I have finished converting and uploading the Shadow Magazine stories for 1946, 1947 and 1948 to this web site. After 1948, the magazine was published on a very irregular basis, so I have only a few more to be converted.
I charged the battery for the Plymouth overnight, and the car started up fine yesterday. I drove it into the garage, put it up on jack stands and checked out my problem with no brakes. The brakes are definitely connected, but I get no resistance when I press the brake pedal, so I think I need a new master cylinder. I will order one and will work on rebuilding the carburetor while I’m waiting for the master cylinder.
In theory, I’ve been a big fan of Lulu.com, a web site that helps people publish books that are not wanted by standard publishers. I have not had an opportunity to sample their product until yesterday, though.
An acquaintance of mine, Jeff Duntemann, used to be in the publishing business running a company called the Coriolis Group. That crashed and burned because of market realities, but he still wants to get his stuff out there for others. He is a big electronics fan and was an avid reader of Popular Electronics back in the day. He especially liked a series run in PE called Carl & Jerry. He decided that they should be preserved for the world, so he got permission from the copyright holder and is publishing those stories in five volumes using Lulu. So far, he has finished Volume One and Volume Two.
I ordered these two books, and they came yesterday. I am impressed with the quality of Lulu’s binding work, and I think this is a good way for anyone with something important to say, to get it into print.
Silly sign of the day:
Free/Open Source Software
- French National Assembly moves to Linux
- OpenMoko needs your help
- A dozen tips for testing free software
- Remote Desktop for Linux
RIAA/MPAA/IFPI/BSA/FCC
- File-Sharing Lawsuit Worries Techies
- Viacom sues Google over YouTube clips
- Video Game Execs Join BSA, RIAA, MPAA In The Bogus Piracy Stats Brigade
- RIAA Sues Stroke Victim in Michigan
- RIAA action hits a foul note
- Harsher Penalties Sought for Piracy
Stupid Patent Tricks, DRM and Other IP Nonsense
- Who Controls Your Television?
- American Studios’ Secret Plan to Lock Down European TV Devices
- 18 Reasons why Google and YouTube are Guilty of Copyright Infringement
- YouTube’s fate rests on decade-old copyright law – The Dumbass Millenium Copywrong Act strikes again.
- EU Commissioner criticizes iPod-iTunes tie-in
Other News
- Dutch reject USB flash drive tax
- Gonzales rejects calls for resignation
- Federal agencies ban Windows Vista
- Mentally Unfit, Forced To Fight
- E.E. “Doc” Smith’s Triplanetary – Free
- Corps placed faulty pumps in New Orleans
- Federal agencies ban Windows Vista
- Radical new Boeing aircraft takes flight
Security/Our Rights
- TSA “surges” screening in airport secure areas
- Microsoft is the world’s biggest cause of zombie remailers
- Your new ID-theft worry? Photocopiers
- Breaches of personal data: blaming the myth and punishing the victim
Big Brother
- Veto looms over homeland security bill – “Our control is everything.”
- Today’s debate: USA Patriot Act
- Smart Card Alliance Not Particularly Concerned About Privacy Implications Of REAL ID Act
- FBI Slips Demand Patriot Act Cuts