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What an incredibly charming flash cartoon. You feel the heat. You wish for the rain. I want more like this on the web. Nicely done.

Thanks Blort.

It’s basically just enforcing the K.I.S.S. approach to communication, but I find the idea of a Strategy Canvas to be very interesting. Maybe I’ve just spent too much time in meetings where people seem to be talking just to hear themselves speak, but if you can reduce the strategy to just a few main ideas, then maybe everybody can get on the same page. Yeah, I know … wishful thinking. Still, thinking that’s worth doing.

Over the past two weeks or so, I’ve spent an insane amount of time playing this Fly Game. I’ll be sitting at home watching TV or something, and I’ll turn on my computer — you know because I couldn’t possibly just sit there and do one thing at a time. Having woken the computer from sleep, and having nothing really do do with it, I’ll find myself once again going to scurry around picking up little blue balls.

I’ve gotten it down to a system, but I can’t seem to crack 75 points. Is it even possible to get more points than that? I think those extra 6 points you could theoretically get are just there to give you something to strive for. Show me the person who got 76 points on that game, and I’ll show you a liar (or a witch!).

Update: Having written that, I just scored 76 points twice. But 77? No, 77 points is clearly impossible. (Now, could somebody help me with this wart on my nose?)

To The United States Congress:

We are the customers and former customers of the member labels of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). We love music and will gladly pay a fair price for it, but we are outraged by the RIAA’s tactics in suing ordinary Americans for filesharing.

We condemn the RIAA’s choice to force the family of a 12 year-old girl to forfeit $2,000 - money that could have gone to feed, clothe and educate this honor student. We stand with the retirees, parents, children and others who have been caught in the RIAA’s line of fire.

We oppose the recording industry’s decision to attack the public, bankrupt its customers and offer false amnesty to those who would impugn themselves. We call instead for a real amnesty: the development of a legal alternative that preserves file-sharing technology while ensuring that artists are fairly compensated.

I know, on-line petitions don’t do jack all, but I signed it. You should sign it too. Or at least take a look at what the music industry is doing, and get angry about it. Stop buying their music. Make them pay for their arrogance, bullying and disdain for the consumers who’ve made them wealthy.