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Laureen is sound, she’s a colleague, and she’s had death threats over her chosen method of potty training. I kid you not. Read, or watch the video.

Thomas Hawk is CEO of Zooomr, so he has an axe to grind, but even so… Thomas Hawk I’m pretty pissed right now. Two days ago I blogged about an incident involving Rebekka Gudleifsdottira. Rebekka is one of the most popular photographers on Flickr and definitely someone that those of us who have been around…

reminder: Monday is Wiretap the Internet Day – so if you don’t want to be spanked by CALEA you should be aware. Really. (Via)

Simon and I were troggin into work on our respective trikes a few days ago, whizzing through the tank grounds, until we encountered this: … very nice Army chap reversed it all the way back to the bridge to let us through; and the one of the squaddies laying dummy demolition charges on the bridge…

So my car was in the shop the other day, having a panel replaced; I was flicking through the obligatory stock of men’s magazines provided in the waiting room – sans tissues – and found a review of a new movie, Zodiac. A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his…

This is new and you won’t see it reported anywhere else, yet. My friend and former colleague Rob wrote me on AIM: I just got back from getting my new “Digital Drivers License”… it’s supposed to serve as a definitive form of ID, as good as a passport… They have a point system for authenticating…

The news is good! My consultant took a look at the x-rays and declared them to be better than he was hoping, with little sign of damage remaining; in fact he’s rather curious to take a look inside, and so is pleased to be seeing me in a few weeks to open it up, take…

More stupider user tricks: IT horror stories redux Idiot-proof your enterprise with these 10 hard-luck lessons of boneheaded IT miscues. I will say nothing, but some of my colleagues will be wetting themselves laughing. My favourite is, of course, the security one. via Adriana.

More than half of children in the UK using the internet have had an “unwanted experience”, a poll suggests. “…well hell, yeah, every time I get a pop-up…”

Really, I can’t think why they’d want to block me… Via greatfirewallofchina – go take a look, see if you can get anything past it…

This was on the BBC World Service last night; alas the only imprint I can find is from the Inquirer. I wonder what happened to all the stuff from the Enron scandal? Inquirer German boffins resurrect Stasi files Shredded papers stitched back together ATTEMPTS BY THE East German secret service to destroy embarrassing files after…

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