by cameron | Feb 16, 2007 | Uncategorized
This is the scariest legal precedent I’ve heard for a while.
Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel has been sentenced to five years jail in Germany for contributing to a website.
Zündel emigrated to Canada from West Germany in 1958, when he was 19. He lived there for many decades, writing pamphlets and, more recently, websites, denying the existence of the Holocaust.
Now, denying the Holocaust is a crime in Germany – but not in Canada.
In 2003, Zündel was arrested in the United States for overstaying a visa waiver and deported back to Canada. The Canadian government, however, invoking laws passed post 9/11, said he was “a threat to Canada’s national security” and threw him in jail. Canadian Federal Court Justice Pierre Blais said “Mr. Zündel’s activities are not only a threat to Canada’s national security, but also a threat to the international community of nations.” We’re invading sovereign nations, starting bloody civil wars in the process, but this guy is “a threat to the international community of nations” for writing a website? Does anything seem wrong to you?
He was then deported back to Germany where he was wanted for the crime of “inciting racial hatred”. He was placed on a trial and yesterday sentenced to five years jail.
The world has gone mad.
by cameron | Feb 14, 2007 | Podcast, Uncategorized
My Van Halen technorati feed picked up this post by A VC talking about Bob Lefsetz’s podcast. Lefsetz is a “music industry insider” who sounds like he stepped out of a Scorsese film. Yeah I know he’s Jewish but a good mob film always has one Jewish guy who the wiseguys kind of tolerate because he makes them lots of green. A N Y W A Y … Bob does this brilliant podcast for Rhino Records and this episode is all about VAN HALEN. It is simply BRILLIANT. Thank you Bob, you made my morning. This is what podcasting is all about.
by cameron | Feb 13, 2007 | Uncategorized
I installed GooSync last week to give it a test ride. If you haven’t heard of GooSync yet, it purports to be the Holy Grail that will synchronize your Outlook Calendar (boo! hiss!) with your Google Calendar (yay! hurrah!). This is especially important for those of us with Pocket PC / Windows Mobile devices who want to be able to swan around at meetings and enter appointments into our diaries but be able to synch them with the online version.
I’ve been doing this successfully for a couple of months using Funambol but it’s a desktop app and GooSync is a Pocket PC app which makes a lot more sense.
ANYWAY… the bottom line is that when I tested GooSync it borked my calendar. After three synchs, I ended up with three different versions of most of my appointments in both the Outlook and the Google calendars and some were even at different times to the original! I was able to go through Outlook and delete most of the erroneous entries but you can’t do that as easily with GCal, so I had to delete the whole frikkin calendar and start again (fortunately that’s a pretty painless process).
Anyone else having trouble with GooSync or know the reason for my troubles?
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by cameron | Feb 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
I need to clean a bunch of entries out of my Windows registry. Using regedit it going to take me forever. There has to be a freeware tool that will allow me to search the registry for a particular term and delete all entries. Any recommendations? I’ve spent a while looking for a nice one today but can’t find anything for a reasonable price.
by cameron | Feb 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
I never get tired of watching Jeff Han demo this multi-touch interface. On one hand it is completely revolutionary but on the other hand I have this mental response of “yeah of course”. It just seems like the way computing should be going. These are the kinds of innovations I want, not prettier START buttons. Jeff Han deserves a Noble Prize for this work.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JcSu7h-I40]
by cameron | Feb 9, 2007 | Uncategorized
When I was in SF in November I attended Kevin Maney’s tech industry jam session. When I got up on stage to sing a few numbers it marked the first time I’ve sung on stage since about 1990. Since then I’ve found myself playing a lot more guitar and thinking a lot more about putting together a band.
Here’s what I’m thinking. Instead of a few geeks getting together just to drink and eat pizza, why don’t we start a regular jam session? I’ll find a venue (a bar) and once a month we can book it out, and get together for a jam session with guests. Private invite only. Have some fun, network with other geeks, and keep our chops up at the same time. Might even release an album on the TPN record label.
If you play an instrument or sing and would like to jam with me once a month, fill in the form below and put “G’Day World Band” in the comments section (so I can sift through the comment spam).
