The Laboratorium

"A place for experimentation, culture-jamming, critical thinking, artistic risk-taking, and the creative use of computers. I believe in the promise of redemptive technology, in new wine in old bottles, in unexpected connections, and the profound joy of understanding."

Author: James Grimmelmann is an associate professor at New York Law School.

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Recent Posts from The Laboratorium

My Colleague Annette Gordon-Reed Wins the National Book Award
For her book The Hemingses of Monticello. Now that’s what Twitter is for....
A Capella John Williams Tribute
I could do without the lyrical content, but otherwise this is pretty sweet....
This year's [Creative Commons fundraising
This year’s Creative Commons fundraising drive has some nifty pledge gifts: $50 gets you a USB drive with Jonathan Coulton’s greatest hits, and $500 gets you a signed, personalized copy of Lessig’s latest book....
Justice Roberts Doesn't Know What "Exponential" Means
From Winter v. NRDC, No. 07-1239 (Nov. 12, 2008): There is an exponential relationship between radius length and surface area (Area = πr2). Increasing the radius of the shutdown zone from 200 to 2,200 yards…
NebuAd Sued for Invasion of Privacy
The complaint is interesting. It names six ISPs from around the country as defendants, all of whom apparently conducted small-scale tests of the NebuAd deep-packe-inspection technology. I’m impressed with the legwork involved in tracking down…
I have it on good
I have it on good authority that this blog can’t be read from some workplaces because it’s classified as “entertainment” by their filtering software....
To Be Fair, No One Ever Mails Conference Invitations on Time
Yesterday, I received an invitation to the Connecticut Law Review’s fall symposium on the subprime crisis. Let’s review a few pertinent dates: The symposium itself is this Friday, November 14. I received the invitation on…
Principles and Recommendations for the Google Book Search Settlement
I’ve reviewed the proposed settlement in the Google Book Search case, along with its fourteen appendices. I’ve also talked with a number of my favorite smart people, some in Google’s pocket, some opposed to all…
A Few Further Thoughts on the Late David Foster Wallace, with Particular Reference to his Aesthetic Theories, and Including the Unfair Revival of a One-Sided, Decade-Old Debate (Unfair Because the One Participant Is No Longer Around to Respond, and Indeed
David Foster Wallace’s suicide is still haunting me, and this Rolling Stone article gets at a lot of it. Jason Kottke said of the article, “It was very difficult for me to read, for reasons…
John Leonard, was 69
His work was hit-or-miss with me (he could be florid to a fault), but sometimes he could really get inside what it was I loved about an author and explain it back to me with…