Hrmmm… For years, I’ve been under the impression that EFF stood for “Electronic Freedom Frontier”, but I just noticed on my credit card bill that their name is really “Electronic Frontier Foundation”.
A quick Google search shows I’m not alone in my confusion, but the phrase only appears once anywhere on eff.org.
Anyone know the history of their name?
I love Microsoft’s ergonomic keyboards, and am delighted to see that the next model will have the proper Home/End/Delete block layout.
Tool to calculate how good your household’s energy usage is. Comparatively, our’s is horrendous. I wonder if we can train Bacon to run around in a wheel…?
Early days yet (definitely falling into the half-an-app rather than half-assed-app), but this is a good start on the shared web-calendar problem. If they solve syncing-with-Outlook in a decent manner, they’ll be millionaires by Christmas.
The Music Genome Project launch their little music player app. Not sure yet if I like it, but its recommendations certainly are interesting — based upon musical elements, rather than your usual “People who listened to Super Furry Animals also listened to…” approach.
Is Wikipedia’s definition of Nihilartikel a Nihilartikel itself?
The snopes.com Nihilartikels — Fabricated explanations to catch out folks ripping off the site.
“Esquivalience” is revealed as a Nihilartikel hidden in the OED to foil pirates.
Heads up, Britons! The Daily Show — the best satire on TV anywhere in the world today — is hitting the (digital) British airwaves in October.
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