In March 2023, I backed the SeeAir Tankless Dive System on Kickstarter. Compact, battery-powered underwater breathing gadget. Polished renders, a slick video, spec sheets that looked legit. $362 for the dive unit and a couple accessories. Seemed fair.
According to an US news site "You know the bands - their names, their music, their image - everything is licensed. And if somebody takes a photograph of the band, and that picture ends up on e-bay and somebody's paying money for it, the band's not seeing any of that revenue, then they have a problem with it," Barry Kohlus, with The Backyard, said. So let me get this right, if I take a picture of something and sell it, what's in the picture should get money for it? If I take a picture of the Eiffel tower, should I pay some Paris agency for that? If I take a picture of someone, should I pay them for it? Hmm.... I've been in the newspapers a couple of times, twice on TV and in various sites. Does that mean that all these places should pay me for the picture? 
Obviously, someone must have their licencing wrong.
So, this blog now uses the Kubrick team, even though I'm having a couple of problems with it. So I did a quick google to see how many admitted to using it, and I thought I'd link up a few here. I won't comment on the ones that haven't made any real changes, but since I'm planning to I thought I'd see what other people have been doing.
I was recommended to have a look at the webpage to Maria Solheim, singer & lyric writer. I'll have to listen to some of her music.
Zoto looks really nice, and I should visit it frequently because it has no RSS feed. Ehm.... that of course means, I'm putting the picture gallery for blogs up here and hope that I come back for it. I first read about this at PhotoMatt today, and even though he sais WordPress is not supported, obviously they're working at it. I'll give 'em a ping and ask for that RSS feed. I love image RSS feeds! 
Fresh photos, a glance of people's lives without reading all the time. Call me lazy, but I've always loved photos
The news is out, alcohol is good for you. Of course, everyone just points to this article to legitimize their drinking, not reading it and certainly disregarding all articles that say the opposite. And I love strange conclusions: such as, I should drink half a bottle of wine before studying.
A for the geeks variant on how to be creative is available at GapingVoid. I must admit disagree with his way of thinking, but by the sound of it, he's trying to make people think big and beyond. I'd prefer introducing people to the subtleties. But I'm no teacher, so when I find that someone has done this, I'll link to him.
In his article on Great Hackers, Paul Graham works on how productive coders actually like to work. This is a little piece I hope my current, my future and my past employers will read. While I'm sure they are heaps of exceptions, this is very much how it works for me. So if this is the kind of work I'll be doing, do read.
Hendrik Scholz has made a great case in his article FreeBSD source keyword statistics that FreeBSD hackers should stop writing comments, or lie when writing them
An interesting site is http://www.seewhatyoushare.com where a lot of documents and images have been revieled that apparently have been shared through P2P networks. Someone learn the military how to use a computer. Anyways, the really great picture among them is this:
Remember Seinfeld's sketch with Kramer and the hot coffee? Well... happened to me today. You know it's a dangerous occupation when you have to go three stories to get a good cup of coffee