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Apple, DRM, the EU, and Other Boring Acronyms

Forest Casey · Apr 05, 2007

So far, Apple has managed to squeak by with an almost obnoxiously clean record. Here’s why they may be in for their first major bruising.

No Photos Allowed

Forest Casey · Mar 15, 2007

Soon, camera phones will have multiple megapixels, good enough for its photographs to be published in a newspaper. Until that day comes, however, I prefer to struggle with my SLR. Here’s what Chicago’s Body Worlds exhibit taught me about photography.

Point, Shoot, Upload: The Glory of Flickr.com

Phil Dokas · Mar 08, 2007

As blogging becomes increasingly ubiquitous, photo publishing sites are becoming more powerful. Of these, Flickr is undoubtedly the gold standard. The Crier sorts through some of the best features for you.

A Tale of Two Cities: Why Game Centers Don’t Work in Ann Arbor

Forest Casey · Feb 19, 2007

It was a unique concept, it was a bland concept: a facility for gamers to come together and pay-to-play on the latest technology, without shelling out hundreds on a personal system

Apple’s Digital Emancipation Proclamation

Phil Dokas · Feb 12, 2007

Last week, Steve Jobs issued a challenge to the Recording Industry Association of American to abolish Digital Rights Management. Music lovers, here’s why you should back him up.

Get Off of My Cloud

Forest Casey · Feb 05, 2007

Discrimination is an ugly thing. If I had to put a face on it, I would say that it would be bulbous and round, a…

The Good Fight

Forest Casey · Jan 29, 2007

A few weeks ago, in a showing of unbridled benevolence, my ex-boss and surrogate father drove his yellow Mini Cooper down to Ann Arbor to…

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Daily Reading

Hey look, Engadget is writing about Ann Arbor!

111 shirtless men descend on NYC 5th Avenue Abercrombie store

At the store where the shirtless man is revered, the shirtless man may not shop.

Since when is Wes Anderson shooting headlines photos for the NYTimes?

P.S. Why is the Skipper from Gilligan’s Island giving the peace sign?

The Cassini-Huygens probe, rocking Saturn since 2004

Excellent gallery of its recent exploits 800,000,000 miles away

Magritte Flickr group

Blissfully surreal

Think of all the fun you’re not having with your Macbook’s camera right now

The amazing flywheel battery

Powering humanity for the last 6,000 years. Damn Interesting continues its unbridled excellence.

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