October 8, 2008
TSA calls Newark screener a one-person crime wave
Stealing a $48k professional video camera and trying to sell it on eBay? Not smart.
January 18, 2006
Cory Doctorow Hypocrisy Watch: New Firefox “feature” eases spying on users
Read this Cory rant about a proposed Firefox feature that would allow advertisers to track click throughs in an opt-outable manner, then count the number of undisclosed un-opt-outable click-through mechanisms in use by the horde of advertising links littering the page. I counted five (boingboing.net, clk.atdmt.com, adserver.fmpub.net, c2.edapebaf.com and click.adbrite.com)
November 18, 2005
Boing Boing: iTunes creates a security hole?
*Jawdroppingly* idiotic rant from Cory, trying to draw anti-DRM points from a completely non-DRM-related security flaw in iTunes. Is it my imagination, or is his signal to ranting-clueless-fuckwit ratio dropping of late?
April 16, 2005
Boston’s leading Jesus-crazy
As much a Boston landmark as the Citgo sign, this evangelical half-wit is a regular sight whenever there's a sporting event or concert. He's our version of London's Winner or Sinner bloke.