This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.

#20yrsago Jack Valenti’s disinformation https://web.archive.org/web/20020806173801/https://scriban.com/movabletype/2002_04_24.html

#15yrsago Will Eisner’s New York — like Jane Jacobs in graphic form https://memex.craphound.com/2007/04/23/will-eisners-new-york-like-jane-jacobs-in-graphic-form/

#10yrsago Tor Books goes completely DRM-free https://www.tor.com/2012/04/24/torforge-e-book-titles-to-go-drm-free/

#10yrsago Stross makes the case for ebooks going DRM-free http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2012/04/more-on-drm-and-ebooks.html

#10yrsago Daniel Pinkwater’s Mrs Noodlekugel, a kids’ story that’s as silly and pleasurable as ice-cream https://memex.craphound.com/2012/04/24/daniel-pinkwaters-mrs-noodlekugel-a-kids-story-thats-as-silly-and-pleasurable-as-ice-cream/

#10yrsago Reading all the privacy policies you “agree” to would take a month per year https://www.techdirt.com/2012/04/23/to-read-all-privacy-policies-you-encounter-youd-need-to-take-month-off-work-each-year/

#5yrsago John Scalzi’s Collapsing Empire: an epic new space opera with snark, politics and action to burn…