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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008From Wikipedia’s entry on lolcats:
Lolcats are images combining photographs of animals, most frequently cats, with a subjectively humorous and idiosyncratic caption in broken English referred to as Kitty Pidgin[1], Kitteh, or lolspeak.
They’re all over the place and they’re really dumb and annoying. Try searching flickr for lolcats. You get the idea.
Then I saw a few [...]
RSII: Reverse Signatures for Insecure Identification
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007It occurred to me the other day that I use the same avatar for all my ‘presences’ online: Jaiku, Orkut, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter (back when I used it) and anywhere else that offers the ability to upload an avatar. That’s it there on the left.
I like to call that avatar an RSII: Reverse Signatures for [...]
In defence of scalpers
Saturday, October 20th, 2007Around the world there is outrage and condemnation of the practice of scalping: purchasing event tickets when you have no intention of going to the event. Instead you intend to sell the tickets at an inflated price once the event sells out.
Here in Australia, and I read in the USA and other countries too, there [...]
Dumped by Web 2.0?
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007Dear Agony Aunt,
I logged onto Facebook this morning and my girlfriend’s status has changed from ‘Boyfriend’ to ‘Single’, so I checked my Jaiku followers and she’s not following my updates any more.
OK, so I just made that up, but if web2.0 is how we’re all communicating now (broadcasting rather than narrowcasting) I think it’s [...]
You’re not an atheist, you’re agnostic
Thursday, October 4th, 2007At some point in the last 20 years, we’ve gone from having to dodge ‘Crazy Christians’ on street corners to having to dodge virulent ‘atheists’. The very people who used to get annoyed by anyone talking about faith have now become militant. They are more keen to convert you to their apparent way of thinking [...]
A plea for help
Saturday, July 1st, 2006Fatima (my wife) used to work at the Institute on Church and Social Issues in Manila (Philippines). One of her co-workers, Fr John Carol, began saying Mass at a dumpsite in 1985, and quickly had become aware not only of the miserable living conditions of the people but specifically of the problem of malnutrition among [...]
“I want it both ways” — Innuendo intended
Thursday, June 29th, 2006So the Anglican Church has decided it doesn’t want to agree or disagree with the US ordination of a gay bishop. Choosing a position would split the church and they’re fighting for numbers. So now there’s going to be two parts to the church. Those who agree, and those who don’t. This must be the [...]
Make Poverty History .. still!
Monday, October 31st, 2005The gap between the world’s rich and poor has never been wider. Malnutrition, AIDS, conflict and illiteracy are a daily reality for millions. But it isn’t chance or bad luck that keeps most people trapped in bitter, unrelenting poverty. It’s man-made factors like a glaringly unjust global trade system, a debt burden so great that [...]
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