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    JESS3 / The State of The Internet

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    Found on Vimeo, via Mashable.

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  2. \x0a Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love\x0a \x0a \x0a
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    I’ve generally been a fan of ad-blocking, but after reading this I’m going to have to re-examine my behavior.  At the very least, I’m now showing ads when I’m on arstechnica.com.

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    It’s fine if a site chooses static display ads, but for every one of those there are dozens that serve popups, flashy junk, or loud audio as a part of their advertising.

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    That kind of stuff I will not tolerate, if I have the means to avoid it.

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    [via Lots and Lots of Bloggers]

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    It seems as though I sign up for one or two new online accounts each week, checking out various services to see if they’re worth the trouble.

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    Needless to say, only a fraction of these become keepers.  Even though I use disposable email addresses to keep the spam level down, I don’t want to keep active accounts on a bunch of sites I don’t use.

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    Delete Your Account shows you how to remove accounts from many popular sites, and I hope they keep going with it (the latest entries date back to last July, so I’m crossing my fingers).

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    [via Lifehacker]

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    Betty Boop and Grampy (1935)

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    Do you remember these bands?

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    Flickr’d by wackystuff.

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  6. \x0a For The Love Of Culture\x0a \x0a \x0a
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    It’s been difficult for me to grasp what’s been going on with Google’s free online digital library, now that they’ve drafted a complex settlement with publishers.

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    I liked it a lot more when they simply insisted that what they were doing was fair use, so back off and let them do their thing (technically, they still assert this).

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    Instead we’re dealing with a new system of access to written material that bears no semblance to a traditional library in form, function, or freedom.

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    Don’t get me wrong, I love the promise of Google Books.  I just don’t think the precedent their settlement creates is quite the bargain it might first seem to be.

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    Lawrence Lessig explains the whole deal much better than I could in this article, and provides a useful context to the ongoing drama.  A long-ish read, but well worth the effort.

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    [via BoingBoing]

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    It seems like I share all too much bad news on the Copyright and Fair Use front, so it’s with great pleasure that I read of Stephanie Lenz’ victory over Universal Music Group.

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    My hope is that this will signal a trend toward less abuse of the DMCA, but I’m not holding my breath.

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    If you’re an audiophile, you probably prefer downloading music that’s “lossless”, meaning no audio data has been dropped to reduce file sizes.

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    If you’re not, you probably use the ubiquitous MP3 format, which manages to to an excellent job at squashing audio files down to size, but is “lossy” — it removes data from the source.

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    Trusted Reviews tested to see if people could really tell the difference, and the result will surprise some.

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    [via /., who warns of many ads and such on this page]

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    Erica Sandberg reveals that what we do online can actually effect our credit.

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    Creditors look at who we are connected to, what we post, and how we conduct ourselves when determining how much of a risk we are — making it yet another reason why we need to be aware of what we share with the online world.

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    [via Consumerist]

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  10. \x0a Become a Gmail Master Redux\x0a \x0a \x0a
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    Ahh.  Two of my favorite web flavors, together again.

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    Lifehacker shows us how to be a Gmail ninja, and believe me, there’s a lot of cool stuff packed in there.  If you’re a Gmail user and like power tools, you’ll find everything you need to take the best webmail service to the next level in this article.

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