Leonardo, Stolen Ideas and Cuban Cigars
My friends are updating their websites. Jason has seen the light and installed Leonardo (which power's this wiki-blog), and he's already made some nice additions, some of which are represented on this website. http://www.mischievous.org/blog is no longer so boring.
Also, Philip Haine has launched his interesting blog http://www.stealthisidea.com. Therein he vents many of the great ideas that seem to regularly pop out of his head, and encourages others to take them and run. I say "therein" because he also seems to be able to use words like philosophically, henceforth, and catharsis without blushing, so I feel the need to engage in some pseudointellectual appendification, perhaps to address feelings of inadequacy, or perhaps to continue the one-upmanshipizing.
Anyway, I like Phil's concept -- giving away ideas, so here's my...
Idea of the week
It's illegal to import Cuban cigars into the US, under the Trading With The Enemy Act. Reading the text, it seems like it's pretty much illegal to import just about anything from Cuba. However there are specific exceptions for "publications, artwork, or other informational materials".
Seemingly unrelated, is this news from "New Scientist" magazine of edible, vegatable and fruit based ink cartridges for ink-jet printers.
So here's my idea, which I won't do and I don't encourage anyone else to do: import cured Cuban tobacco leaves with the Constitution of the United States printed on the leaves. To my mind this fully qualifies under the law as a publication, informational material, and probably even a work of art. When the leaves come to the US, read them and put them on the wall as art. Of course, I can't find a law that says it's illegal to roll up a nice painting or book and smoke it...
And remember, IANAL.
