Here’s a very interesting take on the whole ‘Peer-to-peer files sharing is costing us billions’ thing: Share and Snare.

Hunter’s company has developed software that helps content providers put their legitimate versions of material being pirated onto the file-share networks in such a way that it overwhelms the pirated versions of the same material.

“If 15 percent of the roughly 150 million people on these networks are willing to pay for the content, that’s 20 million customers,” Hunter said. “It’s foolish of any business to deny themselves the opportunity to make that sale.”

City summons 106-year-old Norwegian to start first grade at school.

Born in 1897, computers in Os township, near the west coast city of Bergen, misread the ’97’ in her birth date as 1997. Thinking her to be just six-years-old, she was sent a letter about her new school.

Thanks to Claire for the link.

I found this today; the Brick Testament. It’s a selection of stories from the bible illustrated in Lego. Pretty cool.

Some people have way too much time on their hands 🙂