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The City of Roses, originally uploaded by BennyPost.

That’s mah city.

Excess iBook Screws, originally uploaded by willwm.

See all of these? Yeah, worthless. I put the iBook back together without these and it’s solid. Apple *does not* want you replacing a hard drive yourself.

Mmmm… yes.

Edit #2:

Hey all! Since this post equates for something like 90% of the hits on my blog, I’m going to whore it out to do me some good. (I figure that’s appropriate, considering what you were searching for to get here. Heh.

• I’ve moved my blog here (so pretty please, check it out):
  http://blog.wolffmyren.com
• I also maintain a tumblr blog here:
  http://tumblr.wolffmyren.com
• My photos are here (or on the sidebar):
  http://flickr.com/photos/willwm

And… if you’re looking for pretty girls (c’mon, admit it!)…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/willwm/sets/72157603876118161/ 

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Also sprach Zarathustra, originally uploaded by Carlos Noboro.

I like this picture.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. said on Tuesday that the company has begun offering mobile phone users in more than 30 major U.S. cities the capacity to view highway maps with “live” traffic data.

The Mountain View, California-based company said that Google Maps for Mobile would allow mobile phone users to chose a destination within Google Maps and select “show traffic,” said Gummi Hafsteinsson, product manager of Google Maps for Mobile. Google Maps calculates the route to the location.

Highway traffic information is sent to the phone, with road conditions highlighted in three colors: — red for congested, yellow or orange for slowdowns, and green for smooth sailing.

The service can be found on mobile phone Web browsers at http://google.com/gmm.

Rival Yahoo Inc. offers live traffic conditions on its computer-based map service, but it does not yet provide a mobile phone version for Yahoo maps.

Google said it is offering comprehensive data on traffic conditions in more than 30 major U.S. metropolitan areas and partial information in an unspecified number of other areas. Traffic data is available only in the U.S. market.

Google offers live traffic maps on cell phones | Reuters.com

07202006055, originally uploaded by willwm.

Me gusta Scion.

Got my vote.

Hi: Here’s how you can add an additional WordPress.com blog to the original one you got upon registration:

• choose “custom blog” as blog provider
• select “WordPress” as your type of custom blog
• change server api url to http://blogname.wordpress.com/xmlrpc.php
• fill in your username and password The wizard will offer the additional blog for selection.

How to add more than 1 blog to a user account (Performancing.com)

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — There really was a snake on a plane — and a poisonous one at that.

Dutch customs officials found a live poisonous snake in a package sent by airmail from Hong Kong to a collector in the Netherlands.Officials said customs inspectors thought the snake was a rubber gag gift when they first scanned the package. However, the inspectors learned that the snake was a live creature when they noticed it moving.

Officials don’t know if the snake might have posed a threat to passengers had it escaped, as in the upcoming movie “Snakes on a Plane.”Dutch authorities said it is illegal to ship vipers to the Netherlands without special permits.

kptv.com - Travelgetaways - Poisonous Snake Found On Plane To Amsterdam

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07112006005, originally uploaded by willwm.

Strangest stall ever…

(from http://www.eff.org/IP/faq/)

The RIAA and MPAA trot out their spokespeople at conferences and public
events all over the country, repeating their misleading talking points.
Innovators are pirates, fair use is theft, the sky is falling, up is
down, and so on. Their rhetoric shouldn’t be given a free pass.

To that end, EFF has prepared a sample list of tough questions for
times when you hear entertainment industry representatives speaking and
want to challenge their positions. Asking hard questions is a way of
“keeping honest people honest” and revealing when they’re actually
being deceptive. Feel free to republish these and add your own
questions, or send additions to us at editor@eff.org.

