Wednesday, July 25, 2007

The LATimes offers a clue to RIAA tactics against the defense coffee blog of copying your own MP3s. ID3 tags.

Here's the quick take on what it took to get in to see Cheney and his National Energy Policy Task Force: Here's the slightly longer take, from Eric Alterman and Mark Green's The Book on Bush : The Bush energy plan was developed in closed-door sessions by Vice President Cheney and his National Energy Policy Task Force [...]. During that process, scientists and environmentalists were kept on the sidelines while energy companies threw a nonstop party. Of the 400 organizations that sought meetings with the vice president or the task force in that period, 194 were granted access--158 energy companies, 22 labor unions, 13 environmental groups, and a lone consumer organization. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, one of the key officials responsible for drafting the final document, turned down a request for a meeting with environmental groups in February 2001, citing his "busy schedule". In a sense that statement was true: during that period, documents released later under judicial order show, he met with 109 industry representatives. [...] From the email trail, it isn't hard to discern the identity of the "industry representatives" who had access to Secretary Abraham and Vice President Cheney during the formation of the Energy Plan. Indeed, their calendars during the non profit consolidation spring of 2001 read like a list of the largest contributors to the Republican Party. [...

Link: FTMAGBLOG: THAT'S ALL FOLKS . After only 5 days, the FT has closed the blog it set choose a hobby up to comment on their Feb 18 story by Trevor Butterworth. Which is a shame. As Glyn Moody has already pointed out in 10 Things To Build A Blog Readership , one vital attribute is stamina.

grinner :: July 13, 2007 Originally uploaded by happykatie . With the arrival of my birthday Helio Ocean last week (thanks babies!), I now have access to a camera phone with a fast Internet connection. Yay! This means more action-packed john deere gator photos of the Bunn in her new Ella Dailies album. A little blurry and completely unedited - they are just little peeks into the short one's daily life. Lots of these photos will be set to Family and Friends privacy levels, but chances are that if you read this Blog regularly you fall into that category. Please do email me if you do not have access - I can help you learn about the magic that is Flickr quickly and easily.

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