Sorry for the silence around here lately. We've been gearing up to move to our new primary domain, AskEMB.com. The new site comes with a new posting back end, and for the time being, I'll have to create all of my new posts in both places. The shock of it has put me right off of posting for two weeks. Or at least that's my excuse. It's not a good one. How about I just start posting again? Good? Good.

By way of making up, I humbly offer the following. 

• How to Behave on an Internet Forum.
  This is a lovely little animated vid. Really well done. The animation
  looks like it was done by the same folks who did the intro for The I.T.
  Crowd.

• Ars Technica's review of  RIAA's "Reefer Madness" for the Digital Age. This is the best film review I've read in a long time. Snip:

"This
highly entertaining film isn't destined for theaters and was actually
intended for use as a training video to familiarize district attorneys
with the complexities of anti-piracy enforcement. The video was leaked
and made available on the Internet. When we saw it for ourselves, we
just couldn't keep a straight face. Instead of reporting on the facts
surrounding the leak (first noticed by p2pnet), we thought it would be
more fun for all involved if we treated it like a theatrical release
and reviewed it accordingly."

I also attended a screening. I
LOLd, I cried, I was physically ill. This film is a masterpiece for its
powerful use of irony. If you're not into irony, it's worth watching
just so that you'll be socially literate when all the geeky references
to it start popping up in your favorite media. Yes, it's that meme-ey. 

• Revo Uninstaller.
  Have you ever noticed that Windows doesn't do that great of job of
  uninstalling the crap from programs you'd like to have gone forever?
  Revo is what the Windows Add-Remove Programs applet should be. And it
  comes with extra features. Oh, and it's free as in beer. You want this.