Rather than the usual rabbits or chicks with eggs, how about he original egg bearers? Fluffy dinosaurs chocolate eggs at David Jones for Easter.
links for 2011-04-17
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There’s little sign that the global copyright war will let up any time soon. Wherever you go, the content industries are working hard to secure stronger “protections” for intellectual property and tougher penalties against those who infringe against these protections. Given the forces they can bring to bear – an army of lobbyists and an ocean of cash – it’s not surprising that industry has won many of these battles.
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Don’t like the way airport screeners are doing their job? You might not want to complain too much while standing in line.
Arrogant complaining about airport security is one indicator Transportation Security Administration officers consider when looking for possible criminals and terrorists, CNN has learned exclusively. And, when combined with other behavioral indicators, it could result in a traveler facing additional scrutiny. -
Scholars want a universal library. Google tried to create one, but publishers were worried about copyright. Will public libraries step in to fill the gap with scanned books?
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Twitter rules the roost of micro bloggers, but could it go the way of MySpace? There is speculation that Bill Gross’ UberMedia are working on an alternative.
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Security companies and IT people constantly tells us that we should use complex and difficult passwords. This is bad advice, because you can actually make usable, easy to remember and highly secure passwords. In fact, usable passwords are often far better than complex ones.
links for 2011-04-15
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Boston , MA – Researchers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have used the Turing Test to determine that most 2-year-old children are not human.
Renai’s genie, In a black bikini
Always be careful what you wish for.
Yesterday Renai LeMay was tweeting about the amount of polishing required for an ebook. I suggested he be careful of bring forth genies from all his polishing. To which he requested one in a black bikini.
So, here Renai is your wish 🙂
links for 2011-04-13
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As social search has become more important, so has understanding how SEO works for shared links. In a new Google Webmaster Help video, Google’s Matt Cutts explains exactly how the shortened URLs are treated.
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On the same day that Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs Verhagen announced efforts to prevent the export of internet filters to repressive regimes, State Secretary of Justice and Security Teeven announced the introduction of the national blacklisting of website
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Advice for organiser of conferences from Mitch Joel.
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I want a Japanese .テスト domain
Browsing the IANA – Root Zone Database I notices there are a few root level domains that exist for testing purposes.
Scroll right to the bottom of the page and you will find .テスト (TeSuTo for those that can’t read Katakana). I think it would be quite fun to have one of these.
Pity they are only there for testing.
links for 2011-04-09
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The administrators to the collapsed REDgroup Retail announced this afternoon that they have initiated court proceedings against the breakaway Angus & Robertson franchisee group that this week purported to terminate their agreements with the parent company.
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The turmoil in the book industry has worsened with the breakaway of 25 Angus & Robertson franchised stores from the parent company over the handling of the firm's slide into administration.
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THE federal government should justify why mandatory collection and retention of personal data is necessary for law enforcement, a senate report into online privacy has found.
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Georgian police arrested a 75-year-old woman who single-handedly cut off internet connections in Georgia and neighbouring Armenia, the interior ministry in Tbilisi said.
links for 2011-04-06
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In a verdict today, the Czech Constitutional Court killed the Czech implementation of the detested Data Retention Directive. Ubiquitous surveillance of every human being is not compatible with fundamental rights. That brings the number of countries to arrive at that conclusion to five.
Jump start my warp drive by Green Chilli Music
Written back in June 2010 but not posted till now because I didn’t have an image for it. 🙂
The song was written as an experiment with sound effects. I thought it would be interesting to choose sound effects in Garage Band and seeing if I could write a song around them. Seeing as I don’t have lyrics in my songs I try to develop a story though the sound. So incorporating sound effects seemed a way to do this.
This song is about what happens when you don’t service your UFO often enough. Just hope a fellow traveller is going past and has jumper leads.
Would you like to be stuck in space with a broken down UFO?
Listen to the song on MacJams here.
Edit: With the death of MacJames, this track has moved to Jump start me warp drive on Soundcloud.
links for 2011-04-03
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Report by Public Knowledge about the bleak future when all the bandwidth runs out. Look forward to 'Peak Bandwidth'. (A parody)
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About a report by Public Knowledge comparing AT&T's bandwidth restrictions to the Peak Oil (as a parody).