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Google+Zotero, the Firefox extension for managing research and citations, has expanded support for legal materials: We are excited to announce a set of seven new translators of particular interest to those who study law. Zotero users can now automatically capture … Continued
Monthly Archives: June 2007
Freedom of Speech in the United States
An excellent library of court decisions related to free speech in the United States, compiled as part of a book, Freedom Of Speech In The United States, by Dale A. Herbeck and Thomas L. Tedford. Covers historical development in England, … Continued
OpenDNS
I have been using OpenDNS for quite a while now to increase the reliability and speed of Internet access. (“DNS” is the system used to translate human-friendly names into computer-friendly numeric addresses.) It’s reliable and invisible. I’m only noticing it … Continued
Search Warrants Required for Email (Maybe)
Freedom to Tinker notes: The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday, in Warshak v. U.S., that people have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their email, so that the government needs a search warrant or similar process to access … Continued
CIA and the Freedom of Information Act
The CIA has established this site to provide the public with an overview of access to CIA information, including electronic access to previously released documents. Because of CIA’s need to comply with the national security laws of the United States, … Continued
Update to Domain Name Change
It looks like the domain name change has finally “taken.” Hopefully most things have been updated on the site itself, and URLs going to the old site should be redirected. Now I just need to finish moving myself, and I … Continued
Domain Name Change
in propria persona is moving from my domain (ekris.org) to its own home at http://www.inpropriapersona.com. The move should be seamless, but there may be some limited disruptions over the next few days.
14 Ways to Speed Up Your Site
From Steve Souders, author of High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge for Front-End Engineers, comes the following useful 14 “Rules for High Performance Web Sites“: Rule 1 – Make Fewer HTTP Requests Rule 2 – Use a Content Delivery Network … Continued
Free Web Stats Evaluation
I am evaluating a variety of free statistics providers at the moment. If in propria persona seems to be loading slowly, or you notice lots of calls to external sites (especially external tracking scripts), now you’ll know why. As of … Continued
On Intellectual Property
Image via Wikipedia Lawrence Lessig writes: Physical property and the intangible property we call copyright are different. Jefferson pointed to one difference. But the really crucial difference that I’ve been trying to get people to see is that physical property … Continued
"Webs of Significance," Clifford Geertz
Cover of The Interpretation of Cultures An individual is bound up in a series of symbolic or mythic representations — ”man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun” (Clifford Geertz, Interpretation of Cultures) — which serve to generate and … Continued
Is it OK to Share my WiFi? (Comcast)
So, with the growth of FON and Whisher, not to mention more informal sharing between neighbors, the question arises: is this legally acceptable from the perspective of the broadband subscriber? (Note: please do not rely on this for legal advice. … Continued
Two Approaches to Community WiFi Sharing
Two different, broad-based approaches to community-based WiFi sharing: Whisher You don’t need to leave your WiFi open in order to share it with others. Simply enable encryption on your access point or router (WEP/WPA) and Whisher will do the rest. … Continued
FISA/CALEA and "Lawful Intercept" Technologies
As I noted earlier, May 14th was the official deadline for CALEA compliance for a number of industries. How, you may be wondering, does one implement such a thing? These solutions are typically divided into three key functions: access, mediation … Continued
