Monthly Archives: January 2008

Apple is winning

After (alas) losing my iPhone recently, I got myself a new one and sat down to unlock it. Phew!  Its not easy any more.  Apple has managed to mess enough with its newer iPhones that unlocking once again requires opening … Continue reading

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Finding Films

In support of my upcoming piece on Sundance piracy, here’s the films I tried to find — mostly on Pirate’s Bay and MiniNova, but occasionally on YouTorrent. 2007 Manda Bala Padre Nuestro Hear and Now Grace is Gone Teeth Once … Continue reading

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Best Film at Sundance

Saw lots of films this year at Sundance. While I saw a few good films, lots of decent films and a couple stinkers, only one film truly stayed in my head as great. And that was “A Complete History of … Continue reading

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The Donnas

At Sundance I saw the Donnas perform in very small space, and completely fell for this band and in particular lead singer Brett Anderson. I may give up this whole teaching gig to become a groupie. In fact for the … Continue reading

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Lots Lately

So I did alot of writing that I failed to write about here. For the NY Times Bits blog, I did a debate with Rick Cotton at NBC. There was a last segment that for some reason hasn’t posted. I … Continue reading

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Harry Potter Lexicon piece & addendum.

Here’s my Slate piece on the great Harry Potter Lexicon debate. Slate is a great publication but there’s not always room for a full legal analysis in the relatively short format.  So here are a few additions  to my comments … Continue reading

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VICTORY!

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Iowa & Huckabee

I’m in Iowa, working as a front-line volunteer.  It feels like “Private Wu reporting for duty–”  in the sense of simply following orders as opposed to trying to decide anything.  Its humbling and very cold. I’m surely not the first … Continue reading

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