August 2009
Early morning wake up call from London and rush job means I am now parked up outside the scene of an 18-year kidnapping and abuse case.
there is so much to do. anybod got some spare hours in the day?
Wired: ACLU calls Pentagon hacker’s extradition ‘tragic’ http://bit.ly/1OPuY
If you have any opinions on whether people should put their real name to online comments, go here and chime in: http://bit.ly/Cq1QF
I’ve never been great with headlines, but this one was crying out to me: http://bit.ly/hJYJa
erm @gonzomehum I think you should take it in the spirit it was intended: it’s a pun, not an attempt to malign geeks as criminals.
ReadWriteWeb: 3 augmented reality apps now live in... →
BBC: The Impossible Project is trying to reinvent... →
Wired: ACLU calls Pentagon hacker’s extradition... →
Register: Phishing emails dry up as fraudsters... →
Anonymously place advert on Craigslist, first respondent is a friend. Would have given discounted price anyway. Lesson? Asks friends first.
Fortune: How LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman got his... →
Engadget: Xbox 360 Pro and Elite price cuts... →
VentureBeat: Wikipedia gets $2M from Omidyar... →
Nothing quite like waking up to a legal threat. Gives your morning coffee that extra zing.
BusinessWeek: Facebook hires from Yahoo, SixApart,... →
NYT: Arrest of former Goldman worker over stolen computer code illuminates Wall St secrets http://bit.ly/xYZig
This tool for sharing US court files is brilliant: each time you buy a document, it caches a copy for others. Excellent. http://bit.ly/AahdG
Cripes. I have just discovered I am owed an inordinate amount of holiday. Now trying to think of things to do with it.
Bloomberg: Facebook plans to boost staff 50% this year, Zuckerberg says http://bit.ly/DdhpM
TelecomTV: Spinvox losses up by 30 per cent and £30 million in debt to be repaid in December http://bit.ly/QRD78
Bloomberg: Facebook plans to boost staff 50% this... →
TelecomTV: Spinvox losses up by 30 per cent and... →
Guardian: Police may be issued with new high-power... →
Guardian: BT adds to job woes by closing graduate... →
NYT: Arrest of former Goldman worker over stolen... →
Register: Apple blogger legally unlocks iPhone →
A mariachi band just got on my bus. Will they burst into song? It’s like Russian roulette.
Peter Thiel giving a talk at Singularity U http://flic.kr/p/6RXUy4
Rolling Stone still, weirdly, pretends it’s about modern life and then runs covers like this month’s “Why the Beatles broke up”. Egads.
Giant value 99c http://flic.kr/p/6RUmSc
I think they’re just on their way to a gig, replete with instruments and wearing their band uniforms.
I’ve had no time for twittering this week. This situation must be fixed, forthwith!
TechCrunch: What Wolfram Alpha really did this... →
Register: Hewlett Foundation ponies up cash for... →
Damn you, Caltrain, damn you.
PR people: do you have experience of astroturfing? War stories? Do clients ask for it? Privacy if needed: bobbie.johnson@guardian.co.uk
heading down the valley for the afternoon.
District 9 was doubleplus good - visceral, well-paced, gory and engaging. Public Enemies, however, sucked so badly I was angry by the end.
FT: Autonomy's 'tech prophet' Mike Lynch preaching... →
TechFlash: ‘Google hurts consumers by using its dominance to promote its own increasingly inferior products’ http://bit.ly/113iih
Macworld: One in four songs sold in US is from iTunes, says report http://bit.ly/5ixmV
Torrentfreak: Download a copy of the Pirate Bay... →
TechFlash: 'Google hurts consumers by using its... →
Cult of Mac: Interview with Data Center... →
‘Appleâs gigantic new data center hints at cloud computing’
NYT: AOL builds content as mainstream media... →
BBC: Twitter messages are 40% 'babble' →
Macworld: One in four songs sold in US is from... →
Torrentfreak: Download a copy of the Pirate Bay before it’s gone http://bit.ly/mNeCe
BBC: Twitter messages are 40% ‘babble’ http://bit.ly/fOqfv