Links for October 15th through October 16th

This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on October 16, 2009). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

Sometime between October 15th and October 16th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!

  • Copyright Website: "Welcome to the Copyright Website, the ultimate copyright portal. Endeavoring to provide real world, practical copyright information for over a decade.. Specialized information for webmasters, musicians, moviemakers, screenwriters, programmers and photographers. General copyright information for educators, students, web-surfers, re-mixers, mash-uppers and confused citizens."
  • 5 Reasons It Sucks Being a Joss Whedon Fan: "I like me some Joss Whedon. I consider Angel and Firefly two of the best shows of the last 15 years. I 'grr, arg' along with the end credits every time. The man knows how to write dialog, how to make badasses of the doofiest of nerds, how to make sexpots of the most unlikeliest of actors. He is a ginger titan, a colossus bestriding the tube of boob. Joss Whedon knows how to make great television. If only he did it more consistently, and without all the accompanying bullshit …" The writer's a little too angry and vulgar for me to really enjoy how he writes, but as for what he writes? Dead on. Especially his first point, #5 on the list. It's one big, glaring reason why I can't really consider myself a Whedon fan anymore, and why I can't join the Dr. Horrible cheerleader's club.
  • Business Unusual: Work That Skirt!: "In the beginning, there was the notion of just a single washable kilt. A loose, comfortable garment that, Steven Villegas says, 'I could walk around naked in.' And because you couldn’t just go out and buy a man-skirt in those days, Villegas made one. And when he saw how nicely it fit him, he wore the kilt to a Seattle nightclub. At the door a bouncer asked, 'Where can I get one of those?' And before he even got into the party, it occurred to Villegas: It’s a ballsy step, wearing a dress. Like Braveheart, only more so."
  • Interracial couple denied marriage license in La.: Holy crap. I'm amazed at the dunderheaded stupidity of people in Seattle getting all uppity about gay marriage, and this kind of crap is going on in Louisiana? In 2009? "A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long. 'I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way,' Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. 'I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else.' Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said."
  • Sublime Text: The Text Editor You’ll Fall in Love With: Good-looking text editor for Windows. May get installed on our Windows laptop, as I'm constantly searching for a decent Windows analog to TextWrangler, my primary text processor on the Mac.