‘a romantic’ is very different to ‘aromantic’ (that’s people who don’t feel romance) … those little spaces of nothing are SO important.


The Usual Suspects must have one hell of a back story!


Courtesy of @xkcd … so true … so funny



Hong Kong moves to criminalize insults to anthem

While in America the national anthem is insulted pretty much every day - and no one bats an eyelid…


Facebook is a damaging to your health as cigarettes, say tech experts.

I was never a fan of smoking - but I never knew it was bad for democracy.


Just Wrong



For what it is worth today is the one year anniversary of being awarded my Micro Monday Badge - and the micro monday recommendation was to @jacob - because of this.


Dow falls 200 points amid fears the global economy may be slowing down

And just ‘two working hours’ ago, life seemed so jolly as we were turning the corner and off to a brave new world.


Disruption for Thee, But Not for Me

Why doest thou hateth Uber they oft’ ask of me ….

”I imagine that most of the attendees at SXSW will be getting around with Uber and Lyft, and 25% of the money they spend will go to those companies’ shareholders, not to the drivers.”




I was right ….


The Age Of Surveillance Capitalism has been on my list ever since Doc Searls mentioned it. It’s finally available.

‘The goal is to automate us’

No prizes for guessing why I’ll be reading it.


Time for that walk.


That moment when you realize that a return flight is 30% cheaper than a single on that very same route.


Microsoft’s Leap Into Housing Illuminates Government’s Retreat

”Microsoft will make $500 million available to help build affordable housing in Seattle. (That doesn’t make up for IE 6, but it’s a start.)

Dave Pell


Two minutes later the email was resent - with the ‘typo’ fixed … though I think I prefer this - the original headline.


The Case for Impeaching Donald Trump

”Reading this, I was struck by a real sadness. What a massive waste of time the Trump presidency has been”

Kottke

I disagree - tax cuts for the wealthy, two Supreme Court justices, roll backs of all the protections that others have put in place against the rapacious corporates … the other side might not like it … but the rethuglicans haven’t had such a great couple of years for a long time… if ever.