The ALA Washington Office will host the DC CopyNight meetup on Tuesday, August 5, 2008. The event will run from 6:30pm - 8:30pm, with food, refreshments, and free copyright sliders. We’ll discuss the Georgia State copyright lawsuit and other current copyright news and issues. If you’re interested, please take a minute to RSVP so we know roughly how many people are coming. The ALA Washington Office is located at 1615 New Hampshire Ave NW, 2 blocks from Dupont Circle. Hope to see you there!
Copynight is a monthly social gathering of people interested in restoring balance in copyright law. We meet over drinks once a month in many cities to discuss new developments and build social ties between artists, engineers, filmmakers, academics, lawyers, and many others.
Someone alerted me to this site that helps fanatic iPhone seekers find that holy grail. Pretty awesome, and pretty sad that Apple can’t seem to stock the phone when people have been trying in vain to throw their money at it. Apparently the closest black 16gb iPhone to me (Washington DC) is at the SoHo store in New York City (231 miles). Well done, Apple.
…don’t need things like this.
or this…
or this…
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Librarians have been complaining for years about how their image is portrayed in popular culture. Maybe they should do something about it and not exacerbate ridiculous stereotypes supported by things like cute shushing librarian action figures and frivilous book cart drill teams. I don’t think these things are funny or entertaining. But here is something funny–I’m not a librarian.
