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Old Blog Is Back

Don’t get me wrong, Soup really is great! But it’s just not the tool for writing longer posts, and I’m missing the opportunity to get comments on my musings. So here’s how I’ll handle things from now on:

Setting Orange, The Aftermath 3, 3173 YOLD

Irrepressible - an Amnesty International Campaign

The web is a great tool for sharing ideas and freedom of expression. However, efforts to try and control the Internet are growing. Internet repression is reported in countries like China, Vietnam, Tunisia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Syria. People are persecuted and imprisoned simply for criticising their government, calling for democracy and greater press freedom, or exposing human rights abuses, online.

But Internet repression is not just about governments. IT companies have helped build the systems that enable surveillance and censorship to take place. Yahoo! have supplied email users’ private data to the Chinese authorities, helping to facilitate cases of wrongful imprisonment. Microsoft and Google have both complied with government demands to actively censor Chinese users of their services.

Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right. It is one of the most precious of all rights. We should fight to protect it.
http://irrepressible.info/about

I’ve signed the pledge and have added irrepressible content to this blog (in the sidebar on the left) and I encourage you to do so too!

There are also two other petitions which I deem worthy of your support:
Flucht is kein Verbrechen – Keine Schubhaft für AsylwerberInnen (in German)
Protect the Baltic Sea while it’s still not too late!

Setting Orange, Confusion 49, 3173 YOLD

Random Ramblings

  • Got myself a pre-order copy of VMware Fusion which is an absolute bargain for $39.99, since it would be well worth the $79.99 it will cost later on.
  • Found out that Tim Fite now also offers his 2004 album “2 Minute Blues” as a free download on his website. While you’re there make sure to also get “Over the Counter Culture”, which probably is the best new album I’ve heard this year.

Life’s (mostly) good!

Prickle-Prickle, Confusion 43, 3173 YOLD

Two Nice Little Helpers

Mozy Online Backup: Mac Mozy
Been using this for around 2 weeks now, really sweet! If you want to sign up, please use this referal link which gives both of us more space (of course this also works when you’re going to sign up to use the Windows version).

Spanning Sync
Synchronize Google Calendar and Apple iCal. Share calendars between multiple Macs. Share calendars with your coworkers, family, and friends. And while you’re at it, connect Google Calendar to your iPod, mobile phone, and other devices. Finally a tool I can use to sync iCal and Google Calendar in both directions!

Pungenday, Confusion 22, 3173 YOLD

Kiva - Loans That Change Lives

Kiva

Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. By choosing a business on Kiva.org, you can “sponsor a business” and help the world’s working poor make great strides towards economic independence. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates from the business you’ve sponsored. As loans are repaid, you get your loan money back.

Prickle-Prickle, Confusion 13, 3173 YOLD

Possible Happy End

Oct 12th 2012: In an unprecedented moment of clarity, humanity finally admitted defeat, burnt everything to the ground and decided to move back up the trees. This is our last news report, good game everyone!

Sweetmorn, Discord 73, 3173 YOLD

Accounts Deleted

43places, 43things, Last.fm, MySpace, Plazes, SuprGlu, Ta-da lists.

Fuck you, Web 2.0.

Sweetmorn, Discord 63, 3173 YOLD