If you're interested in learning some more about culture and copyright issues, here are some links: Free Culture This is the web site for the book. If you want to download it or buy it, start here. Lessig Blog Lawrence Lessig's blog. He's a law… more »

No up-to-date book on copyright law would be complete without a section on music file-sharing. Free Culture doesn't deal with it much, but Lessig does have some comments in the afterword that are worth repeating. He says that file=sharing is a… more »

More from Free Culture: So long as legislation can be bought (albeit indirectly), there will be all the incentive in the world to buy further extensions of copyright. In the lobbying that led to the passage of the Sonny Bono Copy-right Term Extension… more »

If US politicians want to get the young vote out, they should take a page from Pakistan's book: Man campaigns with rat in mouth more »

If you thought I was the only one.... 5. Top 5 Nestle and Ralston-Purina Combinations This is an anomaly in an otherwise unfunny site. Two stock brokers trying to be funny: it won't take any insider tips for you to know how funny the rest of this site… more »

Roger McGuinn, lead singer of the Byrds, appeared on The Screen Savers last week. He showed how he recorded his last album at home, using Adobe Audition. He also mentioned that he has recorded some folk songs and made them available for free on his… more »

Leo Laporte is returning to TechTV! more »

Wired has two interesting stories right now. Attack of the Movie Clones Check out the website for the Godsend Institue, which claims to be able to clone lost loved ones. But look closely at the picture of the doctor on this page. Looks a little… more »

Loyal blog readers, Your help is needed. Brendoman.com, host of this blog, website of my good friend, is holding a web poll to determine the 'Chester of the Year.' A chester is just brendoslang for a very cool person or thing. The current leader is… more »

Dave Barry points out this strage news story: Cross-Australia Swim Revs Up A group of swimmers has begun an ambitious journey, swimming across Australia in a pool attached to the back of a truck. more »