Mr. Clean, Nick, and Nora

Mr. Clean, Nick, and Nora
Originally uploaded by nomad7674.

Here you have proof that while *I* do not like Halloween, I have plenty of friends who revel in the chance to dress up.

Is This Copyrightable?

I'll start off this post by saying that I am not a lawyer and none of what I say should be construed as legal advice. In addition, most of us here at Mod-Blog are not lawyers and none of what is posted in the comments should be construed as legal advice unless the commenter explicitly states that it is legal advice. There, hopefully we should all be covered now. :)

We recently paid for a home inspector and received a report of his inspection from him. In it, the inspector claimed copyright and stated that the report could not be sold or transferred. Now, given that the cost to file a copyright is $35 if you file electronically and $45 if you file using paper, my guess is that he probably doesn't file actual copyright for each and every report. Still, is it even copyrightable? Wouldn't this fall under a work-for-hire and the copyright would be mine?

Again, none of this is legal advice, just curious everyones' thoughts whether it is "this is how it is" or "this is how it should be".

HD Resolutions Explained

I don't have an HD TV, so I haven't really looked into what the different resolutions mean before. I found this article over at Wired interesting and informative.

Interest Rate Cut

The Federal Reserve cut the rate by a quarter of a point today, bringing it down to 4.5%. This is great for the home market, which has been having trouble recently, but also has the potential to increase inflation. The dollar now currently sits lower at 1 Canadian Dollar = .94737 U.S. Dollars according to XE.com. The interesting thing is that even though everybody is saying that the housing market slowing will affect other industries, so far it hasn't. I've heard that all of this work by the Feds is just delaying the inevitable. I'm hoping we can fix it, but not sure how much pain it will take to get there.

Lou Dobbs on NY Drivers Licenses

Lou Dobbs of CNN has an excellent commentary up on the fiasco that is the new New York Drivers license plan. For those of you not paying attention, New York state's Democratic governor released his plan that will now allow illegal immigrants the ability to get driver's licenses. The plan basically sets up a 3 tier system with licenses that have different privileges. Pretty much every important election official agrees that this will enable rampant voter fraud in New York. Also, there is little infrastructure in place to check that people already have a drivers license before issuing them a new one. This plan is a disaster and hopefully the Republicans will be able to use this to get Eliot Spitzer out of office at the end of his current term.

Most Fuel Efficient Cars

CRChair and I were talking recently about how despite all the talk about saving money on gas, it is not easy to find even small cars which really get a good MPG (miles per gallon). So I was happy to come across this list which holds the 82 most fuel-efficient cars for sale in America and their MPG rating. I was even more happy to see that the vehicle I chose - the Pontiac Vibe - is #18 on the list.

Bowhunter at the Pumpkin Festival

I really dislike Halloween personally (don't ask me to explain, it is just a personal thing), but it looks like Bowhunter had a GREAT time at a recent Pumpkin Festival. Thanks for sharing the good time with Mod-Bog readers!