After chatting to Andy yesterday (who was enthusiasing again over Confluence) he mentioned that a company called Yellowikis were being threatened with legal action by Yell.com. And what do you know, but I met Paul Youlten (Yellowikis) at Socialtext’s ‘Wiki Wednesday‘ back in the heady days of February (thanks to Socialtext’s Ross Mayfield).
Paul struck me as a bullish guy (then sporting a check shirt) who didn’t take shit from anyone, so looks like an interesting battle ahead.
Did you know that the Sarasani, oldest coffee shop (which has helped to control drug-related harm) in the Netherlands, is in Utrecht?
That Eagle Bill Amato, the guy who promoted the harm-reducing vapouriser, died just last year? (I’m pretty sure I met the guy, though you never know)..
PS: Napoleon’s troops brought cannabis use back to Europe after invading Eygpt way back in the day. It was reportedly an Egyptian delegate at some international drug conference around 1906 or some such date who lobbied for cannabis to be criminalised, along with the rest.
Photo by Stuart Glendinning Hall