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How your memory works, and how advertising to be used to implant false memories. (Worth reading)
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Delivery of first-class mail is falling at a staggering rate. Facing insolvency, can the USPS reinvent itself like European services have—or will it implode?
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Graphical representation of radiation levels by KXCD
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When Sony Ericsson needed new workers after it relocated its U.S. headquarters to Atlanta last year, its recruiters told one particular group of applicants not to bother. "No unemployed candidates will be considered at all," one online job listing said.
links for 2011-05-29
links for 2011-05-28
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Influential hedge fund manager David Einhorn has called for Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer to step down, saying the world's largest software company's long-time leader is stuck in the past.
Scroll Battle, an iPhone created webcomic
Scroll Battle is an experimental webcomic, drawn in Zen Brush on an iPhone and then uploaded.
This page will have links to the images.
links for 2011-05-18
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an edited transcript of the recording made by journalist Ben Grubb during his police interview and brief arrest over the reporting of a Facebook 'break-in'. The police officers present gave permission for the interview to be recorded.
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IT was no joke when Welsh writer and comedian Bennett Arron fell victim to identity theft more than a decade ago – he owed thousands of pounds to mobile phone companies, home shopping firms and department stores.
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LOCAL organisations are under attack and data breaches occur all the time, but the routine suppression of information means the gravity and extent of the problem remains under the radar.
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AN Australian technology journalist has been questioned by police hours after publishing a story about a Facebook security flaw that allowed people to access the private photos of others.
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Receiving a photograph obtained from a Facebook account without the user's permission is the same as receiving a stolen TV, Queensland Police have said after the arrest of a Fairfax journalist.
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A senior lecturer in internet law says the arrest of a Fairfax journalist over his receipt of an unauthorised Facebook photo "defies sensible explanation" and the entire matter exposes serious failings in Australian cyber crime laws.
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A FAIRFAX journalist was arrested by Queensland Police yesterday after an article he wrote about vulnerabilities in Facebook's privacy controls was published on smh.com.au.
He was later released without charge but police retained custody of his iPad.
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The wife of an Australian security expert has been targeted by another security expert in a Facebook privacy vulnerability test demonstrated at a security conference in Queensland.
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links for 2011-05-16 | Leefe rates the world… links for 2011-05-15 | Leefe rates the world… Paintwork with Zen Brush |
links for 2011-05-16
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Paintwork with Zen Brush | Leefe rates the world… Some of today's work experimenting with a new iPhone drawing programÂ
Lots of green crap, or Just flush it: a tale of green toilet paper
Shopping in the local Coles supermarket today I noticed that there are now 4 brands of ‘green’ toilet paper. It is interesting to note that the green market must be getting bigger if it can service this many brands.
Now, while I have not test driven all the available brands, I can see that they cater for different markets of greensumers.
The Safe and naturale brands are aimed at the standard market. Both about the same price and paper quality.
The Coles Greenchoice is the house brand. Aimed at the budget consumer who want to feel green.
And GreenSoft, a product I first say today, looks to be aimed at the premium market. The consumer who wants something soft on their behind, but needs to scratch that green itch.
Other people’s thoughts:
- Flushing out the greenwash (ThinkShift, 13 October 2010)
- Toilet paper greenwash (Emily McCluskey, Choice, 28 September 2010)
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Tagged Coles, green, photo, shop, Shopping, supermarket, toilet paper
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Paintwork with Zen Brush
Some of today’s work experimenting with a new iPhone drawing program Zen Brush. Takes a bit of getting used to how the brush stroke is defined by movement. But looks to be good.
links for 2011-05-12
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There are a number of online photo sharing sites, but may of them have notes in their Terms of Service (ToS) that allow them to get payment for using your photos elsewhere.
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Surprise! After months in the oven, the soon-to-be-released new version of a major US Internet censorship bill didn’t shrink in scope—it got much broader. Under the new proposal, search engines, Internet providers, credit card companies, and ad networks would all have cut off access to foreign “rogue sites”—and such court orders would not be limited to the government. Private rightsholders could go to court and target foreign domains, too.
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We’ve discussed many, many times how the US and other developed nations have been relying on extreme secrecy in crafting new intellectual property agreements, such as ACTA and TPP. They continue to insist that no one else should be in the room when they discuss these important laws. So, what happens when some poorer developing nations want to get together to discuss how developing nations might create better intellectual property laws that match their own specific needs? You guessed it. The big developing nations freak out and demand to be in the room. Apparently, the developed nations only think things should be secret for their own intellectual property discussions.
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Perhaps not what you are supposed to do to your children’s Easter eggs. Or something for the big kids. (backposted because I didn’t get a chance to post it at
links for 2011-05-11
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An interesting dissection of what makes a person ‘middle class’ in Australia. How much to they have to earn. And that the average person misunderstands what makes middle class. (Not to mention that some earning $150,000 thinking they are middle class is nuts)