Bilski from a Non-Lawyer: The Federal Court’s Decision on Bilski and Business Method Patents

For most people in this world, the court case, simply referred to as In re Bilski, is an unknown entity.  To the legal community and to those with close ties to intellectual property issues at financial services firms and software companies, however, the case has kept them on the edge of their seats waiting for [...]

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Do they award a Nobel Prize in Bondage?

From the sometimes-you-don’t-quite-get-what-you’re-looking-for-on-the-Internet department…
I like Paul Krugman. I’ve been reading his Op-ed pieces consistently in the New York Times for the last six years or so and, while I do tend to disagree with some of his viewpoints now and then, I tend to find him entertaining and quite sensible.
I am not an economist [...]

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Mont Saint Michele – Normandy, France

Mont St. Michel is one of those places which, from all angles, simply looks fake – like it came out of a Disney movie or played a center role in one of the Lord of the Rings films.  Built upon a rock island just off the coast of Normandy in France, the former monastery-cum-prison-cum-monastery-cum-modern day [...]

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Scenes from Montmartre, Paris

Montmartre is my favorite part of Paris and I make sure I return there every time I visit the city.  Most people come to visit the beautiful Sacre Coeur, the majestic white church that sits atop its hill (Paris’s second highest point – often mistaken to be the highest).  I just like walking around the [...]

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On the Hunt for Strange Czech Nasal Spray

This entry has the potential to be the most boring post I’ve ever made on this blog, so for my friends who regularly read what I post, you may just want to skip it.   However, I tend to get a massive amount of referrals from search engine queries on whenver I post something, so I’m [...]

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