Music

1. The RIAA has sued
   more than 20,000 music fans for file sharing, yet file sharing
   continues to rapidly increase both online and offline. When will you
   stop suing music fans?
2. The RIAA has sued
   over 20,000 music fans for file sharing, who have on average paid a
   $3,750 settlement. That’s over $75,000,000. Has any money collected
   from your lawsuits gone to pay actual artists? Where’s all that money
   going?
3. The RIAA has sued over 20,000 music fans for file sharing. Recently, an RIAA representative reportedly suggested that
   “students drop out of college or go to community college in order to be
   able to afford [P2P lawsuit] settlements.” Do you stand by this advice?
   Is this really good advice for our children’s futures?
4. The RIAA said that it only went after
   individual file sharers because you couldn’t go after P2P system
   creators. After the Supreme Court’s Grokster decision, shouldn’t you stop going after music fans?
5. Major entertainment companies have repeatedly brought lawsuits to block new technologies,
   including the VCR, Digital Audio Tape recorders, the first MP3 player,
   the ReplayTV PVR, and now P2P software. Why is your industry so hostile
   to new technologies?
6. DRM has clearly failed to stop songs from getting on file sharing networks, but it does prevent
   me from moving lawfully purchased music onto my iPod and other portable
   devices. Unlike the major record labels, many popular indie labels
   offer mp3 downloads through sites like eMusic. Why won’t you let fans
   purchase mp3s as well?
7. The RIAA says that it doesn’t mind if
   I rip CDs to my personal computer and put them on my iPod. Do I need
   your permission to do this or can I legally do it even if you object?
8. Recording off the radio is clearly permitted by copyright law and
   something Americans have done for over 25 years, but the RIAA supports
   legislation restricting devices that record from digital radio. Why are you against TiVo for radio?
9. Sony BMG recently implemented a DRM technology
   that damaged users’ computers. But for independent researchers’
   analyses, this serious flaw may have gone undiscovered. After this
   scandal, will record labels allow any computer scientist or security
   expert to examine these products and agree not to sue them under the
   DMCA?

Video

1. The major movie studios have been
   enjoying some of their most profitable years in history over the past
   five years. Can you cite to any specific studies that prove
   noncommercial file sharing among fans, as opposed to commercial DVD
   piracy, has hurt the studios’ bottom line in any significant way?
2. Is it legal for me to bypass CSS DVD
   encryption in order to skip the “unskippable” previews at the beginning
   of so many DVDs? Why should I have to be forced to watch these ads when
   I already bought the DVD?
3. Is it legal for me to skip the
   commercials when I play back time-shifted TV recordings on my TiVo or
   other PVR? How is this different than getting up and going to the
   bathroom?
4. Why are there region-code
   restrictions on DVDs? How does this prevent copyright infringement? Is
   it illegal for me to buy or and use a region-free DVD player, or to
   modify a DVD player to be region-free?
5. In several lawsuits, the MPAA has repeatedly said that it’s illegal to make a back-up of a DVD that I purchased. Why is this illegal?
6. Is it ever legal for me to use
   software like DVD Shrink or Handbrake to rip a digital copy of a DVD I
   own onto a video iPod or my laptop? What if I want clips to use for a
   class report? Or if a teacher wants to include a clip in a PowerPoint
   slide?
7. Is there anything illegal about copying TV shows I’ve recorded off the air onto my video iPod?
8. If the MPAA-backed “broadcast flag”
   bill passes, I won’t be able to move recorded TV content digitally to
   my current video iPod. Why should TV studios get to take away my
   ability to lawfully time- and space-shift?
9. Major entertainment companies have repeatedly brought lawsuits to block new technologies,
   including the VCR, Digital Audio Tape recorders, the first MP3 player,
   the ReplayTV PVR, and now P2P software. Why is your industry so hostile
   to new technologies?
10. Hollywood is pushing legislation to “plug the analog hole.”
    These restrictions won’t keep copyrighted video off of file sharing
    networks, but they will would block me from excerpting a recorded TV
    show for a school report or using tools like the Slingbox to send
    recorded TV shows to myself over the Internet. Why are you trying to
    restrict these legitimate uses?

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