RFID in action…privacy advocates should take note now.
” At the Tesco Cambridge store, reports the magazine, a camera trained on the Gillette blade shelf, and triggered by the tags, captures a photo of each customer who removes a Mach3 pack. Another photo is taken at the checkout and security staff compare the two images to ensure they always have a pair.”
There's just so much wrong here that I can't even begin. I'm flying out to Indianapolis on Wednesday, and I'm tempted to print out a copy of the button and try this out. Paranoia triumphs over political speech….
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John Gilmore: I was ejected from a plane for wearing 'Suspected Terrorist' button. From Declan's politech list, a post from EFF co-founder John Gilmore:
My sweetheart Annie and I tried to fly to London today (Friday) on British Airways. We started at SFO, showed our passports and got through all the rigamarole, and were seated on the plane while it taxied out toward takeoff. Suddenly a flight steward, Cabin Service Director Khaleel Miyan, loomed in front of me and demanded that I remove a small 1″ button pinned to my left lapel. I declined, saying that it was a political statement and that he had no right to censor passengers' political speech. The button, which was created by political activist Emi Koyama, says “Suspected Terrorist”. Large images of the button and I appear in the cover story of Reason Magazine this month, and the story is entitled “Suspected Terrorist”. You can see the button [here].
The steward returned with Capt. Peter Hughes. The captain requested, and then demanded, that I remove the button (they called it a “badge”). He said that I would endanger the aircraft and commit a federal crime if I did not take it off. I told him that it was a political statement and declined to remove it. They turned the plane around and brought it back to the gate, delaying 300 passengers on a full flight.
Ok…for those of you that were there, the Karaoke Madness probably is still fresh in your memory. For those who don't remember details due to various hydrocarbons still working their way through your livers, take a look. I haven't gotten to the pithy captions yet, so feel free to suggest those as well.
Selected photos from Owen's Karaoke Madness.
Anyone who would like the offending photos removed, you can ask me nicely and I'll think about it.
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Scary, scary news from England….a British Microbiologist who was part of the UN investigatory group is missing and presumed dead….exerpt from story:
“Kelly, 59, became involved in the storm over the intelligence on Iraq's alleged banned weapons when the government said he was the source for a report by the British Broadcasting Corporation that officials hyped, or “sexed up” data in a September 2002 dossier to justify war. “
Moblogging, photobloging from Comic-Con in San Diego. Some interesting live photoblogging and narrative updates from folks attending the Comic-Con in San Diego this week. I am not there, but wish I was. Here's one, by way of Warren Ellis; here is a collective blog project created by the guys at textamerica (empty now, they just built it yesterday). Both of the above are also offered in a zesty RSS flavor for easy syndication. The San Diego Union-Tribune is blogging now, and there are some Comic-Con related entries on their Sci-fi/comics blog “Disembodied Brains.” Wil Wheaton says he'll be audio blogging from the convention. Got more live-blogging links? Post them here: Discuss [Boing Boing Blog]
I have no idea how to describe this, so I'm only going to say this:
Puppets. Bullet Time. Ping Pong.
You just have to see it to believe it.(~3meg Windows Media). For maximum effect, watch it without sound the first time (the crowd noise is distracting).
via Memepool.
Check it out:
For now it just forwards, but ibiblio is in the process of virutal hosting, so….I decided that if I was moving into a professional mode and looking for jobs and such, anonymity wasn't what I was going for. I also registered cryptonom.net for future use.
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Go, Go NC legislature! NC just became the first state to get a law to the governor concerning the right to refill inkjet cartridges. Sounds wierd, I know, but it's one of the stranger pieces of fallout from the DMCA.
<mr.burns>Eeeeeeexcellent, Smithers</mr.burns>
finally have all my content moved to Ibiblio. Next up….my own domain. BUT…I need suggestions. www.griffey.com is out, since it's the baseball players site. Could do www.jasongriffey.org or .net….
So: suggestions?
As pointed out by Eric, Googlism is quite funny at times. Imagine my surprise when I entered my name and got exactly one result:
jason griffey is copyright the
Imagine my disappointment! I don't know who I am copyrighted by….so sad.
On the other hand, google associating my name with copyright in some way is quite interesting.