Facebook ~ Sucking up to its users?

Once again, after logging into my Facebook account, I was greeted with another message regarding their policies. Apparently they are now seeking input from their members:

Today we announced new opportunities for users to play a meaningful role in determining the policies governing our site. We released the first proposals subject to these procedures – [...]

The Pirate Bay Spectrial ~ Day 7: Update

I just checked out the news over at Wired.com (Threat Level) and read a few more details pertaining to the events in today’s court proceedings for the Pirate Bay trial. The prosecution made a slight altercation to the charges that have been filed against the four founders of the BitTorrent site.

Here is part [...]

The Pirate Bay Spectrial ~ Day 7

* Note: Day 6 was a rest day.

Day 7 of the Pirate Bay trial was a short one. After only two hours of testimony the court decided to quit for the day. Most likely this was due to the incredibly inept testimony given by a couple of the witnesses for the prosecution. So far [...]

The Pirate Bay – A brief timeline & trial summary.

A lot of people are avidly watching the latest in courtroom drama – the infamous Pirate Bay trial currently happening in Sweden. Although, many sites such as Wired.com, torrentfreak.com and Twitter (#spectrial) are following the trial closely with almost minute by minute updates, the American media appear to be ignoring this landmark trial.

Here [...]

Cryptonomicon ~ Neal Stephenson

It’s a daunting task simply to pick up this book as it is over 1,000 pages in length. One suggestion; do not try to read the mass paperback version it is much too unwieldy. This book is an excellent read and Stephenson keeps everything moving right along. Cryptonimicon is actually four separate stories that [...]