Author Archives: Marion Jensen

My mom (mum) and dad (dad) are visiting London this week and next… So this story wasn’t exactly welcome news. But apparently there are no casualties, so that is good.

If you haven’t used Google Maps yet, you really should give it a try. It’s a great tool, and it’s open source so you can do all sorts of fun things with it. If you have used google maps, and … Continue reading →

So I just read an article by John Dvorak. The title is “Creative Commons Humbug”, but it might just as well be, “I’m clueless and snarky”. I had a nice post all thought out in which I make fun of … Continue reading →

So I was driving down to SLC to do another book signing (didn’t sell any books, but I saw my cousin Kristy, so the trip was worth it). Saturday radio is almost as exciting as collecting early French tin foil. … Continue reading →

Cory Doctorow is releasing his book online for free, the same day it is being ‘published’. On his site he gives the reasons why, as well as a great quote from Woody Guthrie: “This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under … Continue reading →

An Australian man has beed found guilty of a crime involving free mp3s. He wasn’t making them available to others, rather he linked to a page that was making them available to others. I guess you need to be careful … Continue reading →

When I was younger we had to turn off the nintendo when mom told us to because video games were a waste of time. Back then we didn’t have research that showed that maybe the opposite was true. But now … Continue reading →

So, after the attacks in London, are the British afraid? I’m thinking not…

So I was watching Broken Arrow on TV the other night and they had the ‘ticking bomb’. You know what I’m talking about, the LED screen that is counting down, and when it reaches 0, the bomb explodes. I started … Continue reading →

So I’m probably the last person on earth to realize it, but Freaks and Geeks is a very fine show. I just checked out the first disk on DVD and I’m almost tempted to renew my MVP membership, just so … Continue reading →