Leroy Stick – the man behind @BPGlobalPR
Why he does it.
Mainland China service availability
Mainland China service availability
"This page offers a summary of Google service accessibility from within mainland China."
I have nothing to say, really.
Fuck off.
Cultivated Play: Farmville
"So we cannot simply dismiss video games and Facebook as mere ‘wastes of time.’ Instead, we are obligated to educate ourselves about them, and to try to understand what they mean, and what it means that we use them."
A History of Obama Feigning Interest in Mundane Things
A History of Obama Feigning Interest in Mundane Things
Awesome photos and great writing.
Will Google stand up to France and Italy, too?
Will Google stand up to France and Italy, too?
So, Google shows balls in China – how about in western countries with increasingly weird and strict internet laws?
Google to Stop Censoring Search Results in China After Hack Attack
Google to Stop Censoring Search Results in China After Hack Attack
Thorough and well written article on wired.com about the recent Google/China situation.
Official Google Blog: A new approach to China
Official Google Blog: A new approach to China
So, Google threatens to pull out of the Chinese market and as of today stopped censoring their search results on google.cn.
Bookmarks for October 14th through October 15th
These are my links for October 14th through October 15th:
- Schwarz-gelber Koalitionspoker: FDP stoppt Internetsperren – SPIEGEL ONLINE – Nachrichten – Politik –
- The Birth of the Grumpy Asshole Programmer | Hashed Bits –
- Cheese or Font –
- Denkmallandschaft Berliner Mauer –
- Hello Kitty’s internal organs revealed – TOKYOMANGO –
Bookmarks for April 19th through April 21st
These are my links for April 19th through April 21st:
- Vettel: I Name Thee Kate’s Dirty Sister – I laughed.
- Inside the precision hack – So why do they do it? Why do they write code, build complex applications, publish graphs – why do they organize a team that is more effective than most startup companies? Says Zombocom: “For the lulz”.
- The Pirate Bay – The world’s largest BitTorrent tracker – "Continue to build the internets! Start more bittorrent sites, blog more, start your own lobby group, create, remix, mash up and continue to grow more heads on this amazing hydra that we know as the internets!"
- Google Torrent Search – Useful.
- Police delete London tourists’ photos ‘to prevent terrorism’ | UK news | guardian.co.uk – To prevent tourism?
Twitter oAuth and a Reverse Network Effect
These are my links for March 16th through March 17th:
- Code: Flickr Developer Blog » [changelog] Revision of the Places page, also Neighborhoods – Nice little changed to the Places functionality on Flickr.
- Twitter / Applications – It's finally there and it is going to rule.
- Is There a Reverse Network Effect with Scale? – ReadWriteWeb – As a certain size, social networks might get less useful. Might? Will.
- Notional Slurry » Hey, I checked our records. You didn’t say you wanted a revolution after all. Sorry! – Culture clash.
- SXSWi: Web Awards Honor 2009′s Big Names, Underdogs | The Underwire from Wired.com – Uh, there are things I haven't heard from, yet.
- Mind Hacks: It’s not denial, it’s filtered acceptance – It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.
Nokia N79 and Mercedes G
These are my links for February 16th through February 17th:
- Nokia Nseries – N79 – I think this might be my next cellphone.
- WordPress plugins in use | stopdesign –
- Wer wählt was? –
- Mercedes G-Wagen Turns 30: The 11 Best Special Versions – I'd take one any time.