Entries for week beginning September 6, 2009
➠ September 12, 2009
TechCrunch: Yeah Ok, So Facebook Punk'd Us
Very satisfying. Facebook add a ridiculous feature, only visible to people who work at TechCrunch. A writer spots it, give FB a whole 24 minutes to respond to his questions, and in the TC way, rushes out a story so he can “scoop” competitors. Pwned!
➠ September 11, 2009
➠ September 10, 2009
3 bad reasons to buy a home
The experience we had last year trying to sell our house in Somerville has certainly soured my attitude towards home ownership. I agree with this article, and think renting is the way to go for the foreseeable future.
Treatment of Alan Turing was "appalling" - PM | Number10.gov.uk
Official apology from Gordon Brown for the way Alan Turing was treated until olde British homophobic laws.
➠ September 9, 2009
rod@sputtering:/mnt/tera/flac — ssh — 80×24
Ah, the joy of watching my ragtag bunch of shell scripts and Python tools rip, convert and tag my new Beatles CDs.
“Authenticity”
My favourite achievement in "The Beatles: Rock Band"
Electronic Frontier Foundation: xkcd Book Reading
Fundraiser in SF in a few weeks for the EFF — Randall Munroe of xkcd will be doing a book reading and answering questions from Reddit. I’ve signed up for the meet & greet.
Glenn Beck Didn't Rape And Murder Anyone... But He Doesn't Want Websites Discussing It
Glenn Beck Streisand-Effects the “Did Glenn Beck murder and rape a young girl in 1990?” meme that, until now, had been the preserve of Fark, Reddit, 4Chan, etc.
➠ September 7, 2009
So *that*’s why they needed the VC funding…
Foursquare has dropped the "play" and is now at foursquare.com.
Man, this is just like when Twttr.com bought the vowels!
➠ September 6, 2009
Kurt Cobain Will Have His Revenge On Activision
Holy crap, this is horrendous. The new Guitar Hero game lets you unlock Kurt Cobain as a playable avatar. That would be fine, except the avatar is just a skin which performs identically to any other GH character. Stunning!
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