Vitanuova for 2002 January 21

General

Happy Martin Luther King Day (Observed).

I went to Berkeley and saw Michelle and Anirvan (who was at work in his new office). Michelle and I ate lunch at the restaurant formerly known as Lotus Vegetarian and Seafood, which is no longer particularly vegetarian at all (but still serves everything on its old vegetarian menu). I kept Michelle up pretty late, and so my schedule was shifted off a bit and I didn't get to see Anirvan for too long. His new office is in a very central location, right near the Berkeley BART, right near The Other Change of Hobbit. Thus people who work there will have no difficulty getting places or science fiction books.

Michelle's sister Nicol has offered to take me to Disneyland next time I come to the L.A. area for CPTWG. I think I'll take her up on that. I've never actually been to Disneyland. I will try to bring some "Free Mickey" buttons (Eldred v. Reno memorabilia) and perhaps a copy of Copyrights and Copywrongs).

I managed to get a 2002 calendar, which has some nature scenes from New England.

BPDG

Studios Spur Measures to Thwart Video Piracy, from the L.A. Times. Plays up the mandate part (good), plays down home recording implications (bad).

Fascism quiz

This requires JavaScript, but you can rate yourself to find out how receptive to Fascism you are (the "F Scale"). I found this via an article on Kuro5hin. (I tried it, but then my browser didn't have JavaScript support, so I wasn't able to find out my score.)

After on-line quizzes to rate one's self for Fascism-positive attitudes, how long will it be until we see amifascistornot.com?