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own what you buy, or break the law?

13-Oct-08

that title might be confusing, so i’ll let the latest xkcd explain:

so, going by the make: ‘zine credo “if you can’t open it, you don’t own it”: if you buy drm-”protected” files from itunes or audible, you don’t actually own them.  and if you try to treat them like you own them, you’re probably breaking [...]

p!

08-May-08

to quote brody: “how does something like this get by me. i must be slipping in my old age. the name amongst names!”

i went to amazon a few moments ago and saw something so mind-blowingly awesome and unexpected that i don’t know what to say besides, “look!“

new nails, pt 2

06-May-08

barely 2 months later, there’s another free new offering from nin called the slip.  it may not be 36 tracks long, but this one does have tunes w/ lyrics, including the recently released discipline.  and it’s free; did i mention that?
man, i <3 ya trent, but i’m gonna get spoiled at this rate…
what, you’re still [...]

new nails

05-Mar-08

hey! go spend $5 to get 36 new nails instrumental tracks at nin.com!
the new album(s), entitled ‘ghosts vol i-iv‘ are delivered in several different drm-free formats, including flac and fully tagged-up high quality mp3s. for you ultra-cheapskates out there, you can get ‘ghosts i’, the first 9 tracks, for free. but come [...]

guitar hero 3 les paul hack: works like a charm

07-Nov-07

hmmm… guitar hero 3 on the 360. aside from the kinda crappy achievements — i totally agree with knuckles on that point — it’s fun, until you start to notice that a couple of the fret buttons on your les paul go numb on you occasionally… especially in the heated throes of a guitar [...]