggest you start by reading Free Culture (which I’ve previously blogged about), a book that’s freely available to read online (how fantastic is that!?).
Unlocker is a fantastic program that I have been using for some time. Basically, it allows you to unlock—and then delete/rename/edit/etc—any file that Windows says is currently in use. It’s simple, free, and works very well.
Everyone should read this book (especially the chapter on ‘Property’, I think); I read half of it a while ago and I just remembered to read the rest of it recently. It’s available for free online so there’s no reason not to.
Volumouse is a tool which I have found useful. It lets you control your PC’s volume with the scrollwheel (and modifier keys). I’ve got a multimedia keyboard, so I can use that to control the global volume, but I’m using Volumouse to let me control the wave and line-in (for TV) independently so I can easily mix everything together.
Firefox 2 has been released, and in a word: fantastic. It’s not a revolution, but it’s certainly an evolution. Apart from the new features (which are numerous, including in-built session saving), it’s a lot more polished and responsive—for example, I have always been annoyed with the lag when downloading. No longer; it’s just how it should be. Visually, Firefox has also improved in minor but not-too-minor ways, which also improve the experience.
I’m thoroughly impressed by this. I expected a bunch of new features and options, but the improvements in speed and the interface have caught me by surprise. If you haven’t already, get it.
And, most exisiting extensions still work (with automatic updates required in some cases).
Have started using del.icio.us. Is good.
Stock.XCHNG. Over 200,000 free stock photos made by submitters. A very useful site.
BBC Religion & Ethics is an interesting website with in-depth discussions of many religious and ethical issues.
A source, who will remain anonymous, has exclusively revealed that “we’re [McDonald's employees] supposed to just give you the money”.
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