While driving to work this morning, I found myself following a SUV with a license plate that read "LAW DOG", and in the back cargo area was a gianormous dog. The window was smoked, so I couldn't see the dog well, but it was an absolutely perfect picture. I had my Archos Jukebox with me because I listen to the music on it in my car, but I didn't have the camera attachment on hand.

I did have my cell phone with me, but I probably wouldn't have had a camera attachment for it handy even if I owned one. So obviously I need to purchase a cell phone with an embedded camera, not one that comes as an accessory like the T68i. Then I could have sent the picture directly to my blog.

Of course, that brings up a host of new issues. Does the driver in front of me have a reasonable expectation of privacy so I shouldn't post a picture of his vehicle? (One of the issues I note in next month's Product Pipeline column in Library Journal's netConnect is that librarians need to think about how to handle the use of cell phone/camera hybrids by patrons in the library.) And is taking pictures with a cell phone while driving even worse than talking on one? Are we going to see laws regarding this, too?

The Chicago Tribune has more on the lawsuit alleging theft of time by movie theaters:

Commercials Before Movies Buy Court Time

"When Mark Weinberg invited a few friends over for barbecued brats and veggie burgers last summer, he never imagined that what started as a typical dinner party rant would turn him and his friends into stars this week.

The topic that night was 'commercial creep.' Ads everywhere. For example, at the movies. You rush to make the show, sit down at the exact hour noted in the newspaper and on your ticket, only to be assaulted with product pitches even before the trailers hit the screen. Why should you have to waste your time--time you paid for when you bought your ticket--sitting through ads you didn't invite or want?

Sounds like a lawsuit,' barbecue guest Doug Litowitz remarked.

It's always dangerous to say 'sounds like a lawsuit' to a class action lawyer....

But what's three to seven minutes, you say?

To which Scott said: 'It depends on who you ask. Time is the only thing that we really own. So if you ask somebody who's got three days left to live, three minutes is pretty valuable.'

Isn't this a frivolous suit, you say?

'It isn't frivolous to the movie theaters,' said Weinberg, who contends they reap $250 million a year on ads....

For more information, check out their Web site, nomovieads.com. And if you don't think seven minutes is a lot of life, just multiply that by every time you've been to the movies."

Is anyone else seeing weird behavior with BlogSpot blogs? Last night and this morning, I've been seeing error messages like this one for random sites:

Are they already moving sites onto Google's servers, or is this a reminder that the move will improve access to sites hosted on BlogSpot?