Dr. Albert Hoffman has died. Hoffman was the discoverer of LSD.

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Sorry about the feed, folks – as some of you noticed, the new version of WordPress broke it. I believe I’ve fixed it. This post also serves to test that belief.

On his way in to work, DJ demonstrates the ideal commute. Read the rest of this entry »

Thomas Hawk is making a journey this weekend into Yosemite with Michael Adams, son of Ansel – and I’m slightly envious. He, Scoble and Marc Silber are working on a video show called “Photo Cycle” that I’m now really looking forward to.

At long last, the FDA will no longer allow foods with HFCS to be labeled “natural.”

This is an issue that affects all of us. We spend billions of dollars enforcing marijuana laws, and distract good cops from enforcing real crimes. Almost a million people are arrested for marijuana possession each year. Many of them end up with permanent criminal records and are barred forever from receiving federal student aid. People don’t just have their lives ruined; some have even died as a result of marijuana law enforcement (e.g. shot to death in paramilitary style raids – yes, it happens.)

The criminalization of marijuana was pure foolishness driven by racism, hysteria and corporate special interests.

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“These are not soft numbers.  They are depression numbers.”

Here’s some early evidence.  She might, like, think independently and stuff.

Google has been trying to prohibit people from photographing their trade show booth at the Web 2.0 Expo. I’m getting really sick of all this. While this pales in comparison to the kind of photographer harassment I’ve whined about in the past, it does demonstrate a continuing odd attitude held by many toward photographers in public places. It’s one thing if you’re a badge-drunk sheriff’s deputy in San Antonio -but quite another for a forward-thinking technology company. It makes even less sense for a company that takes pictures of public streets and buildings and then makes them publicly available.

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