It's 2008. Ireland is supposedly a democracy, yet the Gardai (Irish police force) are now demanding that ISPs provide them with live access to browser data.Say goodbye to your privacy!The story was covered in The Irish Times todayBasically the Gardai are asking ISPs to give them a live link into their networks to capture realtime data!Retaining personally identifiable … [Read more...] about Irish Police Want Access To Browser Data
Archives for November 2008
Godin Gets To The Point
I've been a fan of Seth Godin's writings for quite some time, so I was delighted when my copy of The Big Red Fez arrived a couple of days ago.In common with some of Godin's other books, The Big Red Fez is not a hefty volume with tiny print. It's just over 100 pages long, but every second page is a screenshot of a website or email, so it's actually a mere 50 pages in total. But … [Read more...] about Godin Gets To The Point
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W170 Arrives
As I mentioned the other day, my slim digital camera was kidnapped by my sister some time ago and the likelihood of getting it back is slim to none. She might as well hold onto it! While my Nokia N95 does have a camera it's a real pig to operate. The delay between when you fireup the camera and are actually able to take a shot is really frustrating (admittedly I'm not a very … [Read more...] about Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W170 Arrives
Post Election Blues
Like a lot of people on this side of the Atlantic, I stayed up until the early hours of this morning to find out who would be president of the USA.Congratulations to Obama and his team!I have to admit that I fell asleep before his acceptance speech or possibly during it (no reflection on the quality of the speech, more a reflection of it being after 4am!), but I did get to hear … [Read more...] about Post Election Blues
Geansai Gorm Madness
The "geansai gorm" (blue jumper in Irish) SEO competition has been flooding Irish sites over the last few days.Some of the entries are amusing, while others are a bit silly. However James has been doing a nice job of making it visual.He's got a headless girl posing with a geansai gorm for example, which begs the question - who is she?He even went to the trouble of getting his … [Read more...] about Geansai Gorm Madness