Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol
Congratulations Adys Ann!
Pictured below (from left to right) is principal Dr Rodriguez, yours truly, my youngest daughter Adys Ann, and my wife Sydjia. Our daughter won her school’s spelling bee two years in a row! School motto: “Work Hard. Play Hard. Pray … Continue reading
Friday funnies: *creative destruction* edition
See also this tweet by @wwwojtekk.
SpaceCom update
Among other things, today (30 Jan.) I will be attending a special one-hour session on “Integrating Commercial Innovations for Space Domain Awareness” at this year’s “Space Com” conference, which is taking place in my neck of the woods (Orlando, Florida). … Continue reading
U.S. Presidents who have ruled by decree
The worst offenders were FDR (pictured above), who signed over 3,700 Executive Orders or EOs (see link below), including the infamous Japanese internment order; Woodrow Wilson (1,803 EOs); and Calvin Coolidge (1,203 EOs). By way of comparison, Donald Trump has … Continue reading
Ipse Dixit, Episode #807
My colleague and friend Brian Frye has just posted @IpseDixitPod #807, which features Sarah Fackrell (Chicago-Kent) discussing her new law review article “The Counterfeit Sham“. Among other things, Professor Fackrell explains why design patent infringement is different from counterfeiting.
Monday map: Internet population chart (circa 2008)
Below is the first map that I ever posted to this blog, an “Internet population map” first published on 13 October 2013 (see here). In summary, this map uses data from 2008 to illustrate the raw number of Internet users … Continue reading
Sunday song: *Take me*
This catchy song was recorded by Winny, a Nigerian singer-songwriter, and features Thutmose, a Nigerian-American hip-hop artist based in Brooklyn.
Regulation versus markets: outer space edition
Did you know the Federal Communications Commission has jurisdiction over the orbits of communication satellites launched from the United States? Satellites are flying radio antennas, or in the words of space lawyer Payton Alexander: “If you’re putting anything in space–be … Continue reading
Friday funnies: 1993 New Yorker cartoon
I have been meaning to blog about this iconic cartoon by Peter Steiner after the original drawing was sold at an art auction in October 2023 to an anonymous bidder (see here), but somehow I never got around to it! In … Continue reading

