Bond Trailer

Quantum of Solace

Look out Sean, the new guy is gunning for the number one spot.

Audi Rules Le Mans

Audi wins the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans. That's nothing new, they've been winning most of the time since 2000. What's cool this year is they won with a car penalized with a smaller fuel tank (to try and give other teams a chance) that ran on diesel from gas and garbage.

Behind Audi's Biodiesel Victory At The 24 Hours Of Le Mans

Next Coen Movie

China Photos

China 1: Beijing city and factories

China 2: The Great Wall

China 3: The Great Wall (second camera)

China 4: Forbidden City

China 5: Xi'an city

China 6: Xi'an Tang Show

China 7: Terracotta Factory and Army

China 8: Xi'an Drum and Bell Towers

China 9: Xi'an Giant Wild Goose Pagoda

China 10: Shanghai

China 11: Guangzhou City and Parks

China 12: Guangzhou Temples

China 13: Hong Kong

Why Facebook? It's not as convenient to upload to and the pictures are small and too compressed. However, it has convenient tagging and commenting and seems to be where most of my acquaintances are.

Update: I've uploaded my favorites to Flickr where they look a lot better.

Canadian DMCA

The Canadian DMCA: A Betrayal

Because in a country whose Supreme Court of Canada has emphasized the importance of balance between creators rights and user rights, the Canadian DMCA eviscerates user rights in the digital environment by virtually eliminating fair dealing. Under this bill, the right to copy for the purposes of research, private study, criticism, and news reporting virtually disappears if the underlying content is digitally locked.

Because in a country that rightly promotes the importance of education, the Canadian DMCA erects new barriers for teachers, students, and schools at every level who now face the prospect of infringement claims if they want to teach using digital media.

Because in a country that prioritizes privacy, the Canadian DMCA will render it virtually impossible to protect against the invasion of privacy by digital media companies. The bill includes an exemption for those that circumvent digital locks to protect their privacy, yet renders the tools needed to circumvent illegal. In other words, the bill gives Canadians the right to protect their privacy but prohibits the tools needed to do so.

Made-in-America copyright law

...If you record a TV show on a digital video recorder, the show must be deleted immediately after you watch it. It will become illegal to maintain a library of recordings or to lend copied material to family or friends.

I forgot that Bill C-61 was being presented while I was out of the country. It's worse than I had feared.

China

Just returned from 2 week vacation in China. Photos and details coming...