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i'm getting hungry thinking about it
i messed up the lambburger by not eating with the feta sauce, i thought it was sour cream

Earthly Delights: When in Albuquerque, New Mexico...: "When in Albuquerque, New Mexico...

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Graze. We had lunch there on a sweltering hot, dry day with Andrea and John. I must say, I cannot even tell you what we ate. The concept of Graze is small plates and by the end, we were all satiated and pleasantly surprised we could become that way in such a few small, shared plates. I do recall that John had a lamb burger and homemade potato chips. The lamb burger was juicy and flavorful. Ah! Now I remember a watercress salad and deviled eggs and a Thai beef salad...small and delicious."

Boing Boing: Access to Knowledge treaty has a site: "Access to Knowledge treaty has a site
The Access to Knowledge treaty is an effort to get the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to start acting like a humanitarian UN agency, instead of an industry consortium solely concerned with extending copyright, patents and trademark. The treaty calls on WIPO to harmonize international law to ease the tasks of educators, archivists and those who provide access to disabled people -- today, the laws for these tasks vary from nation to nation, making international cooperation legally difficult if not impossible.

An open group of international non-governmental organizations, governments, scholars, acticists and individuals has been planning the treaty for some months now and we've finally got a web-site where all of our work is being documented and published, with calls to action and other ways to get involved. Anyone can register and add material to the site."

Mainstream Media Is Tuning In to 'Podcasting': "Now, it's 'Queer Eye Hip Tips' and 'ABC News' that dominate as the most popular podcasts on iTunes, making the one-person, in-house shows harder to spot in a sea of media logos.

The result demonstrates how a new technology can remain part of an underground culture only for so long before corporations adopt it. Indie podcasters say Apple's decision has brought them new listeners, but they complain that the iTunes Web site heavily promotes big-name podcasts while leaving out their homegrown shows."

Microsoft Courts Hollywood Allies: "Perhaps the most significant fruit emerged a year ago with the formation of a group that is close to finishing a rights-management system for high-definition video. Backers of the Advanced Access Content System, known as AACS, include tech firms Microsoft, Intel Corp. and IBM Corp.; media companies Warner Bros. and Disney; and consumer electronics companies Panasonic, Toshiba and Sony, which also makes movies.

Microsoft digital media chief Amir Majidimehr said AACS, which uses pieces of technology from Microsoft and other companies, would allow some content to be moved around within a home network, such as from a computer to a television.

The system would also allow the AACS group to reach into the house and change software if the system got hacked to produce unauthorized copies. That's a level of control rarely seen before the latest video game consoles.

But such control may alienate customers, analysts warn. Indeed, some consumer advocates complain that Microsoft is giving veto power over new technology to the risk-averse entertainment industry. Especially disturbing, they say, is the idea of buying a device that does something, only to have a piece of restricted content disable that feature later with a forced software 'upgrade.'
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Boing Boing: Internet Archive sued over Wayback Machine: "Internet Archive sued over Wayback Machine
The nonprofit Internet Archive, now nearly ten years old, is on the defending end of a bizarre copyright lawsuit."

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