ricardo | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 25 2007 | news, blogs, japan, cellphone, mobile, groping, life
It started with a simple article submitted to Associated Press by Hiroko Tabuchi. Not a big scoop, just a feature about a free downloadable mobile application which can discreetly tell a violator to back off without causing a fuss or disturbance… or else. The story was not only picked up by EVERY major news source from every part of the globe, it was distorted and rewritten to the point of announcing a “new initiative” by Japan to fight an “epidemic” of gropers in the country. Huh?!
Watching the story unfold and reappearing in a different form every half hour during the day, blognation Japan decided to take a look at this “Japanese phenomenon” (which of course NO ONE knows about over here) to learn what the REAL scoop was.
- ricardo | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 12 2008 | news
Quoted: Por mero acaso, descobri hoje que o nosso leitor e comentador João Sousa André (JSA) pedia-me no Estação Central para transcrever a quinta frase completa da página 161 do livro mais próximo. Com um «ligeiro» atraso, peguei no livro que estou a ler (e recomendo) que trata exactamente do acaso, ou mais concretamente das leis que o regem: «The Physics
- ricardo | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 12 2008 | news
Quoted: A project sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security spotlights defects in popular applications such as Linux and Apache. But there's also good news.
- ricardo | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 11 2008 | news
Quoted: Firefox with Greasemonkey: Free Greasemonkey user script Google Account Multi-Login adds a simple drop-down menu to Google pages (including Gmail) for quick switching between your different user accounts. Just install the script, reload the page, and you can start adding your Google accounts to the drop-down. It's simple to use and it's a huge timesaver
- ricardo | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 11 2008 | news
Quoted: To the mix of our many Web-based activities, we have added social grieving
- ricardo | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 11 2008 | news
Quoted: In an emergency situation, a user can push a button on the P527 and send SMS messages to five designated numbers.
- ricardo | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 11 2008 | news
Quoted: NASA scientists say a new solar cycle is beginning, and this could have important repercussions for space-based technology ranging from GPS navigation to weather satellites.
- ricardo | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 11 2008 | news
Quoted: Excellent essay from The New York Times: In the end, I'm not sure which is more troubling, the inanity of the existing regulations, or the average American's acceptance of them and willingness to be humiliated. These wasteful and tedious protocols have solidified into what appears to be indefinite policy, with little or no opposition. There ought to
- ricardo | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 10 2008 | news
Quoted: Steal This Wi-Fi — Whenever I talk or write about my own security setup, the one thing that surprises people — and attracts the most criticism — is the fact that I run an open wireless network at home. There's no password. There's no encryption. Anyone with wireless capability … Source: Wired News Author: Bruce Schneier
- ricardo | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 10 2008 | news
Quoted: His name is similar to someone on the "no fly" list: A five-year-old boy was taken into custody and thoroughly searched at Sea-Tac because his name is similar to a possible terrorist alias. As the Consumerist reports, "When his mother went to pick him up and hug him and comfort him during the proceedings, she was told not to touch him because he was
- ricardo | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 10 2008 | news
Quoted: 'I was dumbfounded'A Polish bloke got a bit of a shock when he decided to nip out to a brothel - his missus was among the establishment's employees.…
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