Free Money!

Today is the last day to take advantage of the Pop!Tech registration discount available to Bag and Baggage readers. It's also the last day of preregistration for the conference. Buzz Bruggeman's already getting excited. Bottom line: if you're thinking about going to the conference, you'll spend a total of $500 less if you sign up today by clicking through this link or the graphic over there on the right (from there, navigate to the "Registration" page). And if five people register from B&B, I get to give away a complimentary registration to someone who otherwise might not be able to go. Good all around, no?

Today's New Blawg

Jeremy Phillips and Ilanah Simon in the U.K. write IPKat [via Joseph Beckman and Marty Schwimmer]:

We'll be looking at copyright, patent, trade mark (that's trademark to our American friends), branding and privacy/confidential information issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

Jeremy and Ilanah already have given us rubber duckies, patent trolls, Absolut Hunks, and frequent lists of bonus links at the end of their posts that take things from the ridiculous to the sublime. Today's post considers the intellectual property implications of MSBlast and other worms. Fascinating in its own right to be sure, but unbeatable when capped with:

Recipes for worm cakes, worm bread, and worm burgers

How to deworm computers, dogs and children

What Shakespeare thought of worms here

God, I love the Web!

Cultured Beans

Sophisticate Beanie discovers blawg finishing school: "As a result I will also refrain from speaking about rodeos, tractor pulls, dirt track racing, demolition derbies, or farming. I wouldn't want my prospective clients to misjudge me. None of my clients could ever have similar interests, right?"

Attorneys-At-Laughs

Powers Phillips, P.C., my favorite law firm I've never visited or exchanged a lick of communication with, has revamped its Web site—don't worry, if anything it's even more entertaining: "Are we real or aren't we?  That's the question plaguing web browsers everywhere."

Running For Governor Is The New Black

Ken Hamidi (yes, that Ken Hamidi) is running against Gray Davis on the Libertarian ticket. [Via ILN] Ken is joined by 134 other souls (and perhaps one news show), as listed by the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.