Five Pop Topics Round-Up

A few quick hits on my most popular topics…

Hockey
I really hate the Canucks and think it would be a travesty if one of the Sedin sisters won the Hart Trophy. I mean, a guy with a career average of 65 points a season gets a bunch of assists and is now one of the best players in the game? Right. Love him or hate him, Ovechkin is great for the game – dominant and entertaining – and it's best for the game if he wins the Art Ross, the Hart and the Rocket Richard trophy. Oh, and one other trophy too because when the Flames are finally put out of their misery and out of the playoffs, I think I might throw in behind the Caps as my pick for the Cup.

Libraryland

Frankly, I'm worried about libraries — not because I think e-books
will replace their dead tree counterparts specifically, but rather
because the library as an institution is an anathema to today's notions
of intellectual property. It's a loophole left over from a more
permissive and libertarian era.

An interesting comment about libraries in a Reddit thread about a 1995 article by anti-Internet commentator, Clifford Stoll (which is also worth a read) about how the Internet isn't and never will be the nirvana that others were predicting. (Yeah right. Although to be fair, I've read both of his books and his first, “Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage” is really good, especially if you came of age in the era of BBS's and Telnet in the pre-Internet days like I did. “Silicone Snake Oil”, on the other hand, is pretty crappy and may even have been inspired by his Newsweek article for all I know.)

Pace Cuteness
Shea and I bought a laser pointer so we could expend the absolute minimum amount of energy while entertaining the cat. What I didn't realise is that Pace would end up getting down on all fours and chasing it around too!

Politics
Jaime Garcia's Facebook fan page has all the latest on his most recent activities including shots of his steak fundraiser, Jaime at the NDP convention and the billboard ads he has out in the constituency. Check it out and consider becoming a fan!

Random Link(s) Somehow Relating to Popular Social Media Site
YouTube has a feature to see your access speeds over time and compare it to your ISP, your city, your region, your country and worldwide. Last.fm can show a record of your listening history over time.

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