Author Archives: arjaybe

About arjaybe

Jim has fought forest fires and controlled traffic in the air and on the sea. Now he writes stories.

Electronic Frontier Foundation Stupid Patent of the Month: Microsoft’s Design Patent on a Slider

Posted on 2015-12-30 by arjaybe

Patents are good. They encourage innovation. Software patents are bad. They encourage trolling. The Electronic Frontier Foundation keeps an eye on these things. They monitor the complex and usually boring details of our electronic existence, and try to warn us … Continue reading →

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Error 451: How to tell when websites have been censored

Posted on 2015-12-22 by arjaybe

I like an open Internet. So I like it when the censors are exposed, and we can tell when a website has been deliberately blocked. This new error code — 451, as in Fahrenheit 451 — is meant to do … Continue reading →

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Michael D Kern Photography

Posted on 2015-12-08 by arjaybe

Michael Kern displays his photography on his website, The Gardens of Eden. His day job is head of photography and advanced visual technologies for Essex Property Trust in Palo Alto, California. So by day he works for a real estate … Continue reading →

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