Overshare

So, follow wikileaks on twitter and your information – real name, post history, credit card, etc is subject to the DOJ’s subpoena. At some point people are going to have realize that these (fb, twitter) aren’t benevolent public services, but companies looking to make money, specifically off your information. We gladly give it to them because, it’s cool, our friends are doing it, with little or no thought as to the magnitude and potential of what we share. The pendulum is going to start shifting on this soon.

IAMA

Sites like Reddit may be mostly nonsense, but every once and a while you get a gem like this, that shows just how damned fascinating and broadly connective the Internet can be.

A Class Act, Mayor White

We hope to see you in 2012.  May by then we’ll see a little more of the respect you spoke of (and that my grand parents and parents taught me about) in your speech.

TP Caucus

Not really the 3rd party alternative we’d all been hoping for.

Crap Your Logo

While the Gap has yielded to the wisdom of the crowds and gone back to their old logo, you still  have the chance to crap-out your own brand through this handy utility.

Sports

We watched Invictus last night…the take-away being if Obama would just get behind the Aggies, we could probably save the country.

11foot8

Sites like this are why the internet is awesome.

Terlingua

24 hours in Terlingua, a documentary – complete with old dude living in a bus he calls ice station zebra, wearing a Whole Earth t-shirt.