Web 2.0 Suicide Machine This machine lets you delete all your energy sucking social-networking profiles, kill your fake virtual friends, and completely do away with your Web2.0 alterego.
posted by special-k
on Dec 18, 2009 -
44 comments
In 2009,
a remarkably gifted politician, confronting a remarkably difficult set of challenges, will
have to learn to say "No we can't",
Guantánamo will prove a moral minefield,
economic recovery will be invisible to the naked eye,
governments must prepare for the day they stop financial guarantees,
we will judge our commitment to sustainability,
scientists should research the causes of religion,
we will all be potential online paparazzi,
English will have more words than any other language (but it's meaningless),
Afghanistan will see a surge of Western (read: American) troops,
Iran will continue its nuclear quest while
diplomacy lies in shambles,
the sea floor is the new frontier,
we should rethink aging,
(non-)voters will continue to thwart the European project --
but cheap travel will continue to buoy it --
though it has some unfinished business to attend to, and
a Nordic defence bond will blossom.
The Economist: The World in 2009.
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posted by goodnewsfortheinsane
on Nov 27, 2008 -
31 comments
Privacy is dead - get over it [
part 2] is a talk by private investigator Steve Rambam. It's a talk he has been giving for a number of years where he shows how privacy is being taken away, not by sinister plots but because people are giving it away. With people putting up everything and nothing on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and so on, as well as a growing quantity of data held in private databases, he shows how easy it is to find out enormous amounts of data on just about anyone.
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posted by bjrn
on Sep 2, 2008 -
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These identity thieves don't want your money. They want your quirky sense of humor and your cool taste in music.
Among the 125 million people in the U.S. who visit online dating and social-networking sites are a growing number of dullards who steal personal profiles, life philosophies, even signature poems.
Dude u like copied my whole myspace, posts one aggrieved victim.
posted by subgear
on Feb 18, 2008 -
38 comments
Each of the following
MySpace Music pages features bios and/or photos and/or videos and/or miscellaneous related materials and/or up to four songs by each of the following Delta Blues (and related) artists:
Ishmon Bracey,
Mance Lipscomb,
Son House,
Blind Willie Johnson,
Charley Patton,
Blind Boy Fuller,
Skip James,
Bukka White,
Blind Willie McTell,
Mississippi Fred McDowell,
Robert Johnson,
Babe Turner,
Blind Lemon Jefferson,
Howling Wolf,
Jessie Mae Hemphill,
Tommy Johnson,
Reverend Gary Davis,
Big Joe Williams,
Mississippi John Hurt,
Ramblin' Willard Thomas,
John Lee Hooker and
Oscar Buddy Woods. And here's some general Blues pages, featuring various artists:
Delta Blues,
Pre-War Blues and
Blind Blues. You see, Delta Blues lovers, I comb MySpace so
you don't have to!
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on Oct 18, 2007 -
22 comments
Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace: "Hegemonic American teens (i.e. middle/upper class, college bound teens from upwards mobile or well off families) are all on or switching to
Facebook. Marginalized teens, teens from poorer or less educated backgrounds, subculturally-identified teens, and other non-hegemonic teens continue to be drawn to
MySpace. A class division has emerged and it is playing out in the aesthetics, the kinds of advertising, and the policy decisions being made." (
Related blog post)
posted by heatherann
on Jun 25, 2007 -
143 comments
MySpaceMP3.org allows anyone to download any MP3 on MySpace for free. In many cases, these are the same MP3s bands are trying to sell via MySpace's relatively new
Snocap service. Trouble for MySpace?
posted by scottreynen
on Jun 8, 2007 -
28 comments
