This day in history

2006, 2011, 2016, 2020

#15yrsago HOWTO photoshop a house into a haunted mansion https://web.archive.org/web/20061107023129/http://www.seb4d.com/tutorials/Mattepainting/mattepainting_english.htm

#15yrsago Canadian librarians decry “Captain Copyright” https://web.archive.org/web/20060813004140/http://cla.ca/Access_Copyright_CptCopy_let_Final_.pdf

#10yrsago Canadian scholars & public interest groups oppose Canada’s Internet spying law https://web.archive.org/web/20110810232842/http://openmedia.ca/news/coalition-calls-harper-cut-online-spying-mandate-omnibus-crime-package

#10yrsago Lev Grossman’s The Magician King https://memex.craphound.com/2011/08/09/lev-grossmans-the-magician-king-fantasy-sequel-the-banality-of-magic-and-the-magic-of-banality/

#5yrsago Return of Dieselgate: 3 more hidden programs found in VW Audi/Porsche firmware https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-audi-idUSKCN10I0PB

#5yrsago Your medical data: misappropriated by health-tech companies, off-limits to you https://www.wired.com/2016/02/our-medical-data-must-become-free/

#5yrsago Illegal “Warranty Void If Removed” still ubiquitous: they’re on the Xbox One S…