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Apple and Google are Spying, Oh My!

The Wall Street Journal reports that iOS and Android apps are reporting information back to their creators, or to third parties. “An examination of 101 popular smartphone “apps”—games and other software applications for iPhone and Android phones—showed that 56 transmitted the phone’s unique device ID to other companies without users’ awareness or consent....

Dec 30th

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Dec 28th

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Did George Lucas change cinema with ‘Star Wars’... →

My answer is no, definitely not, but apparently Lucas has at least one defender, Kevin McLeod. McLeod’s theory seems to be that Lucas was cleverly “mirroring” and subverting the original trilogy, deliberating building patterns in young viewers to demonstrate that good and evil are not static, but fluid, and that power corrupts. He closes with: “I agree that no one can make...

Dec 28th

Cheap Games, Great Games

Indie iPhone Holiday Sale - 6 Games for 99cents - 1/3 to Charity! I already owned some of the six, and skipped one, but I bought a few games for a dollar each this morning. Canabalt is simple but crazy-good, and you can play the Adobe Flash version free before laying down your 99 cents. Some might argue that Canabalt reinvented an entire genre of casual games, but I think everyone can agree that...

Dec 27th

“Released in 1979, the ditty was written, produced and performed by the knighted...”

– Paul McCartney Continues to Have a Wonderful (Financial) Christmas Time “Wonderful Christmastime” sounds a bit dated to me, but only a bit. And it’s worth… check for yourself!

Dec 27th

“We’re locking up people that have taken a couple puffs of marijuana and next...”

– Pat Robertson. No, really.. I’m serious. Watch the video Related? The Wire is on sale at Amazon.com today for $75. See you in Hamsterdam, Pat. (via tj) When someone like Pat Robertson is saying things like this, it’s truly just a matter of time.

Dec 23rd

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Dec 23rd

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →

Mannheim Steamroller (46) Carpenters (29) Trans-Siberian Orchestra (27) Mormon Tabernacle Choir (22) Kenny G (19) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Dec 20th

How to Clone Delicious.com in 48 Hours →

What I love most about this list is how incredibly oversimplified it is. As Kottke notes, “send email” can be said in two words, and it’s only one function in PHP. Except, well, there are complications. There are third-party services to handle this, of course, but interfaces means a two-minute task becomes a many-hours task, and those third-party services aren’t free. I...

Dec 20th

Assange as Hero/Rapist/Terrorist/Press

Julian Assange could be a dedicated information freedom fighter and also a rapist. He could be devoted to the ultimate destruction of the United States and also deserving of protection as a matter of free speech and a free press. It’s not a simple binary, not necessarily black and white. Let’s say Assange is a hero, blowing the whistle on conduct unbecoming a democratic state much...

Dec 18th