I suppose getting your blog/website hacked s another rite of passage that is now behind me. What had made this so scary for me was that I myself couldn’t see the hack since the malware that had been snuck into the code only displayed text and links selectively to users and my IP, language preference or browsers didn’t meet these criteria.
Archive for the ‘Off topic’ Category
A while ago, I wrote about the global Internet manhunt that the US government was organizing. The “game” took place on March 31 and the strategy of the best-performing team showed, that sub-contracting was the most efficient way to track down the wanted people.
Google has presented “Project Glass” last week, a project to build augmented reality glasses “that helps you explore and share your world, putting you back into the moment.” When I heard about this first, I felt strangely reminded of the dystopian books written by Charles Stross.
On March 31, the US state department will launch a global man-hunt. Internet users in New York. Washington D.C., Stockholm, London and Bratislava will be given mugshots of five individuals (one per city). Whoever manages to catch within the 12 hour time-limit will be given 5,000 USD. Welcome to terrorism-hunt 2.0.
I normally don’t write plugs for service providers, but I’d like to say a few words about Jinson, the guy behind Web2Feel, simply because their customer service is stellar.
Today a guest post of mine appeared on “Stuff Expat Aid Workers Like”. It’s something I wrote a while ago while still in Liberia and cursing the lack of bandwidth more than once per day. You can read the whole post about the importance of having internet access on SEAWL.
Last week the newsletter from Good.is contained an article titled: “Gun Trafficking for Good: How to Get AK-47s Out of Africa”. The idea is to turn AK-47s into cufflinks, earring and other jewellery. I have a few problems with this concept.
I have written about the logistical challenges in Liberia before, however I was not ready for what I found out today. It turns out that the eggs we buy in Sanniquellie are not from here (no big surprise there) or even from Liberia (surprising) but are imported from India (very big surprise)!
