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Daily Archives: August 23rd, 2004

New, er, ebola keyboard for Palms

In the I’m not making this up department, Shanghai Ebola Trading Co. Ltd has a new IR-based keyboard for PalmOS. I can only assume contamination is optional.

“I’m not dead yet…”

Here’s hoping that PalmOS’s seeming decline is only a flesh wound.
Brighthand reports today that Samsung has confirmed the release of the SPH-i550 smartphone. Yes…finally an OS5 phone to compete with the Treo 600. (I know of no others…correct me if I’m wrong). The phone takes a standard flip phone format with no [...]

After 38 Years, Valenti Prepares to Move On (washingtonpost.com)

After 38 Years, Valenti Prepares to Move On (washingtonpost.com): “Jack Valenti took a break from cleaning out his office the other day to expound on a subject he knows well: the art of persuasion. Over minestrone soup and hummus at his usual table at the restaurant in the Hay Adams Hotel, Valenti, the 82-year-old dean [...]

Judicial Tease

Judge Richard Posner is taking over a guest run on Lessig’s Blog, and starts off with a teaser: “Larry Lessig from time to time flagellates himself about losing the Eldred case in the Supreme Court. He shouldn�t; it was unwinnable for a host of reason (the lopsided vote–7-2–is a clue). Yes, Congress can confer copyrights [...]

Libraries in Malls

A library in a Seattle mall. I think this is a wonderful step in giving libraries a presence in the community. This isn’t pandering nor should it be viewed as a desperate move. What is important is that, by building a presence at the periphery, it becomes an advertisement for tax dollars [...]