a slightly different focus

A selection of things that have caught my eye recently:

• Have you ever heard of a memristor? Get used to the term — it might well replace “transistor.” Seriously, this is huge. Ars on why.
• A leftover from my book and graphic design days: Hefler Frere-Jones — aka Typography.com — on the ampersand. Nice.
• Ars (again) on the new Orphaned Works Act, a first step in revision to the incredibly-outdated and -inefficient copyright laws. Finally.