url URL date NUMBER NUMBER NUMBERtNUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER i guess it s time to reveal the incredibly kind invitation i received NUMBER as many of you may have found out or guessed i will be attending oral argument for the eldred case NUMBER before the supreme court i m incredibly excited as you might imagine visiting the supreme court would be quite enough but seeing such an important case dayenu when lessig asked me if i was free that day to come i laughed because i couldn t and still can t think of anything i d rather do than attend i am eternally grateful to lessig for the chance to attend on the other hand i m sort of embarassed to have the opportunity when there are surely others who deserve it far more than me luckily it seems that such deserving others will be able to get seats by camping in line with us so i ll be arriving in d c on tuesday attending an eldred duke epic bookmobile superparty and then camping in line with seth schoen NUMBER lisa rein jace cooke but unfortunately not cory doctorow if you d like to come with us let me know i was hoping i d be able to take notes and post them to my weblog for those who couldn t make it but as i read in today s times only lawyers and those with official press credentials are allowed to take notes NUMBER i think this is outrageous but hopefully i will be able to remember enough to provide an interesting account in a related irony today was disney day at borders NUMBER where they played disney rock songs with the volume turned up too loud disturbing my usual habit of reading a book there however i did manage to skim through _the practice of programming_ in an unrelated note if you haven t been electrocuted by a model t spark plug i highly recommend it NUMBER URL NUMBER URL NUMBER URL NUMBER URL NUMBER URL 