Meme
Bio in 6 words
Mathias Klang at Wrote tagged me with the six word memoir meme, so I will try to rise to the challenge. I’ve always liked the line in Half a Person by The Smiths that says “16, clumsy and shy, I Read more…
Cases
Jury decides on cyberbullying case
A Federal jury in Los Angeles has convicted Lori Drew of three misdemeanour counts of computer fraud, specifically accessing a computer without authorisation. This is not unusual in itself, but the novelty of the decision is that Ms Drew’s conduct Read more…
Cybercrime
Cybercriminals making a killing on magic swords
(via Pangloss) The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has published a report about the prevalence of cybercrime against virtual world inhabitants. The report states that: “2007 was the year of online gaming fraud – with malicious programs that Read more…
Cybercrime
Smells like teen suicide
(via ORG-Discussion list and various other sources) A teenager in Florida has committed suicide while webcasting the event on video website Justin.tv. Reportedly, as many as 1,500 people were witnesing the event at one time, and some even encouraged the Read more…
Web 2.0
Always look on the bright side of YouTube
Monty Python releases its own YouTube channel to get back at all the people who have been ripping them off for three years. If you cannot beat them, join them… ’tis but a flesh wound.
Creative Commons
Obama and Creative Commons
20081104_Chicago_IL_ElectionNight1032, originally uploaded by Barack Obama. I have been looking at the amazing pictures on Flickr taken at the Obama household on the night of the U.S. election, and I have to say that I am utterly surprised by the Read more…
Patent abuse
Patenting patent trolling
(via Patently-O) Halliburton (yes, THAT Halliburton) has made a patent application for patent trolling. Enjoy USPTO application 20080270152, which protects a method for “Patent Acquisition and Assertion by a (Non-Inventor) First Party Against a Second Party”. The abstract reads: “Methods Read more…
Feeling silly
The Matrix runs on Windows
Everybody knows that The Matrix runs on UNIX, but what if it ran on Windows XP? “Looks like you are trying to bend a spoon with your mind. Have you tried realising the truth that there is no spoon?”
Games
The evils of virtual worlds
Yesterday was the official “bash virtual worlds” day in the UK press. With the launch of the latest World of Warcraft expansion (Wrath of the Lich King), news sources went overboard in the coverage of thousands of costumed geeks queuing Read more…
Popular Culture
Not The New York Times
An expensive and complicated spoof of the New York Times has hit the streets of Manhattan (with accompanying website). The headlines offer something akin to a liberal wish-list, from the end of the PATRIOT Act, to the passing of a Read more…