02007-06-24 | Uncategorized
Slashdot | Google May Close Gmail Germany Over Privacy Law
“Google is threatening to shut down the German version of its Gmail service if the German Bundestag passes it’s new Internet surveillance law. Peter Fleischer, Google’s German privacy representative says the new law would be a severe blow against privacy and would go against Google’s practice of also offering anonymous e-mail accounts. If the law is passed then starting 2008, any connection data concerning the internet, phone calls (With position data when cell phones are used), SMS etc. of any German citizen will be saved for 6 months, anonymizing services like Tor will be made illegal.”
Why not also force people to keep every postcard and letter for six months in case they will get investigated? Awful.
02007-06-23 | Uncategorized
Recorded this with my phone a few days ago.
02007-06-23 | Uncategorized
SSRI: CDs & Merchandise
We added a Google Checkout option to our CD mailorder store. Google Checkout is very quick and easy and allows you to use more types of credit cards. We wanted to start offering Google Checkout in the ListeningLounge as well, but in order to manage a customer’s music library we must require users to register before downloading music, and Google Checkout requires that we not require users to register.
02007-06-23 | Environment
Blyth‘s translation of a poem by Shiki:
Millionaires,
Come and drink of this clear water,
And bears.
Whether they are rich or poor, man or beast, they need water. Looking at this from the other perspective, the water does not distinguish between rich or poor, man or beast. I am often aware of this because music is like water. We play for wonderful listeners and for drunks, beautiful people and unsavory characters. Music is a gift for all. It is free, really, and the price of the ticket just ensures that it will continue to be available.
Thank you Y.
02007-06-23 | Uncategorized
How to Soundproof an Apartment to Muffle Your Wife’s Drumming
The measures that my wife and I took – spending thousands of dollars (and countless hours) on consultants, contractors, materials and gadgets in order to turn our new dining room into a professional-caliber music studio — might go beyond the needs of many people. But the lessons we learned would benefit anyone who entertains thoughts of soundproofing their home.
