Who would have thought that by the time we could get the library of congress on a device the size of our thumbnail for under $30, there would be a draconian business apparatus expecting tens of billions of dollars for the privileged access of such knowledge.

Attractively presented article with some interesting points.

I think the most interesting element, though, is the cited Scientific American article that discusses how the actual capacity of the human brain is calculated. Just a reminder that the most complicated and technologically advanced piece of hardware out there is the human mind.

It would be cool to have an app that let you scan old photos, specify date/caption, and store that data in EXIF so it would work with any photo management software. Looks possible in iOS 4+ according to http://infinite-sushi.com/2011/02/iphone-and-exif-revisited/

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I find it hard to read articles that misspell key words (hint: should be ARPAnet)