British Prince Philip is notorious for saying politically incorrect things at delicate moments. Now there’s a book compiling all of them and I can’t help but wonder if Mookee now has a hero to look up to.
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I found this over at The Movie Blog… a little film mashup that works surprisingly well with some unexpected characters. I kind of wish it ended differently, but it’s not my film…
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This talking, flashing urinal insert will almost certainly cause quite a few bar patrons to miss the target entirely, possibly fouling their terrified neighbor as it peddles its wares.
Going to see a play? Well then you may be forced to watch live advertising before the show starts.
Not to miss out on commercialism, the US Postal Service is jumping on the bandwagon to make sure that no aspect of our lives will be free from advertising.
Any bets on when we’ll see a Nike Swoosh on a five dollar bill?
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Here are a pair of articles from different sources that explain a bit more of how the current situation came to be, and how it has been enacted from a technical standpoint.
The first is from The New Yorker, in which we learn that yes indeed, “eavesdropping” is the correct phrase to be used in tens of thousands of cases.
The second is from Wired, who publishes a document currently under seal concerning the technical methods being used by AT&T’s compliance in monitoring your phone and internet usage.
Yes I said internet. It seems there are three programs: One that collects metatdata of phone conversations (who called whom when and for how long), one that listens to those conversations, and one that watches me post on Ookee. None of which are legal, and none of which are apparently very useful (Hayden’s political pandering notwithstanding)
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Geeks everywhere rejoice! There’s going to be a huge auction of Star Trek props at Christie’s this fall in NYC. What would you buy if it were up for bidding?
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