Category: bookmarks

Interesting guide with brief descriptions for different personality parameters. Not so much a how-to though.

Sewing patterns & sheet music – now that's interesting. I suppose anything that can be digitized can be pirated.

He kind of asked for it by putting his SSN in the ads. And adding insult to injury is the $12m fines imposed by the FTC.

Good thing I rely on multiple online sources for news.

Quite a lot of myth busting. Apparently many of the TV controls are archaic and actually serve to decrease the picture quality. Also, many of the specs are misleading.

Interesting document (on scribd)

Facebook status update search tool that highlights the privacy concerns.

The service in question is apparently based on Google App Engine & so is having quota problems. Should be pretty useful when it's up nonetheless.

Interesting little tool. Not very descriptive though
via http://lifehacker.com/5526429/see-what-facebook-publicly-publishes-about-you/

Google is apparently better in most places including India

Nice guide with some camera reviews thrown in

So, who do you think will win this one?

A tool that helps make blurry photos passable
via http://lifehacker.com/5540163/unshake-makes-blurry-photos-passable

The trouble with utilities, particularly with ones that are monopolies & the illusion of choice. Is facebook heading down the path to becoming a utility? But, it seems to be taking for granted that it'll not be regulated. What happens if it does get regulated? Particularly now that it's got an international impact, not just a localized one.

So what do you want to be? A mini-celebrity or a recluse or something in between?

So far so good. Wonder how it'll turn out.

The key is to diagnose the cause & then find a like-minded peer group to act as a support system.

Wonder whether things are as bad as all the articles that have been floating out over the last few weeks are making it out to be. Only time will tell.
In the meantime, I wonder what alternatives we have to facebook. Orkut? MySpace? Doubt that. At least my photos are backed up on flickr & bookmarks on delicious…

facebook: All your everything are belong to us.
Time to look for safer alternatives?

Good to know that the ordinary users are not the only ones being affected, but is this another nail in the privacy coffin?

Wonder how much of it applies to people outside the US

with the generational shift

If you are really missing geocities & can't bear the separation.

The strategy remains the same irrespective of the medium or platform.

Interesting way to present recipes. Good collection too.

Interesting interview on the use of social media by the military & defense department

Pretty innovative

Interesting classifications & stats.