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Apprentice Martha

The second apprentice show which has Donald Trump replaced by Martha Steward got cancelled after the first season. There is just something missing. The biggest one is that Martha doesn't FIRE people. They are sent home. Martha is known for home gardening publishing empire. You can expect to hear stuff like: "How can you invite a car to a table that looks like that" (actual quotation)

Axe + Saw combo

One of the first things I bought when I moved to Berkeley was an Fiskars axe [hatchet]. Fiskars bought couple of years ago a knive company Gerber. Now Gerber has an Gerber Gator Combo Axe II that has the Fiskars design handle and a bonus saw hidden inside of it. Sweet!

Information about upcoming GPL version 3

GPL Version 3 is allmost ready for comments. You can join a mailing list to get more information about the upcoming license.

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) today released a document specifying the process and guidelines for revising the Foundation's GNU General Public License (GNU GPL). The FSF will release the first discussion draft of the new license for comment at the International Public Conference for GPLv3 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on January 16 and 17, 2006.

FSF has posted a process definition for the license revision. Interestin reading.

Parties who question changes should recognize when writing their comments that these freedoms [to run, study, copy, modify and redistribute software] remain the cornerstone of the license. We will evaluate all proposed changes with reference to them.

Ylioppilaslehti writing about Creative Commons

YLIOPPILASLEHTI wrote recently a very positive article about Creative Commons and Science commons.
"Creative Commons ei ole vielä riittävän tunnettu, kommentoi opetusneuvos Ella Kiesi." I recently got a comment that the US webpage gives a anti copyright signals. I guess this is because of the lack of knowlege. It is a good thing that people are writing about it. Somehow the critical mass is still missing in Finland. We have early adopters like Petteri Järvinen, Tekes, Helsingin yliopisto and few artists... and of course Star Wreck but the biggest services don't have CC on their map yet.

Finnish Big brother Awards

29.11.2005 Lehdistötiedote Electronic Frontier Finland - EFFI ry Big Brother 2005 -palkintojenjako ensi keskiviikkona - seminaariohjelma julkaistu Electronic Frontier Finland ry (EFFI) jakaa ensi keskiviikkona 7.12. Suomen Big Brother -palkinnot vuoden tökeröimmille yksityisyyden loukkaajille. Aiempina vuosina palkinnon ovat pokanneet muun muassa Sonera teleurkintajupakastaan ja YTV matkakorttisekoiluistaan. Tänä vuonna ehdolla on useita tahoja sekä julkiselta että yksityiseltä sektorilta. EFFI toivottaa kaikki yksityisyydestä kiinnostuneet tervetulleiksi tapahtumaan. Palkintojen saajista päättää vuosittain vaihtuva asiantuntijapaneeli. Tänä vuonna paneelin puheenjohtajana toimii europarlamentaarikko Piia-Noora Kauppi ja jäseninä kansanedustaja Heidi Hautala, internet-vaikuttaja Johan Helsingius, oikeustieteen tutkija Juha Lavapuro, eurooppaoikeuden professori Tuomas Ojanen, toimittaja Ruben Stiller sekä tietoyhteiskuntafilosofi Tere Vadén. Ennen palkintojenjakoa EFFI järjestää seminaarin perusoikeuksista ja yksityisyydestä EU-lainsäädännössä. Asiantuntijat keskustelevat seminaarissa mm. turvallisuudesta, valvonnasta, teletietojen tallennusvelvollisuudesta sekä EU:n perustuslaillisesta sopimuksesta. Seminaarin jälkeen tarjoillaan viinit ja purtavaa. Seminaariin ja palkintojenjakoon on vapaa pääsy. Ilmoittautumiset ja tiedustelut pyydetään lähettämään sähköpostitse osoitteeseen [email protected] 6.12.2005 mennessä (huom! aikaa jatkettu). Lisätietoja

My favourite reporter in trouble

Kazakstans number two tv reporter Borat has stirred up some controversy in his coutry after hosting European Music awards. Borat is a creation of Sacha Baron Cohen AKA Ali G. Recently Borat gave a statement about Kazakstanian plans to sue Cohen: Jagshemash.

In response to Mr Ashykbayev comments, I like to state I have no connection with Mr Cohen.
I support my government's decision to sue this Jew.
Since the 2003 <inaudible> reforms, Kazakhstan is as civilized as any country in the world. Women can now travel on inside of bus. Homosexuals have no longer to wear blue hats. And age of consent has been raised to eight years old.
Please, captains of industry, I encourage you come to Kazakhstan where we have incredible natural resources, hard working labour and some of the cleanest prostitutes in whole of Central Asia.
Goodbye. Chenque!"

Via Link.

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

I just watched a rerun of the who wants to be a millionare from 1999 where John Carpenter won one million dollar. He didn't use any life lines before one million dollar question. Then he called his dad and said: "I dont really need your help, I just called to say I just won a million dollars." Then he locked his answer and took home one million dollars. Not just smart but style as well. I wonder if they monitor the radio frequensies. Receiver sunken into tooth and a guy with an access to Internet would do wonders.

Link: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

News hit my nerves again

Todays main news was:  Drum run.... 29 days to shop before christmas. Some of the shops were open during today (General holiday thanks giving). "I just love to come at 5 am and look people to line up and wait the door to open, open open."
Oh and the reporter was standing LIVE in front of k-mart that had closed its door for the day.

Physical lock on CD

Link: TOMMI LINDELL has locked his work into a CD player. You can only listen to the cd, not copy. He has locked the anal-hole (headphone jack) with tape and screw technology. The player is locked with lock and the author will keep the key. If the buyer wants to make additional fair use copies, the author has promised to negotiate. The player has as a reminder some of the protecting authorities logos including: Police, UN, Teosto, Customs and Batman. Money from the the sales of the music (player comes free) is donated to Geor Malmsten foundation that promotes new Finnish music.

Currently the winnig bid is at 200 euros.

Henrik Ingo noticed that there might be another way to get attention to stupid DRM regulation. No not the Sony way.. Why not lock a kitten in to a box and call it art; then sue who ever would open the box to rescue the kitten of making unauthorised changes to the protected work.

Star wreck number one Finnish movie EVER

I am calling it official. Star wreck has passed 3.5 million mark. Previous king of Finnish movie industry was "Tuntematon sotilas" (unknown soldier) produced 50 year ago. It had 2.8 million people going to box office. What is the beautiful part of Star Wreck... It took only 52 days to hit the 3 million mark.

Those of you who don't know, Star Wreck is a full feature fanfiction parody produced with allmost zero budget. The movie is distributed with CC license and it is available for free ($) download or you can buy it on DVD that comes with surround sound, better image quality, extras and nice packaging. The sound track is also amazing (check out the composers stuff) The DVD was released 2 weeks before the Internet release and the sales of the DVD went UP after the Internet release. The fanfilm has its own fans, fan art (see their forum) the subtitles have been translated to several languages you name it. The community is huge.

Star Wreck is the biggest legal movie download in the History of the Internet. It has been available also on several mirror sites, and of course as a popular bit torrent download at several sites like at pirate bay.