Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Bodyform viral video provides the world with an explanation for Colin Firth – #bodyform #sexism /ht @caitlinmoran

2012/10/17 07:21:18 BST

So I woke up to Gene Spafford retweeting the fact that there’s this video: …which Jezebel needlessly spoilers by describing: Last week, a guy named Richard Neill posted a long, funny comment on UK maxipad maker Bodyform’s Facebook page about how the company had lied to him through their advertising campaigns over the years, leading…
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miscellaneous ranting
I had no idea the #FedEx #Furniture Guy had been DMCA’ed into oblivion…

2012/10/14 22:42:49 BST

FedEx furniture is the artistic creation of computer programmer Jose Avila, III. In June, 2005, Avila created a website, Fedexfurniture.com, to display photographs of a couch, bed, dining room table, and desk that he had constructed out of cartons obtained from overnight shipping giant FedEx Corporation (FedEx). FedEx attorneys used the takedown provisions of the…
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censorship and interception openrightsgroup politics and law
As Inflation Rages In Iran, Bitcoin Software Not Available – Forbes

2012/10/14 20:57:35 BST

If severe currency devaluation and disruptive Internet cyber-attacks were not enough, the regular people of Iran have had access blocked to certain open source software sites for downloading applications such as Bitcoin. The 20-month-old blockade hasn’t been instigated by Iran’s mullahs but by the U.S.-led embargo which prohibits certain persons from receiving services via open…
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censorship and interception security
Newsflash: NSA says that absolute security models exist. Oh, wait, that was in 1998. /ht @Cryptomeorg

2012/10/14 13:32:10 BST

Cryptome just tweeted this ancient essay: PDF: The Inevitability of Failure: The Flawed Assumption of Security in Modern Computing Environments Peter A. Loscocco, Stephen D. Smalley, Patrick A. Muckelbauer, Ruth C. Taylor, S. Jeff Turner, John F. Farrell tos@epoch.ncsc.mil National Security Agency Although public awareness of the need for security in computing systems is growing…
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security
“Marketing fuels the world. It is as American as apple pie…” #donottrack #privacy

2012/10/14 08:33:50 BST

In case you missed it, regards DNT / do-not-track privacy settings in HTTP: http://www.zdnet.com/the-do-not-track-standard-has-crossed-into-crazy-territory-7000005502/ The debate over the Do Not Track standard has officially moved beyond Alice in Wonderland. These days, I’m not sure whether it’s 1984 or Brazil. In a sane world, telling a website “do not track me” would result in behavior that…
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openrightsgroup social networking software
Baz Luhrmann – Everybody’s Free To Wear Sunscreen # This Deserves a Reboot

2012/10/13 20:49:07 BST

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fun
“Parks and Rec” Quote

2012/10/13 12:05:16 BST

We don’t get Parks and Rec in the UK that I am aware of, but an American friend introduced me to a few episodes so I am aware of the characters. One character, Ron Swanson, is a particular American archetype – and the actor who plays him, Nick Offerman, seems not too far away in…
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fun
#bicymple video # ah, much better

2012/10/13 09:18:33 BST

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cycling
The #bicymple. The bicycle, simplified. # essentially a two-wheel unicycle. Not yet convinced its real.

2012/10/13 09:11:04 BST

The bicymple. The bicycle, simplified..
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cycling
Women of the Future, 1902

2012/10/13 09:03:57 BST

http://www.retronaut.co/2011/09/women-of-the-future-1902/ Complete lacking in programmer, scientist, project manager, bus driver, pilot… But journalist and politician don’t seem too far off the mark. Or have I missed the point?
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fun miscellaneous ranting
Japanese cubesat to flash Earth with Morse message • The Register

2012/10/12 19:20:23 BST

Scan the night sky next month and you may witness a rather unusual phenomenon – an tiny Japanese satellite using LEDs to beam a Morse code message earthwards. The message will come from FITSAT-1, or Niwaka, a 10cm cubed satellite weighing just 1.3kg and recently released from the from the International Space Station. Built by…
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astronomy
Can’t re-add Twitter to my LinkedIn profile without giving LinkedIn privileges to read/write #notgonnahappen

2012/10/12 12:58:12 BST

I suppose that I shouldn’t be surprised by this, but it is a bit miffing; mildly ironic given the block that Twitter has put upon communications with LinkedIn.
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social networking