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by Alec Muffett

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  • “And such people often crawl the web in search of things to be upset by.”

    The American writer HL Mencken once said that a puritan is someone with the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.  Similarly, there will be always someone, somewhere, who will find a certain type of message to be menacing, obscene, indecent, or grossly offensive.  And such people often crawl the web in search of…

  • Twitter Updates for 2012-07-02

    .@runasand That's 10p/min to have credentials sniffed by *business* ; to have credentials sniffed by the Government will soon be *free* # : Dilbert on #biometrics #security – #mustread http://t.co/95mWMiV5 # @doctorow During the post- #TEDxHOP tour of the Commons I was horrified to learn how few people know you can just turn up and…

  • I have invented Pink Rum! … it’s actually rather nice.

    Havana Club 3yo & Angostura.

  • Fibonacci Cake !

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  • Dilbert on #biometrics #security – #mustread

    Dilbert.com – The Official Dilbert Website with Scott Adams’ color strips, Dilbert animation, mashups and more!.

  • Twitter Updates for 2012-07-01

    : The social-media turf wars have finally begun – "Starting today Tweets will no longer be displayed on LinkedIn." http://t.co/zbWpUOMc # "You're cycling? But what will you do if it rains?" "Get wet." #istheresomethingwrongwiththat ? # RT @chrisgerhard: @AlecMuffett as the Dutch say: "you are not made of sugar" # Testing #Spotify – a track:…

  • Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld – Telegraph

    Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld, who has died aged 88, escaped from Occupied France to join the Special Operations Executive SOE; parachuted back on sabotage missions, he twice faced execution, only to escape on both occasions, once dressed as a Nazi guard. via Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld – Telegraph.

  • “Words or conduct which would not intimidate or influence anyone to respond to the demand would not be menaces” #twitterjoketrial

    Oh this is good: In seeking to raise the threshold for menacing, Cooper relies heavily on a 1968 case R v Clear, in which Sellers LJ makes the following statement: Words or conduct which would not intimidate or influence anyone to respond to the demand would not be menaces … but threats and conduct of…

  • The social-media turf wars have finally begun – “Starting today Tweets will no longer be displayed on LinkedIn.”

    First there were silos; you had to be on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn separately. Then they crosslinked, first using password-sharing – the antipattern – then OpenID, and the user could post an update in one and all would see it. Now: belts are tightening, the walls are going back up. Remember you are the product –…

  • Twitter Updates for 2012-06-30

    : So the Government finally admits that it is not trying to protect children but instead effect social control? http://t.co/5j86BFB1 # .@picotludique @glynmoody Funny how "Linux with a Java appserver" is now the model for both Enterprise & Phone, but not LAMP middle-tier # @Ashpolt You should try Wyre Piddle, mate. # @glynmoody Wonder if…

  • Privacy blunder shuts online pornography consultation – Telegraph

    Privacy blunder shuts online pornography consultation – Telegraph. The online consultation opened on Thursday and invited views from the public on what controls broadband providers should offer or impose to prevent children accessing pornography. It collected views on an array of sensitive subjects, such as explicit material online, parental responsibilities, cyberbullying and censorship. Once they…

  • Why Women Still Can’t Have It All – The Atlantic # feminism, politics, and work-life balance

    via Magazine – Why Women Still Can’t Have It All – The Atlantic – and Mickey Dennedy The best hope for improving the lot of all women, and for closing what Wolfers and Stevenson call a “new gender gap”—measured by well-being rather than wages—is to close the leadership gap: to elect a woman president and…