This Wired article shows there's still at least one company willing to challenge the RIAA's attack on music lovers. I'm very interested to see what happens.

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The New Science of Dyslexia

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FINALLY, HOPE IS ON THE HORIZON FOR PEOPLE WITH DYSLEXIA.

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RIAA, Colleges Seek Piracy Fix

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How to Tell if the RIAA Wants You

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Blogging for Bucks.

Great Wired article about an excellent blog.

Enjoy the read. (I actually blogged this the other day, but for some reason it didn't take)

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) should really think about who they're going after. As I've mentioned before, they will not stop until they sue everyone with a computer. This is completely insane. Look at it this way. The people being targeted are the very customers who make the Recording Industry and their artists successful. Check out this entry in the following Wired.com article:

Bob Barnes, a 50-year-old grandfather in Fresno, California, and the target of another subpeona, acknowledged sharing "several hundred" music files. He said he used the Internet to download hard-to-find recordings of European artists because he was unsatisfied with modern American artists and grew tired of buying CDs without the chance to listen to them first.

"If you don't like it, you can't take it back," said Barnes, who runs a small video production company with his wife from their three-bedroom home. "You have all your little blonde, blue-eyed clones. There's no originality."

You know there are maybe millions of people who feel this way. Music is overpriced, but we still keep on buying. We'd like to have at least some control over what we buy. The RIAA needs to get a clue.

Drive your motorized wheelchair with your mind. Newscientist.com Very cool!

It's great to see all the publicity Cafe Signes is getting. When reading this BBC article about this interesting restaurant/bar, one really gets the feel for it's light and enjoyable atmosphere. Once again, enjoy.

Here we go again. Look who's tying up the criminal justice system now. This is really getting old. I guess this wired.com article proves the RIAA will not stop until they can sue everyone with a computer. Come on already!

Attention "Recording Industry Association of America" This Wired.com article is for you! Here's a sample of the article:

In a January 2003 paper called "The Music Business and the Big Flip," Shirky wrote that instead of record labels filtering what people hear, the industry should be throwing everything into the public domain and allowing the public to choose what is popular through systems like collaborative filtering.

A working 'publish, then filter' system that used our collective judgment to sort new music before it gets played on the radio or sold at the record store would be a revolution."

Take note RIAA.

This is a fascinating article in Wired.com. I can just imagine Beetles body surfing after being hit by a wave. If looking at the DNA of the tiger beetle (in museums) can help scientists reintroduce "the beetle" into their natural habitat, it'll be like a small version of Jurassic Park--I know, not exactly--well, you'll see what I mean. Enjoy!

People should be aware of what's being done to try and reduce Global warming. I'm not sure if burying it underground is the way to go. Anyway, you decide after reading this Wired.com article.

I just think if a site like mine gets hacked (and it has), it must be that these hackers are just not good enough to take down the bigger web sites. This Wired.com article makes it obvious.

Irish Special Olympics to end after an emotional week
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AFP article

I know this is the second time I've posted a story about the Cafe Signes-a restaurant-bar in Paris-but it's such a good idea, it needed to be told again in this well written article by the Christian Science Monitor.
It's definitely a bold move I believe we need to see more of in this country. I mean, what is more mainstream than running a bar-restaurant right smack in the middle of Paris. In this case, it's the deaf running things. In the States it could also be the deaf, or, it could be anyone with a disability doing it. For that matter, people with disabilities are already running other businesses. It would be nice to see it more. To me it's just a no-brainer. I'm just not sure the general public really gets it. We need to follow Cafe Signes example. There's no reason to believe we can't make believers out of the world. What do you think? Send me an email. Blast me, if you must.

For any of you who think it doesn't matter what the world thinks about America, think again! You definitely should read this tantalizing op-ed piece by Thomas L. Friedman.
NY Times (The Times requires registration)