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As they say in the classics "I'm too old for this shit".
That said, I live in sunny Brisbane (Australia), forging a career in advertising / marketing whilst enjoying life as it comes.
I take photos on my iPhone, listen to (a lot of) music on my iPhone, and like Star Wars. So yes, I'm a geek.
That's about it.
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The China mirage finally explained. That kid has awesome powers.
Based on “The Magician” by Chris A (archi3d) on Flickr
Island Temple On The River Min Near Foochow, Fukien Province, China 1870-1871
by John Thomson (via firsttimeuser)
The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media using fake online personas designed to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda.
A Californian corporation has been awarded a contract with the US Central Command (Centcom) to develop what is described as an “online persona management service” that will allow one serviceman or woman to control up to 10 separate identities at once.
The contract stipulates each persona must have a convincing background, history and supporting details, and that up to 50 controllers must be able to operate false identities from their workstations “without fear of being discovered by sophisticated adversaries”.
The project has been likened by web experts to China’s attempts to control and restrict free speech on the internet.
KInda surprised it took this long.
Falling behind China in almost every single category.
Truly sickening.
Here’s a way to get positive social media: do something positive.
(Source: newsflick)
Don’t be blinded by the pain and suffering in Japan.
While the Japanese struggle to survive after the triple whammy of earthquake / tsunami / & potential nuclear power plant meltdown, the people of Libya are dying in their struggle for freedom against an insane dictator; the people of Rio de Janeiro continue to rebuild their lives after the mudslides; the people of Tunisia and Egypt rebuild their countries after deposing their dictators; many people across Eastern Australia rebuild their lives after the immense flooding; people across China struggle with their ongoing drought; people across Malaysia and Indonesia who survived the flash flooding continue to rebuild their lives. And these are just a handful of the major disasters to have occurred in 2011.
In every case: people are mourning, people are hurting, and our planet continues it’s journey around our little sun in an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way.
Let’s all do what we can to help everyone. And don’t forget, we’re all in this together.
Monkey Saves Puppy from Explosion
Here is a bizarre bit of news coming out of the pipeline explosion in Nanjing, China that killed 13 people and injured 300, and not it is not the news that 4 people were arrested - it is this remarkable photo of monkey grabbing a puppy dog and running away from the explosion and fire.
While this isn’t actually true, it does make me feel warm and fuzzy. You need stuff like this in bad times :)