Metallica (3) Oct 22, 2005
Back in April of 2000, Metallica sued Napster.  At the time, I understood why:  people were copying and sharing music without paying for it, something that had been happening with tapes and CDs for years but had become a big deal with the advent of peer-to-peer software.  However, I didn't realize something until I heard it on VH1:  Metallica were essentially suing the people who liked their music.  They searched on Napster for their songs and found that a lot of people had their music.  Most bands would have been proud that so many people listened to their music, but Metallica wanted money.  I guess I just never realized how Metallica directly sued their fans.  It's not like they can say they were looking out for the rights of other bands.  They were looking out for their own good, and they wanted people to stop listening to their music.  And it's not like they wanted to stop file sharing in general because they didn't agree with the idea.  No:  they wanted to stop file sharing so people would stop listening to their music. 

Now, whenever I hear Metallica on the radio, I'm repulsed.  If they don't want me to listen to their music, fine, I won't.  Buncha jerks.  By this event alone, Metallica lost countless fans.  Good job, guys.  Super instinct. #entertainment
Link blog Oct 22, 2005
Kottke, a person who has a website I visit quite often and copy from frequently, has a section called Remaindered Links.  It's essentially a link blog:  a few little snippets about some interesting websites he's visited lately.  A lot of people use del.icio.us for this.  I started using that, but didn't really like storing my stuff on a different site, seeing that I already have a website with tons of storage space.  Since then, I've been using the WordPress "Links" feature and displaying some of my most recently visited links.  But these links aren't stored in the same database as other WordPress entries, so they're not searchable.  Kottke also wrote about Tumblelogs, which are sort of like link blogs, but more stream-of-consciousness.  Entries can be focused on links, but they don't have to be.  I liked this idea, so I decided to make a little change.  But instead of being one of those jerks who just uses some cool new word to describe everything he does (Ajax, Web 2.0, colophon, remainder, tumblelog), I decided to expand on what I already have.  So instead of having several separate blogs, I'll just have one blog that contains main entries, links, and maybe even pictures.  Thus the creation of the links category.  It's part of my main WordPress blog, which means it's searchable.  I don't know why I didn't think of this before. #technology