A few days ago a reader alerted me to something that really cracks me up:

The DVD recordings of this year’s JREF Amazing Meeting were hindered by a technical problem; it seems an entire DAY’S worth of audio was lost. A plea apparently went out to attendees to see if anyone had recordings of that day’s talks. From the JREF store:

However, due to our audience’s complete disregard for instructions to refrain from recording the proceedings, and a heroic effort by JREF video manager Rich Montalvo, we recovered most of the audio, and we were able to put those presentations on the DVD.

Longtime readers may remember when this attendee was threatened by the JREF’s crack legal team for having recorded the talks the year I attended — the very reason that rule now exists.

Like the reader said, I am indeed “having a nice long and ironic laugh” at this turn of events.