William Gibson and the trademarking of cyberspace(colo.to)
266 points by Eric_Gullichsen | 120 comments
Essay by Eric Gullichsen recounting the history of attempts to trademark the term "cyberspace" and William Gibson's connection to it.
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Owed a billion dollars in Nvidia stock(colo.to)
1030 points by Eric_Gullichsen | 430 comments
Personal essay by Eric Gullichsen, an early NVIDIA technical advisor, explaining how 1993 stock options he was granted may now be worth about a billion dollars.