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Review: The Internet’s Own Boy

In ReviewsTags Aaron Swartz, Creative Commons, documentary, Film Review, JSTOR, MIT, reddit, SOPA, Technology/Internet, The Internet's Own Boy, USA, video, VimeoJuly 1, 20140 ViewsLeave a comment

Aaron Swartz committed suicide on 11 January 2013 after nearly two years of being under pressure from prosecutors over his frenzy of downloading JSTOR articles in an automated fashion. During his short life of 26 years, Aaron had contributed much to the Internet. He helped to author RSS 1.0 specifications, authored the RFC for RDF+XML media type, created Markdown and drove Reddit. His role in campaigning against Stop Online Privacy Act proved to be instrumental. SOPA sought to combat Internet copyright …

The Newsroom’s Opening Scene: America is Not The Greatest in The World

In My NotepadTags The Newsroom, TV, USASeptember 30, 20122 ViewsLeave a comment

Can’t believe that I missed this show out. This snippet of the opening scene of The Newsroom is sufficient to draw me to the show. Time to head back to watching US TV serials.