In the early 90s, the musician Prince dropped his name and started going by an unpronounceable symbol. He called it “The Love Symbol,” and it’s a combination of the traditional male (♂) and female (♀) symbols. Apparently (at least according to Wikipedia) Warner Bros had to send out floppy disks with a custom font to […]
about me
Parker Higgins is an artist and activist based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes about computers, creativity, and the law, and works as the Director of Special Projects at the Freedom of the Press Foundation. Previously, he was the Director of Copyright Activism at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. more »
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Recent Posts
- Subtitles for Norway’s SlowTV train ride to Oslo 4 April, 2018
- Archiving threatened outlets for the Freedom of the Press Foundation 12 March, 2018
- “The Florida Project” and questions of control 13 October, 2017
- Pulling free and open weather data 22 September, 2017
- “A Mind At Play” and Claude Shannon’s grave 20 September, 2017
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