- A thought experiment – "This presents a problem for customers who are still running the 2.2.1 firmware: they can’t get your fix until they upgrade to the 3.0 firmware."
- U.S. support for Detroit would buy 50 million Tata Nanos – "What else might we do with $100 billion in this industry? Assuming that we could get a wholesale price of $2000 per car, that’s enough to buy 50 million four-passenger 54 mpg Tata Nanos. The fuel savings from driving Nanos to the 7-11 instead of monster SUVs would save taxpayers $100 billion every year."
- Right to privacy broken by a quarter of UK's public databases, says report – "The report, Database State by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, says that more than half of Whitehall's 46 databases and systems have significant problems with privacy or effectiveness, and could fall foul of a legal challenge." And people wonder why I'm against ID cards and internet snooping laws.
Tag Archives: privacy
My delicious.com bookmarks for March 15th through March 20th
- Coming to an ID Card Near You: Your DNA – "Can there be any doubt that the UK government will, at some point, try to add DNA to the other biometrics on the card?" Scary stuff.
- How to spot a hidden religious agenda – Apparently this article was pulled from the New Scientist website shortly after it was published which is a bid odd as there's nothing scientifically objectionable.
- Tea really does taste better from your favourite cup – "Your daily brew tastes better from your favourite mug."
My delicious.com bookmarks for February 26th through February 28th
- Ryanair's New Emergency Instructions Could Be Real One Day – Funny. Though we probably shouldn't give them ideas.
- Liberal Democrats – Freedom Bill 2009 – I didn't hear about this first time around, but it sounds like a good idea. As one of the commenters noted, even if it doesn't go anywhere it might make the Government justify why these laws are needed when there are perfectly good, less draconian one already in place.
- Among the Inept, Researchers Discover, Ignorance Is Bliss – "People who do things badly … are usually supremely confident of their abilities — more confident, in fact, than people who do things well." I can't actually remember how I stumbled across this link any more, but it makes fascinating reading. Does kind of make you a little paranoid, though.
- 10 Geeky Tricks for Getting Out of Bed in the Morning – I should probably read this more closely when I'm properly awake. I'm getting worse and worse at getting up in the morning…
My delicious.com bookmarks for February 7th through February 9th
- The League of Moveable Type – Most free or open source fonts I've seen have been pretty poor but these guys seem to have the right idea.
- Government plans travel database – "When your travel plans, who you are travelling with, where you are going to and when are being recorded you have to ask yourself just how free is this country?"
- Learning and Working in the Collaborative Age: A New Model for the Workplace – Fascinating ten minute video on what Pixar look for in candidates, summarised as Depth, Breadth, Communication and Collaboration. Given those criteria I'm guessing they're very selective!
My delicious.com bookmarks for January 16th through January 19th
- 6 days to stop MPs concealing their expenses – I'm appalled that they're trying to stop the public finding out how they're spending our money! How about some accountability?
- Yummy 2.0 Quick Overview – New version of my iPhone delicious.com client. Lots of new features, including a web preview, integration with various Twitter clients, view by tag, improved search, streamlined bookmark editing… the list goes on!
- If you’ve nothing to hide… – Double standards from MPs. Who'd have thought?
My delicious.com bookmarks for January 8th through January 12th
- Welcome back, Palm – "After years in a persistent vegetative state, Palm has come roaring back with a gadget that's going to prove hard to beat in 2009." Not sure it's that good, but competition for Apple and RIM is always going to be a good thing.
- The UK government’s plans to retain email data and rate online content will cost too much, destroy business, liberty and must be stopped – start making placards – The title pretty much says it all (though the rest of the article is also worth reading).
- 'No God' campaign draws complaint – "Organisation Christian Voice has complained to the Advertising Standards Authority saying they break rules on substantiation and truthfulness." Sometimes I read the headlines in my RSS feed and think it must be in NewsBiscuit or The Onion…