Do bloggers really wear red capes and goggles?

Cory Doctorow, caped high-altitude blogger
Originally uploaded by ptufts.

- Do bloggers really wear red capes and goggles and blog from high-altitude balloons?
- No! Well, Cory Doctorow does.


Here's the XKCD strip that inspired this:

16th Annual EFF Pioneer Awards (photos)

I went to the 16th Annual EFF Pioneer Awards tonight. The opening entertainment was a debate between Fred von Lohmann and Mark Cuban over the merits of Youtube and the DMCA. It was a high spirited and good natured fight over the companies "cowering behind the DMCA" (Cuban) versus the convenience to copyright holders of being able to take down offending content without court action (von Lohmann).

Afterwards, the EFF presented awards to Bruce Schneier, Yochai Benkler, and Cory Doctorow. Yochai Benkler was unable to attend, but sent a prerecorded acceptance speech. Bruce Schneier was "introduced" via the presentation of some Bruce Schneier facts before coming on stage. Cory Doctorow was presented with goggles and a red cape (thanks to this comic) before giving a particularly moving acceptance speech (and an engagement announcement, too!)



(full photoset here)

Bunnie and Tim

Bunnie and Tim
Originally uploaded by ptufts.

I'm at ETech this week, and this morning blogging from the Executive Briefing. Bunnie Huang talked about the design of the Chumby, and how working with Chinese manufacturers has made rapid design turnaround and low cost possible. It's transform the hardware industry, and Chumby and OLPC are two of the high profile projects that got this new model early on and are benefiting from it.