Peter

Cool initiative from Strands to get non-geeks using web 2.0 services one-by-one - Peter via Bookmarklet

"A company that specializes in sneakily placing product-names in pop-song lyrics (!!) screwed up and accidentally approached an anti-advertising activist for money to include his nonexistent "product" in a pop song -- the activist strung them along" - Peter via Bookmarklet

"The author asked some of his acquaintances for permission to break into their online banking accounts. The goal was simple: get into their online accounts using the information about them, their families and acquaintances that is freely available online" - Peter via Bookmarklet

"Paddlin’ the school canoe? oh, you better believe that's a paddlin’ " - Peter via Bookmarklet

"A group of mad scientists from Reading University in the UK have hooked up a bunch of rat brain neurons to a circuit board and gotten it to control a robot." - Peter via Bookmarklet

sounds something like extortion to me. classless at best. - Peter via Bookmarklet

Grimace from McDonald's dancing to N.E.R.D. - Peter via Bookmarklet

cool fundraising effort in Second Life - cost of a virtual jeep is donated for real world malaria nets - Peter via Bookmarklet

"“We’re basically saying this is a real space and everyone is doing this.” Sounds like the 800 lbs. gorilla is just saying, “Me too.”" - Peter via Bookmarklet

""For years, we've suspected that Cheney was the puppeteer for administration policy on global warming," O'Donnell said. "This kiss-and-tell account appears to confirm the worst."" - Peter via Bookmarklet

video of avatars teleporting from Second Life to OpenSim - big step toward virtual world interoperability - Peter via Bookmarklet