11 Aug 2005
Furniture Causes FedEx Fits

Ah, corporate lawyers! They can be so blindingly stupid at times! If I were FedX, I'd be offering Mr. Avila a free supply of shipping boxes to furnish his pad, paying for his bandwidth, and using it to promote my company in a very clever manner at a relatively low cost. But alas! it seems as though the "IP Legal Team" got there first.

If I were UPS, I be in touch with Mr. Avila, offering ...

Shipping boxes make nifty desks, beds and tables, according to the creator of Fedexfurniture.com. But the delivery company is trying to shut him down. By Kristen Philipkoski.

(link) [Wired News]

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Man Fires Gun at Car to Silence Alarm

Who among us has not, in their deepest secret fantasies, wished to do this?

AP - A man annoyed by a noisy car alarm fired at least three bullets into a Toyota Camry, silencing the alarm and bringing out police who hauled him away in handcuffs, authorities said.

(link) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]

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Copyright Office poll: IE-only OK?

Is this a signal of bias towards large corporations? Only if you're a conspiracy theorist: "Never ascribe to conspiracy that which is perfectly explicable by stupidity."

As it prepares to launch a system for copyright holders, the U.S. office wants to know what people think of being restricted to IE.

(link) [CNET News.com]

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Science's Quest to Banish Fat in Tasty Ways

Wanna eat healthy? It's really quite simple: run down to your local farmers market (or farm) and buy your food straight from the source, before these "food scientists" get a chance to muck it up.

With two-thirds of Americans overweight, food companies have commissioned their scientists to develop healthier products.

(link) [NYT > Home Page]

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