Links: 2008-01-15

• The house that dave built - How [U of Toronto] law grad David Shore (LLB 1982) took one misanthropic doctor, added a large dose of twisted humour and created the hit medical drama House - Says Shore, “I remember Iacobucci basically asked us to make fewer masturbation jokes. We didn’t get that directly from the dean. In a way, for us, it was more fun that it came from Lorne.” (Indeed, a tongue-in-cheek note from Cameron appears in one issue: “The buck stops here. Thus as vice-president and chief returning officer, I must take full responsibility for Dave Shore’s incompetence. There, I did it. Now leave me alone.”)
  
• A New Canadian Copyright Pledge - Prof. Michael Geist urges MPs from all parties to adopt this. “The pledge is simple: I will not introduce, support, or endorse any copyright bill that, either directly or indirectly, undermines or weakens the Copyright Act’s fair dealing provision.“
• Sir Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand hero that lived “up the road”
• Macworld Expo Live Update from MacWorld magazine
• It is never too late to learn from others, even if they are no longer with us. Here are a few good lessons from Mr. Eugene Kleine, founding partner and partner emeritus of KPCB.
• One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) XO machine Review and Teardown - [via Engadget]
• 33 megapixel Super Hi-Vision (Ultra HDTV) could be on the air in Japan in 2015