Archives for 2001

Liberation Musicology

March 5, 2001 by Michael Boyle

Liberation Musicology: an interesting take on the Napster decision from The Nation. I’m a sucker for phrases like, “The Napster case has much to teach us […] about the liberative possibilities of the decay of the cultural oligopolies that dominated the second half of the twentieth century.”

If you’re interested in

March 5, 2001 by Michael Boyle

peer to peer developments but missed the big conference a few weeks ago, go directly to Graeme Thickins’ O’Reilly P2P Conference Report. It’s an excellent account of the proceedings, including tons of quotes. My favourite bit was the recap of Lawrence Lessig’s presentation.

It’s not exactly useful

March 5, 2001 by Michael Boyle

for me, but it’s pretty cool nonetheless. Heather pointed at DizzyCity today – panoramic views of most of Manhattan.

A friend who I’m

March 5, 2001 by Michael Boyle

long overdue talking with has suggested we get in touch using voice chat over the net. Good idea – but he suggested using MSN messenger or Yahoo messenger to do it. Trouble is, neither of these support voice chat for Macs. Anyone know what my options are?

I’ve been a big

March 5, 2001 by Michael Boyle

fan of David Hudson for ages, since even before the first issue of Rewired. Nevertheless I missed two notable events: first, Rewired is back – it has been back for several months now, in fact. Number two: he has a weblog. These are both Good Things.