Tuneful

Jane's Addiction last night on Carson Daly was epic. So glad they're back, so wish their new album Strays (five stars from the Guardian) was available from iTunes, along with Radiohead's new album, Hail to the Thief (three stars).

Failing that, if you are in northern California and free tomorrow night, don't miss the EFF's Digital Mix at the Black Box on Telegraph in Oakland. bIPlog has more. (I've heard CatFive, and they alone would be worth the trip!)

Tubular

From the front page of today's Los Angeles Times, "Birth by Test Tube Turns 25:"

Today, as Louise Brown approaches her 25th birthday, a once-stupendous and controversial accomplishment has become routine. In vitro fertilization is an outpatient procedure conducted at nearly 400 clinics in the United States alone. More than 1 million people conceived in lab dishes now walk the Earth.

(No, I didn't have to go that route, but know plenty of people who have.)

Item of the day I wouldn't want to be this pregnant and live without: these soft, comfy, faux-suede slacks (sans stripes, and avec more buttoned buttons) by the perplexingly-named Japanese Weekend, via the superbly-named One Hot Mama.

Deep Inc.-ing

Inc. has a July article about business blogging ("Blogging for Business") and the importance of doing it right. In fact, writer Anne Stuart appears to have a keen grasp on the sliding scale of escalating risks:

But blogs are also deceptively tricky to manage. Do it wrong and you could embarrass yourself, bore or alienate customers or prospects, contribute to information overload, and potentially even wind up on the wrong end of a lawsuit.

Worse yet, you could run afoul of the blogging community itself.

(She also managed to move me back to San Francisco without the usual inconveniences of packing, househunting and the like. My parents will be thrilled, but this is bound to come as some surprise to the husband. ;) )

The Requisite Showing Of Spamage

Jonathan Bender on Intel v. Hamidi (PDF): "Intel put forward the wrong evidence in its summary judgment papers by focusing on disruption in its workplace caused by the content of Hamidi's messages, rather than the disruption to its computer systems caused by the e-mails themselves and the likelihood of future harms caused by other ex-employees inspired by Hamidi. ... Other plaintiffs need not make the same mistake." (Note that when Jonathan's article, "California Retethers Internet 'Tresspass to Chattels' to Chattels," was posted it might not have been immediately apparent that Chief Justice George concurred in Justice Mosk's dissent. The Court has reposted the opinion to so reflect.)

I Feel Geeky, Oh So Geeky

Cory's post yesterday reminded me to submit the Woodfin Suite Hotel (more) to Geektels. Done.