Brett Sinn

Warm Winter - Playlist

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:28:39 -0600

Photo taken here on a recent camping trip: Hercules Glade Falls

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Tracklist

This Head I Hold - Electric Guest
Halloween - Matt Pond PA
Polite Dance Song - the bird and the bee
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye, Kimbra
Old Pine - Ben Howard
Blood on the Snow - Horse Feathers
Burning - Wild Beats
Cpr, Claws - Part 2 - Typhoon
Without a Doubt - Isbells
Twice - Little Dragon
Dragonfly - M. Craft
To Build A Home - The Cinematic Orchestra
Road Regrets - Dan Mangan

SOPA - an email to @auctnr1

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:22:38 -0600

I recently received this email from Congressman Billy Long regarding the Stop Online Piracy Act:

Dear Mr. Sinn,
Thank you for contacting me with your concerns regarding S. 968, Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act and H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act. I sincerely appreciate the benefit of your views.

S. 968, and its House companion bill H.R. 3261, would allow the Attorney General to bring additional judicial remedies against websites dedicated to intellectual property right infringement. It would enable the Department of Homeland Security to share information which would facilitate the prosecution of copyright infringers existing outside the United States or which cannot be located. The measure would also grant limited immunity to victims of property right infringement to take preventative actions against infringing entities, such as denying them access to services. I will closely monitor this bill as it moves through the legislative process and in that context your views are very helpful.

I am a strong believer in protecting property rights, including intellectual property rights. The internet has unfortunately made it easier for certain types of intellectual property to be stolen by persons in jurisdictions outside the reach of American law enforcement. I also have concerns about the proliferation of criminal conduct on the internet, including internet viruses which can steal information or damage equipment. However, I want to stress that I am very sensitive to concerns about personal privacy, especially when the entity invading a person’s privacy is the government. We should uphold the law, but I do not want to impose unforeseen burdens on the internet which could stifle the growth of the internet medium.

Again, thank you for contacting me on this important issue. Hearing the views of all Missourians gives me the opportunity to better understand how important issues could impact the people of the Seventh district and the future interests of the nation.

For additional information regarding current legislation and my representation of the Seventh District, I invite you to visit my website at http://www.long.house.gov, and to receive my monthly newsletter, you can sign up on my website.

Sincerely,
Billy Long
Member of Congress

To which I replied:

Dear Congressmen Billy Long,
I appreciate your reply and your service to our country. However, I completely disagree with your sentiments on this bill. The internet in its current form has the greatest potential for open enterprise. Services such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Google itself champion this example. However these very services will be crippled by this bill because of its open-endedness. It puts the power into the companies hands rather than the entrepreneurs of the internet.

The companies already have a proper balance of power to protect their intellectual property through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

As an auctioneer, you can imagine the damage it would do to your industry if you weren’t allowed to redistribute the very goods that you sell? I implore you as a tax-payer, as a voter, as a web-worker, as a United States Citizen to please change your mind/vote on this.

Sincerely,
Brett Sinn
Springfield, MO

Please feel free to use parts or all of my reply to contact your local Congressmen.

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I love time-lapses, but this has got to be one of my favorite.

Timelapse - The City Limits (by Dominic)

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Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:04:07 -0500

maniacalrage:

iOS 5 Notification Center: Brought to you by Jo-Ann Fabrics™

The Natural Speaker. Handmade porcelain speakers that place an...

Tue, 24 May 2011 13:38:00 -0500

The Natural Speaker. Handmade porcelain speakers that place an emphasis on midtones with a slight echo.

Old Porsches make me happy.

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:36:05 -0500

Old Porsches make me happy.

Horizontal ray of light (by oliveapekin)

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:44:49 -0500

Horizontal ray of light (by oliveapekin)

Listening to...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:16:00 -0500

This New York City based photographer has a series of photos...

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:55:29 -0500

This New York City based photographer has a series of photos similar to this one. She calls them “Cinemagraphs.” Really interesting stuff.

fromme-toyou:

The Neverending Commute

Drool.

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:50:49 -0500

Drool.

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Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:04:51 -0500

I want to go to there.

hidden in the alps (by bmiersma.)

I’m really excited for this movie. Terrance Malik captures...

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:34:00 -0500

I’m really excited for this movie. Terrance Malik captures subtleties like no other. From his actors, to the atmosphere.

The Thin Red Line is one of my all-time favorite movies and I’m going out on a limb to say that this will be too.

Who remembers Detlef Schrempf? I sure do. Courtesy of...

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:43:21 -0500

Who remembers Detlef Schrempf? I sure do. Courtesy of fatshawnkemp.com

thatbrad: Virgin Oceanic Sub And this is the point in our story...

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:00:40 -0500

thatbrad:

Virgin Oceanic Sub

And this is the point in our story where we piss off the alien civilization that has colonized 7 miles below the surface of the sea. Cue Michael Bay screenplay.

Silence Television

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:30:00 -0500

Silence Television:

Love the work by Silence TV. Just amazing.

Teenage Angst (by fatheed)

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:44:09 -0500

Teenage Angst (by fatheed)

Opening day! Lets go Royals. Fingers crossed for .500 this year.

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:32:24 -0500

Opening day! Lets go Royals. Fingers crossed for .500 this year.

Matta - Release The Freq (by Kim Holm)

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:57:43 -0500

Matta - Release The Freq (by Kim Holm)

Love SquaredEye’s take on the design of the modern...

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:37:00 -0500

Love SquaredEye’s take on the design of the modern receipt. More on his thought process here:

http://notebook.squaredeye.com/post/479812151/its-not-just-the-little-things-its-the-invisible