October 2009
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What Information is "Personally Identifiable"? on...
What Information is “Personally Identifiable”?
via EFF.org Updates by schoen on 9/11/09
Mr. X lives in ZIP code 02138 and was born July 31, 1945.
These facts about him were included in an anonymized medical record released to the public. Sounds like Mr. X is pretty anonymous, right?
Not if you’re Latanya Sweeney, a Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor who...
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WatchAdobe CS5 introduces Seam Carving (watch video, amazing) - via CreateDigitalMotion
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An Interview with David Clark for MIT News
Original Article Here
Last week, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski, broke with precedent by proposing federal rules that enforce Net neutrality — the principle that Internet service providers (ISPs) shouldn’t play favorites with the traffic traveling over their networks. Proponents argue that Net neutrality promotes innovation. If software...
“I became a pop-culture writer because I love movies, music, and books, and I...”
– Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club (via Poynter)
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Rayyane Tabet, Fossils (2006)
Images and text from Moving Home(s) exhibition, 2006, Galerie Sfeir-Semler
Born 1983 in Ashqout, Lebanon; lives and works in New York Is a Lebanese artist and architect studying at Cooper Union University in New York. The youngest artist of the show, Tabet is presenting his very first installation in a contemporary art gallery. At a very early age, he...
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JUMP JUMP JUMP Symetry
via today and tomorrow by pieter | today and tomorrow on 9/15/09
JUMP JUMP JUMP Symetry by Francoise Gamma.
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Data Visualization and Infographics Resources
via Smashing Magazine on 9/19/09
Data visualizations and infographics can make complex datasets easier to understand and comprehend. By creating a graphical represenatation of data and statistics, complicated concepts and information can make more sense in less time.
Many visualizations focus on representing a specific set of data or statistical information. Others focus on less-concrete topics,...
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WatchLaser Caves, Light Beams Through Architecture, and Suryummy’s Yumminess
via Create Digital Motion by Peter Kirn on 9/17/09
Laser Cave Prototype from Suryummy on Vimeo.
It’s a testament to the power of digital visuals that flat, 4:3 or 16:9 rectangles can be endlessly fascinating — just as some of the greatest music records of all time were produced in mono. But part of the reason why resources...
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The Pirate Kiosk
(via Embassy of Piracy):
Dear users and abusers, dear Elders of the Internet,
the Kiosk of Piracy is proud to announce the launch of “The Pirate Kiosk”! From last night own, a copy of the infamous Pirate Bay is available to the public, but – here comes the catch – offline-only. Yes, offline, the Kiosk is not connected to the Internet in any way, but the interested public is invited to use the...
"Perhaps Abraham Lincoln made a mistake..."
dihard:
When some Americans believe the current president is a communist cult leader trying to brainwash the nation’s schoolchildren, and other Americans want the last president to be dragged off his ranch in handcuffs, it is time to reassess the state of our union. So may I make a modest proposal. There is a way to end the bitter bickering over health care, affirmative action, abortion,...
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ReBlog @ Textually.org: Wanted: Personal texting...
Wanted: Personal texting assistant
Craigslist, the anarchic classifieds website, has developed a reputation for hosting some of the oddest adverts on the internet. The Telegraph has rounded up a selection of some of the most bizarre adverts, requests and personals listed on the site:
Ranking 19th: The Personal texting assistant
“I get 40 - 50 texts an hour, I cant handle my workload plus...
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Opponent of Republican who shouted "You lie!" at...
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Simon sez, “I managed to track down a spokesman for ActBlue, the online fundraising tool for Democratic politicians, and found out that within two hours after Joe Wilson yelled out ‘You lie’ to the president, his opponent Rob Miller raised $25,000 from people who linked to his page on Twitter and blogs.”
The numbers are still going up. - via Simon! via...
New Gladwell book is out, kottke links to every... →
hyperallergic: Maybe free works?
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Via benjaminpalmer
New York Post Said to Prohibit Crediting Blogs... →
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Zachary M Seward at Nieman Journalism Lab
The Post prohibits crediting blogs and other competitors for scoops, according to the reporter, Alex Ginsberg, who noted the zoning violation two weeks after it was reported by the blogger, who calls herself Miss Heather. “Post policy prevented me from crediting you in print,” Ginsberg wrote in a gracious comment on the blog. “Allow me to do...
