Ok, so Bush is already the privacy bogey man, and now the administration is trying to force Google to give up a lot of info from it’s database about how and for what users search. “Well,” you might say if you were trying to be open-minded and even-handed, “Maybe they need the information to fight terrorism. After all, we are at war.” Except that this isn’t part the war on terror. It’s to keep kids from seeing porn.
So I made a new site. It’s the Bible in a wiki, so anybody can make changes to it. It’s called The Better Book.
If you are not a fan of President Bush and have played text adventures, you’ll probably like this.
> SAY “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED”
“Mission accomplished.”> EXAMINE MISSION
The mission is not accomplished.
The dude built his own island.
Here’s an article about how China gets American companies to help it censor the web.
Via Wonkette and from Pravda, we learn that apparently “Condoleezza Rice’s anti-Russian stance [is] based on sexual problems … [and] because she is a single woman who has no children.”
A map showing what Google thinks countries are known for.
(link fixed.)
I was just reading a not-bad article about improving your logo. (Their wisdom is wise, but obvious.) Then I visited Kottke and learned that Kodak has updated their logo.
Did I say updated? I should’ve said replaced. I don’t understand why they got rid of the distinctive red box. It was so… distinctive. What I mean to say is: It made them distinct.
