Readings: 2007-07-24

• The story of Netscape’s Marc Andreessen from Loudcloud to Opsware and now Opsware is being acquired by HP for $1.6 billion. – Very good read. Congrats to Marc and team.
• Are you surprised that at the moment copyright law restricts your right to buy an imported product? I am. So I hope the Supreme Court of Canada does the right thing and reverse the lower Court’s decision on Thursday July 26. [via Michael Geist]
• An hour with authors of Maverick At Work – Great stuff. Worth listening. It is OK to try and fail.
• The trouble Microsoft is with its Xbox 360 – Wow, Microsoft has some bad problems and terrible luck.
• ‘Multi’ Is the Most Dangerous Word in the Dictionary
• Canadians pay through the noses for mobie internet – I’ve no idea of how much we pay relative to the rest of the world now. It sucks when there is no competition.
• Be real to one another and you could have a friend for life. – What a warm and touching story between two long lost friends, Ian and Wendy.
• Beautiful animation inside a cell – great video (start around 7 mins).