Spark #156 – Canada’s Lawful Access Legistlation and Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One

My taxes pay for CBC Radio One’s Spark. I couldn’t be happier with my purchase. Spark is an intelligent and informative radio show that brings me snappy interviews with clever folks who talk about technology and internet-related issues. I also… Read moreSpark #156 – Canada’s Lawful Access Legistlation and Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One

WIKISOURCE: Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick – MANUAL AUDIOBOOK EDITION (you have to read it aloud yourself)

Wikisource, the “Free Library of source texts which are in the public domain or legally available for free redistribution” (a sister project of Wikipedia) has a now completely OCRd edition The Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick. The complete text,… Read moreWIKISOURCE: Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick – MANUAL AUDIOBOOK EDITION (you have to read it aloud yourself)

Commentary: The Ethics Of Torrents

Look at this screenshot. Just look at it! It’s screenshot of a torrent for an audiobook about ethics. The audiobook in question (one from Recorded Books’ The Modern Scholar series) is entitled Ethics, A History Of Moral Thought. It’s a… Read moreCommentary: The Ethics Of Torrents

Commentary: Philip K. Dick’s PUBLIC DOMAIN short stories, novelettes, and novellas

PHILIP K. DICK (1928 -1982) explored personal, religious, sociological, political and philosophical themes in his Science Fiction and Fantasy short stories. This post is a complete listing of every known Philip K. Dick short story published between 1952 and 1963…. Read moreCommentary: Philip K. Dick’s PUBLIC DOMAIN short stories, novelettes, and novellas