Dropsafe

Jeremy Kay talks to director Morgan Spurlock: “The media manipulate what is going on out there to keep people afraid,” he says. “But we should ask more questions for ourselves, talk to each other and challenge what we hear. Then we can learn about our similarities. Maybe that will give us a better chance of

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What I am up to at the moment, individual photos heavily annotated…

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Damn, I wish I’d had Google when I was 10 years old: Boy, 10, engineers private backyard ski slope. …though I would probably have created a massive underground bunker from which to seek world domination muahahahahahhahahah!!!

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Chilling Effects Clearinghouse Chilling Effects is a collaboration between several law school clinics and the Electronic Frontier Foundation to protect lawful online activity from legal threats. Their website, chillingeffects.org, allows recipients of cease-and-desist notices to submit (tags: copyright dmca takedown censorship privacy web) Stuff » AutoFS and NFS improvements in Leopard The Leopard automounter is

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LART Construction Originally uploaded by alecmuffett …for all you alt.fan.sysadmin people out there…

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Understanding art for geeks #6 Originally uploaded by paulthewineguy I think this is the best one of the set. 🙂 See flickr for more. Hat tip to Chris.

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Microsoft Joining DataPortability.org – ReadWriteWeb Irony… (tags: dataportability Microsoft openstandards) Secular Philosophy via www.geoffarnold.com (tags: philosophy religion atheism) Firefox remote on n770 How to cope with task-switching on remote x-display on the nokia (tags: n800 nokia ssh x11) BELTER Asteroids clone, anyone? (tags: flash games asteroids)

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I tried it in the US, and I just confirmed it works at the Starbucks near the City office – the uneconomic to advertise “short cappuccino” does exist, and does taste better than anything else on Starbucks’ price board. All you have to do, is ask… Cost me £1.85.

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The e-victims.org is the first website dedicated to helping victims of e-incidents. “We have launched with a special e-shopping service. You will find answers to most e-shopping problems, including online auctions. You will also find fact sheets that explain your rights and give you tips on how to complain” (tags: consumer advice Security privacy) Computers

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It’s hard to know where to begin in appalled-ness – that there is a mandated 5% cap on discounts for book sales in France, or that the union is backed by the state… ArsTechnica: Did you hear the one about Amazon? It offered free shipping in France, got sued for it by the French Booksellers’

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Debating copyright reform: time for compulsory licenses? Blanket licenses for music won’t work. Music poll-tax won’t work. Distributors will fade away, promoters may still exist but will get paid by the artist who will take the lion’s share… (tags: copyright music Marketing licensing) Explore Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded Need to watch this, to get insight

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A colleague kindly provided me with 4 boxes of Nescafe Dolce Gusto capsules as a thank-you present, having mistaken them for Nespresso ones. I can’t use them – wrong size, wrong shape – so they are going free to a good home. Lungo and Espresso varieties. Leave a comment below if you would like them.

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