A while back, I amended the footer of this site to make clear that I was putting all original work I produce on this blog into the public domain. I disclaimed all intellectual property rights I may have, either copyright or otherwise. I’ve been meaning to write about this decision for so long that I [...]
Helen Dale at Skepticlawyer on the risks that naturally arise once you start charging fees (particularly high fees) for university education: [F]ee paying students will demand things of the course providers that those who received their education for free or for very little never did (or do)… Most of these demands, at least initially, are [...]
Chris Foreman at Ars Technica: Calderón said he agreed to a search after being told the police could return with a warrant, though the search turned up nothing. Apparently members of Apple’s security team also went through Calderón’s computer to look for evidence that the device had been plugged in. Those same Apple investigators—one of [...]
Robert Darnton at the New York Review of Books talks about why Judge Denny Chin found against Google in the Google Books dispute. I’m sympathetic to people that want to be able to access these books but this was not the right way. This was the big thing for me: Third, in setting terms for [...]
After about 18 months I’ve returned to Japan. I left Japan in April 2009 to return to Australia to complete the work experience component of my Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. This is a necessary step to qualifying as a solicitor and, given that I had already completed the coursework component of the Diploma, had [...]
I feel like it’s been a while since the last update (according to the archives it’s been about a month ago but it seems a lot longer). So, let’s update. The good news is that I’ve passed the coursework component of the College of Law. Hooray! This means that I’m one step closer to being [...]
OK, I don’t get it. The issue of an apology being offered by the Federal Government of the Commonwealth of Australia to Indigenous Australians is in the news again and all I seem to see are people arguing either that we do have a personal responsibility to the past or that we don’t. You have [...]
Well I’m back in Australia again. This is the second time in as many months and both times it was thanks to the course that’s been the bane of my existence since July. Well, OK, maybe ‘bane of my existence’ is a little strong. Let’s just say I’m really going to be glad when this [...]
Where did September go? Some of it I spent in Australia as part of this Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice I’m doing by correspondence. The rest of it I spent either preparing for that trip or recovering. I’ve got some posts I want to write up so hopefully I can get around to that before [...]
Over the past six months a growing amount of my life has moved online. My email is online, my to do lists, my photos, my bookmarks and even the songs I’m listening to as I write this are online. And as all this data has moved onto other people’s computers I’ve started to feel a twinge of [...]