While this isn’t technically legal, I hope the RIAA doesn’t jump all over it.

Livewire:
MP3 Blogs Serve Rare Songs, Dusty Grooves

I think it’s a lot like distributing abandonware
games. If a game is no longer being sold, who’s being hurt by its free distribution?
If anything, it helps companies by sustaining interest in their products.

Anyhow, thinking about finding old LP gems reminds me that one of these days I need
to rescue some tunes from my mom’s old Christmas records. Most were department store
promotional items and contain tracks released nowhere else or at least neigh impossible
to find.

Here’s a follow-up to my post about terrorism
affecting the general election. Thanks, Jerry, for the tip.

U.S.
Mulling How to Delay Nov. Vote in Case of Attack

Sun Jul 11, 2:57 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior House Democratic lawmaker was skeptical on Sunday
of a Bush administration idea to obtain the authority to delay the November presidential
election in case of an attack by al Qaeda,

I wish this thing was around when I had an endoscopic exam to screen for Barrett’s
Esophagus.

Hospital
Uses Pill With Camera Inside

Fri Jul 2, 8:14 AM ET

By AVA THOMAS BENSON, Associated Press Writer

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A camera encased in a pill is giving doctors at Arkansas Children’s
Hospital a look at their young patients’ entire digestive tracts — about 90 percent
of which had gone unseen before.

with “real” journalists…groovy

Democrat
Convention Credentials Bloggers

By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer

NEW YORK – A handful of scribes publishing in a newer medium will join the thousands
of newspaper, magazine and broadcast journalists at this summer’s political conventions.
They’ll be blogging.

Regarding what makes this possible:

Meet
Joe Blog

Why are more and more people getting their news from amateur websites called blogs?
Because they’re fast, funny and totally biased

By LEV GROSSMAN

‘Twould seem the hosers and knobs up north have problems with voter turnout at least
as bad as ours, eh.

The
tide of apathy

So, why has Canada gone down to 77th in the world in voter turnout?

We are tuning out and telling ourselves and our civil service that politics don’t
matter.