If you caught my recent attempt to wax lyrical on the subject of causememes, and the new age of digital caring, it’s possible that you may have detected a small amount of cynicism in my stance on the subject. You may even have developed the impression that I’m one of those generally negative people who [...]
Category Archives: Cyber Culture
The rise and fall of Comrade Mario
July 5, 2009 – 11:39 am
It’s entirely possible I might become addicted to StumbleUpon if it continues to deliver gems like this.
If the Soviet propaganda machine had turned it’s thoughts to such frivolities as creating arcade games they would probably have come out looking this:
This really requires no further explanation, just click on the image and watch this stylish little [...]
Censor is bad Iranochina – stop now or the Internet will get you
June 17, 2009 – 11:56 pm
Do you sometimes feel an emptiness in your life, that even your FriendFeed can’t seem to fill?
You add the friends to your wall every day, send hand-picked e-gifts on all the right occasions, take up the latest quiz challenges from your friends and LOL along with the group when everyone comes out as Yoda.
But you [...]
Manz found dead on Intertubes
June 10, 2009 – 1:43 am
Friends of popular Intertubes user Ron_K45 are fearing the worst after this picture of him appeared on twitpic today. Ron_K was a private user who kept to himself and never gave out his Facebook, or email. Ron kept up to date with numerous followers on Twitter and was also a lolcatz enthusiast. He was well [...]
Mimebox Live
June 4, 2009 – 10:16 pm
Along with Star Wars Episodes 1 – 3 and Spiderman 3, ‘The Weeping’ I must now also consign to the list of ‘things I thought would be a lot cooler until I actually saw them’, controller-less gaming devices.
I’m talking of course about Microsoft Natal, the new 3d camera interface for the Xbox 360 that has [...]
Angry troll is angry
May 4, 2009 – 10:29 pm
If you live in a world that runs on memes that spread across the globe in a matter of hours and sub cultures that spring up around the latest social network, or MMORPG, sometimes the slang can get a little confusing – even for the most hardened of Internet users. For this reason I like [...]
The FBI can steal your Pr0nz
April 24, 2009 – 10:20 pm
A sophisticated FBI-produced spyware program has played a crucial behind-the-scenes role in federal investigations into extortion plots, terrorist threats and hacker attacks in cases stretching back at least seven years, newly declassified documents show. [full story]
You know it doesn’t take an awful lot of paranoia – when you read stuff like this in the context [...]
Magpies banned from Internet
April 12, 2009 – 10:14 pm
Conficker also installs fake antivirus software | Security – CNET News
This one is dedicated to all the magpies who helped spread the Conficker worm.
Answer this simple true, or false quiz to find out if you are a Magpie:
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Obama’s Federal Netnanny – behave or she’ll take away your Internets
April 10, 2009 – 10:10 pm
"Last week, legislation was introduced that would create a cybersecurity adviser who reports directly to the president and who would have the authority to disconnect federal or critical infrastructure networks from the Internet if they were deemed to be at risk of attack." read more
Back in February Obama launched a review of the US national [...]