I promised Ed that I would stop talking about American Idol. In fact, I really wanted to talk about law school stuff when I asked Ed to guest blog here. Idol was just a way to stir up some drama for a Friday. So, now, onto the serious stuff. Last week, one of my students [...]
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“An EU ruling means all new pint glasses are to be stamped with the European CE mark – an abbreviation of the French for “European Conformity”. It is further evidence of Europe’s grip on the traditional British way of life. Already greengrocers have been forced to sell produce in kilos and grams, rather than centuries-old [...]
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So what happens when you open up the blog to an esteemed law professor? Apparently you get American Idol blog posts. Of course no one would mistake In re: for an academic proceeding so of course this isn’t a problem, I myself can’t say I’ve really seen much of American Idol, aside from tuning in [...]
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I was flipping through Newsweek yesterday at the North Star Cafe and came across a short article titled “Taylor’s Bad Day,” which asks the provocative question: did America pick the wrong American idol? What the article refers to is the fact that “rocker” Chris Daughtry, who finished 3rd, has the No.1 album, which has sold [...]
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Unfortunately, I posted this too late. Antonella was just voted off American Idol. I felt a little sorry for her. Here’s why: There’s a website called “Vote for the Worst” at www.votefortheworst.com. The site campaigns for people to vote for the worst singer on American Idol. This year, the website has designated Antonella Barba as [...]
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So some of you may be new and not remember the itsy bitsy origins of In re: one fateful day a few summers ago while I was in Oxford for summer law classes. If you were reading then you were one of the few, and you’ll remember that it was Prof. Edward Lee of Ohio [...]
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Recently I rearranged my bedroom and in the process unearthed and set loose more dust than should really develop in 2 years, or even 10. Since then I also came down sick and while it may have been coincidence it got me interested in the air quality in the room I essentially spend the most [...]
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So if you’ve never used Google maps you’ve been missing out on one of the better web applications out there, the fairly smooth scrolling, the zooming, etc are all pretty solid. The directions themselves are pretty poor I’d say (in terms of finding a good route) but for actual map legibility and just exploring an [...]
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Well if you check out the NY Times(“Patent Fights Are a Legacy of MP3’s Tangled Origins”) article over the recent fighting involving the licensing of MP3 technology you’ll learn that it isn’t quite so simple and why so many different groups and companies have partial claim to it. Once you get your fill of that [...]
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Yes these dogs really are using the ATMS, despite not having their own bank accounts… It was to good a story to pass up on, dogs using ATMs? Well its actually assistance dogs who help by taking care of the cards and cash while the people handle the pin code. A UK assistance dog program [...]
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