- How Mickey Mouse Evades the Public Domain
I knew that Mickey was a huge part of the reason for ongoing copyright extensions. What I didn't know was that Disney have no real *need* to push for them, since they've got him so heavily trademarked. They own him as long as they want to.
- What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2016?
This is saddening. Even among the famous works, there's a lot here that it would be a huge public good to have copyright-free, and I don't think anyone could argue that the original creators (or in most cases, their estates) haven't been fairly compenstated for these work.
Category: Digitalia
Bookmarks for January 16, 2016
- The tube at a standstill: why TfL stopped people walking up the escalators | UK news | The Guardian
So it turns out that particularly during peak times, it would be better if escalators on the tube were standing-only and people *didn't* walk up the left hand side.
Bookmarks for December 26, 2015
- App Directory | Slack
Slack app integrations. May be useful later.
- Official BBC instructions for knitting Doctor Who's scarf
How to knit the 4th Doctor's scarf.
- The sad economics of being famous on the internet | Fusion
Interesting and saddening breakdown of the economics of internet fame.
With Confidence And Respect
We ought to bring back this sort of thing. It’d make dating easier and more civilised.
Bookmarks for December 16, 2015
- Ehsan Abdulaziz: Saudi millionaire who said he 'accidentally tripped and penetrated' teenage girl cleared of rape | Crime | News | The Independent
What the actual stuttering fuck? OK, I am reading the reporting, I wasn't in the court, but jesus christ almighty. 30 minutes for 12 people to agree on this, what the hell? The poor girl.
Bookmarks for December 10, 2015
- Science has spoken: ending a text with a full stop makes you a monster | Technology | The Guardian
This is some weapons-grade bullshit right here. If my texts are every improperly spelled or punctuated – including a full stop at the end – then these are mistakes that I am shamed by, not a lack of sincerity.
Bookmarks for December 9, 2015
- London Underground Station Design Idiom
One to read in depth when I have the time. Because I'm a nerd.
Bookmarks for December 4, 2015
- Study Finds Quitting Facebook Makes You Happier and Less Stressed | HUH.
I would generally agree with the results of this study, but I definitely differ in some specifics – the finding that people without Facebook have a more active social life is definitely not my experience, although I would agree that the *quality* of my social life improved without it.
Bookmarks for November 18, 2015
- wordpress – WooCommerce show custom column – Stack Overflow
How to add a custom column to a woocommerce orders page. Move along really nothing at all to see here.
Bookmarks for November 12, 2015
- Cope « Nerdcon, authorship, and the problem with games
This is of some interest to me, almost from the point of view of my own internal monologue. I have a number of friends who are professional writers of one stripe or another, and I tend to in some sense, mentally rank myself "below" them as a creator, because what I mostly create these days is narrative games – LARP. (NB: this is *entirely* about my view, not theirs, and *entirely* about the media we work in, not us as people.) I have an internal sense that my storytelling medium is less "prope…