I was asked to choose the “Struts and Frets” column, written by Harry Bartell, that will be in this year’s REPS Showcase program, which has me going back over the entire series. It’s just plain good stuff, and whether you’ve never read the series and have the entire experience to look forward to, or you already read the series when originally published and you have new things to find in them, they are more than worth the time to revisit. Written by an insider with more radio credits than he (and his daughter) could count, they are a fascinating look into the people and the time we love so much.

Read them.

http://www.lofcom.com/nostalgia/columns/struts/

I have to admit I’m a little surprised at how many people are asking me what a “blog” is. I thought everyone had run into them once or twice. But then, someone asked me what a “trackback” was, and I realised…er…I wasn’t exactly sure. I mean, I knew how to ping a trackback URL, but I wasn’t sure why I’d want to.

So I did a little search, and found an introduction to weblog terms for weblog readers written by Phil Gyford early in 2003. It is a simple yet easy-to-understand guide to some of the necessary terms to understand what blogging is and how to get the most out of it.

From Wired: Forgent Networks said Friday it sued 31 major hardware and software vendors, including Dell and Apple Computers, for allegedly infringing on its claim to an algorithm used in the popular JPEG picture file format.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,63200,00.html

The patent system in this country is completely whacked.