Category Archives: Commentary
10 minutes with Cory Doctorow
This past Wednesday, I had the opportunity to go see Cory Doctorow (arguably my favorite author) on the local stop of his tour for his new book Homeland. He had been … Continue reading
Thoughts on Libraries
My wife works at our local public Library. We started visiting there more recently and I was once again struck at the accessibility and amount of information there. For a … Continue reading
My Mac is not giving up yet.
About a week ago, I had a horrible thing happen. My Mac gave up the ghost. Well, sort of anyway. It didn’t really die, but it seemed like it had. … Continue reading
A little shipping experiment
Have you ever wondered about the practicality of shipping costs? Private vs Federal? I have, and last week I took some time and money to figure out what that difference … Continue reading
My Favorite Christmas Specials
I love Christmas. I love it. I wouldn’t pin it on the notion of getting a bunch of free stuff though. That is exciting, but the season and the build … Continue reading
School
Even though this blog is at AaronEiche.com, I tend not to make it very personal. It’s mostly because I don’t really want to expose most of my personal life to … Continue reading
Blurring the Lines in Digital Content Shifting
I ran into a dilemma today that I never expected to run into and it has to do with fairness when it comes to digital property. I’m an advocate of … Continue reading
But *my* phone already does that…
Today was the iPhone OS 4 announcement/meeting/thing – Basically a press conference for Apple to tell the world how awesome they are. This is not an uncommon thing and the … Continue reading
SparkFun Free Day Fallout.
Well, I tried, and everybody I know tried. None of us made it. It’s unfortunate, but I don’t think any of us are going to die. If you haven’t heard … Continue reading
Being a lousy advocate: Me and DRM
DRM, You’ve probably heard of it. Digital Rights Management. Bane of legitimate users, irritant of illigitimate users, hopeful tool of content owners. By those 3 statements, I mean to simply … Continue reading