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• DRM only hurting legitimate users… again. This time it’s pros trying to use Adobe After Effects and Quicktime. via boingboing (0) #

• “Overwriting and why it’s bad to write more than you need to make the same point,” a fantastic post by sitcom writer Ken Levine. (0) #

• Revision3, home of some of my favorite video podcasts, have launched their new, prettier website. It’s not rendering properly in my browser right now (at least, I hope that’s not how it’s supposed to look), but it’s definitely a change for the better. Edit: The rendering issue was actually Adblock Plus blocking parts of the page. (2) #

• Miro, the free, open-source video and TV player, reviewed on FOSSWire. It’s the way I watch all my favorite video podcasts. I highly recommend it. (0) #

• Think your WPM is consistent? Prepare to be humbled. My usual high-70s (which is nothing spectacular to begin with) was brought down to low-50s on this thing. via Kottke (0) #

• Creative Commons raised over $600,000 in three months from contributors all over the globe in their annual fundraising campaign. (0) #

• Kyle at the Headspace Design blog has listed his top CSS and Flash websites of 2007. Most of these are pretty astounding. Disclosure: Kyle designed the awesome logo for my, now, semi-defunct website. (0) #

• Industry Minister Jim Prentice has said that he welcomes “extensive discussions about all of these issues” related to his controversial copyright reform bill, but, you know, *after* it’s introduced. Preferably after it’s passed, when it will take ten years to get consumer rights added to it. (0) #

• io9 is a new Gawker Media blog that’s “everything and anything you want to know about science fiction, futurism, space, comics, hackers, science, and all manner of geeky culture.” Huh. This could be awesome. via Lifehacker (0) #

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