EFF’s Legal Guide for Bloggers

For Freedom's SakeBookmark it. Please.

Because if I catch you asking me any dumb questions that are answered in here I'm going to make fun of you, and nobody wants that to happen, do they?

The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Legal Guide for Bloggers

I'm going to assume you know what country you live in, and whether, therefore, any of this applies to you. Not so fast, Canucks and Brits…you're more co-opted than you thought. You need to read this, too.

Liberty waits on your typing

Operation Global Media Domination: Technorati kneels

TIAThe view is more beautiful now that it is mine.

Technorati Rank: 196,923

I suppose two pretty much solid weeks in the WordPress Top 100 (out of 179,000)kinda suggested to Technorati that they maybe needed to think about updating their data and poof! All of a sudden I've gone up by a quarter of a million places in the blogosphere. If only it happened in real time, but that would be awfully Web 2.0 of them. I suppose batch processing once a month isn't that bad, it's just that much worse than their PR.

Update: And today, thanks to Chaucer's dirty bits and a Fleshbot pass-along, I'm #1 AND #2 on the WordPress Sex tag. My mother would be so proud!

PSA: Pornstar for a Day!

From Fleshbot via Gawker:Ron Jeremy, Dream Date!

Our pervy sibling Fleshbot is proud to announce a wholesome contest taking place in New York, in which one lucky perv will win the chance to break into the lucrative world of pornography, courtesy of punky alt-porn lady Joanna Angel:

Joanna herself will create what is known in the porn industry as a “non-sexual role ” for you (with lines and everything!) in her upcoming “Joanna Angel’s Fuckin’ Guide to Fucking”, scheduled to begin filming in New York City this weekend.

To win, send a statement of 25 words or less to fleshbotcontests@gmail.com explaining why you’d like to be in the movie and why you’d be perfect for the role. Sounds easy, but 25 witty words can be tough when you’ve got your hand shoved down your pants.

Fleshbot Contest: So You Want to Be a Porn Star [Fleshbot – NSFW]

Blog Post o’ the Day: The Court Interpreter

Another post I got from repeatedly hitting "Next Blog," which sounds like a dreadfully time-consuming way to find material, but generally pays off within five clicks. You'd be surprised and, if you're a sour old puss like me, heartened, to see how much talent and spirit there is out there.

A snippet from The Court Interpreter's story on the mild-mannered Mexican and the sinister tendencies of some who hold power over such men.

For a split second I felt powerful and the sensation quickly turned into something unpleasant and I enjoyed explaining to him that he didn’t owe me anything. He looked grateful, thanked me, and quietly walked away.

And then … you hear about stories like these…

Cafe Society…or is that “Barista Society?”

You just never know what glamorous star you'll run into at a MediaBistro party!

Gannon!!! OMFG!!! IT'S GANNON IN THE FLESH!!!