Eben Moglen is a law professor at Columbia University.

As well as the Director-Counsel and Chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center.

He’s also a well-known privacy advocate.

Eben Moglen is a very well respected in high-tech circles.

So why has he gotten into the habit of [more...]

Yeah, we know — this year, you’re finally going to lose weight.

And exercise more.

And stop smoking.

Those are all great New Year’s resolutions — for you.

But none of them [more...]

I was still awake at the stroke of midnight, when my birthday started.

Laying in bed, I was cuddling Max in the crook of my left arm; with my right hand, I was petting Bud as he lay in his doggie bed, on the floor next to my side of the bed. Petey was laying on my wife’s hip as she slept.

We all slept-in late this morning.

Then, I fed all of the pets their breakfast, let the dogs [more...]

A few days ago, I described the methodology that I would follow if I wanted to try to predict the next few years of technology.

in a nutshell, look at what’s currently out there, and think about where it appears to be heading — sort of like aiming a gun ahead of a moving target.

I presume that financial speculators use that same basic methodology to help them decide which new companies to invest in.

And it sure looks to me like [more...]

When I was a kid, that’s what all of my friends would ask after Christmas every year.

Then we’d all describe the coolest new toys we had received.

And ridicule the relatives who had cluelessly given us clothing or pajamas.

When I became an adult, important Christmas activities quickly evolved from “What’dya get?” to “What’dya give?”

That’s when I learned [more...]

They’ve been on the market for years, but my wife and I still don’t own a digital LCD TV.

All of our TVs are the old, analog, CRT models, and they all still work just fine.

Two of our TVs have only a coaxial (cable TV) jack.

While the one in our living room has both a coaxial jack and composite video and audio jacks.

No DVI. No HDMI. Not even [more...]

When it comes to entertainment, I’m somewhat of a non-conformist.

In fact, I’m probably more of a contrarian.

The more everyone raves about a new movie, the less I want to see it.

That’s because, long ago, I came to the realization that I’m not a member of the target audience for most new entertainment.

In other words, I’m [more...]

I’ve always assumed that the people who read my Web site are “smarter than the average bear.”

For those of you who aren’t baby boomers, that’s a reference to Yogi Bear, a cartoon character from my childhood.

Anyway, along with my belief about this site’s readers, I’ve also always believed several other things about intelligence and the human brain.

As an intelligent person, you probably [more...]