Facebook and privacy

http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2007/06/go-fish-is-facebook-violating-european.html

This is a very interesting article about using searching in Facebook to find out all kinds of information about people, even though their profile may be set to private. Like the article says, it's like a game of 'go fish'.

Worth heeding. FWIW it's also worth noting that if you delete your account all your information is still retained by Facebook so it can be reactivated. That in itself strikes me as dodgy as fuck.

And yeah, I do have things to hide.

A GCSE in swearing?

Review as expletive gets marks

The pupil is reported to have written "fuck off", and would have had
another mark for adding an exclamation point.

Mr Buckroyd is quoted by the Times as saying: "It would be wicked to
give it a zero because it does show some very basic skills we are looking for -
like conveying some meaning and some spelling."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7481715.stm

Of course there's a load of moral panic nonsense and 'exams are too easy' type crap we can get into. But let's not.

Let's fucking not.

Drexciya Interview - 27 mins

Drexciya rule. Nice Detroit techno, and a nice interview.

BANNED HEINZ GAY KISS ADVERT

Well it wasn't *BANNED*, it was withdrawn by Heinz.

I like it, it's cute. And Heinz are a bunch of wankers for buckling to pressure from bigots.

Requiem For A Day Off

Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy

Fonts

I love courier. It has a simultaneous retro and high-tech feel about it. It's what programmers use due to it's monospace loveliness. It's orderly.

Comic Sans, however, sucks. I am not the only one with this opinion, as you will find out at http://www.bancomicsans.com/home.html

It's worth looking there, not only to wonder how someone can get worked up over a font for kids, but to check out some ace free fonts that are based on comic book typefaces. They are here: http://www.bancomicsans.com/fonts.html

Not a goon

Well I've decided to try and reduce the amount of time I spend on the internet. I took the bold step of requesting to be banned on Something Awful - so I am no longer a goon. Maybe I'll return, but I doubt it. The problem with that place is that although there are many normal people on it, there are far too many that live up to the stereotype of an SA goon all too well, and that's not much better than a Slashdotter or even a /b/tard (4chan actually being the child of SA).

I guess I'd just like more free time and not to turn into this guy:

A Jack Chick approach to celebrity DJs

I love this.

It's by Ishkur, author of the comprehensive Ishkur's guide to electronic music.

Edit: Check out http://www.epsilonminus.com/darquedungeon/ for a lol-worthy Goth version.

Edit 2: This is a real one. Note that it is awesome.

Edit 2a: This is a young Boyd Rice, isn't it?

The NY Times does Steampunk

“As a subculture, we are not the spawn of Satan,” Ms. Kriete said. “People smile when they see us. They want to take our picture.”

Worth a look for the pictures and links. And then there's Brass Goggles, which is a pretty neat steampunk blog. Check the link to the Star Wars steampunk toys.

And then there's this:

Saraha tells it like it is

http://www.keithdowman.net/mahamudra/saraha.htm

The wind lashes calm waters into rollers and breakers;
The king makes multifarious forms out of unity,
Seeing many faces of this one Archer, Saraha.

The cross-eyed fool sees one lamp as two;
The vision and the viewer are one,
You broken, brittle mind!

Britain - a nation of hysterics

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/22/middlesbrough-cops-g.html

This does not surprise me one bit, although it does sadden me. The public's ingrained terror of paedophiles and terrorists getting fucking ridiculous.

Edit:

Information is the best defense: http://www.sirimo.co.uk/ukpr.php

The Century of the Self by Adam Curtis

Here's a documentary series you have to see - how psychology has been used through the 20th century to control people on a wide scale for both financial and political ends.

Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4

Owned, the movie

Look at that beautiful flying arm-bar!



My current favourite quote regarding judo :

"and then you grasp the jacket lightly, gently ever so softly with three fingers of each hand, then, ... you pull with all the strength of King Kong!"

There is no Anonymous