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mass producing your fake revolution

Time Warner, one of the largest media companies in the world, is paid a fee with the sale of each mask, as it owns the rights to the image.

Just in case you were wondering, your shitty “anon” masks are only making them money.

What’s a revolution without a little capitalism?

Lessig Blog, v2: On the pathological way Apple deals with its customers

Lessig Blog, v2: On the pathological way Apple deals with its customers:

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So this has been a week from Apple hell. Apple did a major upgrade of its suite of software — from the operating system through applications. Stupidly (really, inexcusably stupid), I upgraded immediately. Every Apple-related product I use has been crippled in important ways.

I’m going to…

Words: Barry GrahamArt: Vince Larue

Words: Barry Graham

Art: Vince Larue

I've got your Halloween reading needs covered

Want some Scottish urban supernatural horror? Of Darkness and Light has been making readers sleep with the light on since 1989.

Like scary graphic novels? Based loosely on Of Darkness and Light, but set in Phoenix, AZ, Dark Heat is a collaboration between French artist Vince Larue and me.

Like William Hope Hodgson’s Carnacki stories? "The Host" is my update on that series, a short story set in contemporary Scotland, published only on Kindle.

If you've ever bought a paperback of mine on Amazon, you now get the Kindle book for free

Most of my books are enrolled in Kindle Matchbook, which went live today. What this means, with regard to my books, is that if you buy a paperback through Amazon, you can get the Kindle book for free - and if you’ve ever bought a paperback through Amazon, you can get the Kindle version for free now.

Lessig Blog, v2: Wow, or from the When-Apple-Became-the-Borg Department

Lessig Blog, v2: Wow, or from the When-Apple-Became-the-Borg Department:

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I upgraded my iPhone (“what, you have an iPhone” — ok, you win, sin #1) to iOS 7.0.3. It killed wifi. I went to the Apple discussion site to see what the community had to say about it. Seems there are lots of people who had the same problem. I followed the recommended fixes — including…

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"People say I love you all the time - when they say, ‘take an umbrella, it’s raining,’ or ‘hurry..."

“People say I love you all the time - when they say, ‘take an umbrella, it’s raining,’ or ‘hurry back,’ or even ‘watch out, you’ll break your neck.’ There are hundreds of ways of wording it - you just have to listen for it, my dear.”

- The Curious Savage (John Patrick)

28 SIGNS THAT THE WEST COAST IS BEING ABSOLUTELY FRIED WITH NUCLEAR RADIATION FROM FUKUSHIMA

28 SIGNS THAT THE WEST COAST IS BEING ABSOLUTELY FRIED WITH NUCLEAR RADIATION FROM FUKUSHIMA:

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There appears to be some dispute over ownership of my zafu and...

There appears to be some dispute over ownership of my zafu and zabuton.