A federal judge this week ordered Google to provide Viacom with records of which users watched which videos on YouTube. The ruling raises fears that the video viewing histories of tens of millions of people could be exposed. The sheer amount of data we're talking about here is massive -- for each and every YouTube video ever watched since YouTube launched in 2005, Google now has to to turn over to Viacom the login name of every user who had watched every video, and their the IP addresses.
Snip from NYT story by Miguel Helft:
Google and Viacom said they were hoping to come up with a way to protect the anonymity of the site’s visitors. Viacom also said that the information would be safeguarded by a protective order restricting access to the data to outside lawyers, who will use it solely to press Viacom’s $1 billion copyright suit against Google.Google Told to Turn Over User Data of YouTube [New York Times]Still, the judge’s order, which was made public late Wednesday, renewed concerns among privacy advocates that Internet companies like Google are collecting unprecedented amounts of private information that could be misused or fall unexpectedly into the hands of third parties.
“These very large databases of transactional information become honey pots for law enforcement or for litigants,” said Chris Hoofnagle, a senior fellow at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology.
relaxing in tuscon. it is much cooler here and the air is clear and everything is nice.
people of phoenix, i implore you! flee the city! you will be glad you did
people of phoenix, i implore you! flee the city! you will be glad you did
oh man....i am loving this yarn. yes...i want a beenie. no, no i can't do it. recognize the compulsion. alright! i'm selling this yarn, and if anyone makes a beenie out of it i want to see pics damnit. so, how did this go....pretty easy, you all know i basically spin easy yarn these days. i just can't get over this pufftastic thing. i don't know if it's a phase. i hope so. it's like the irresistible siren song of thick and thin singles. cover your ears sailors!! don't jump overboard! that's not a hot naked water maiden it's a seahag!
Camp LA - Last Chance!
Hey Californian's, if you're not lost in the smoke, come to the class in Santa Monica! A few spots are still open, but it's almost here. Sign up on the Camp's page if you're interested.
Camp LA
at DCA Fine Art
July 19th and 20th
10-5pm
$200
Goldalicious
Pufftastic extreme thick and thin single in gold and white alpaca, bamboo, wool, mohair, nylon, milk protien and sparkle spun with a smaller silk single and all wrapped in a gold metallic thread. this is insanely sparkly!!!!! the pics don't even show the half of it.
30yds extra bulky
4oz
$58
So sparkly in low light!! make an evening beenie?
Camp LA - Last Chance!
Hey Californian's, if you're not lost in the smoke, come to the class in Santa Monica! A few spots are still open, but it's almost here. Sign up on the Camp's page if you're interested.
Camp LA
at DCA Fine Art
July 19th and 20th
10-5pm
$200
Goldalicious
Pufftastic extreme thick and thin single in gold and white alpaca, bamboo, wool, mohair, nylon, milk protien and sparkle spun with a smaller silk single and all wrapped in a gold metallic thread. this is insanely sparkly!!!!! the pics don't even show the half of it.
30yds extra bulky
4oz
$58
So sparkly in low light!! make an evening beenie?
is it sad when your biggest accomplishments for the day are making peanut butter cookies, answering 2 of the 6 phone calls you receive, and putting on pants?
yesterday i sorted my clothes, got rid of some, and found the floor of my bedroom. there really is one. who knew?
i think my sister's plants are dead. she told me she would have a friend water them, and would call me if i needed to water them. apparently she forgot the conversation, and no one's watered her plants. the only reason mom's are still alive is they are outside and it's rained a bunch.
there's a reason i don't have a garden. my gardens are only theoretical. i draw plants, i don't nurture them. you want me to design you a garden? no problem. plant a garden? no problem. maintain a garden? ha.
i am, however, very good at eating fresh strawberries.
just, you know, saying ... if you ever need someone to do that.
currently reading: severance package by duane swierczynski
yesterday i sorted my clothes, got rid of some, and found the floor of my bedroom. there really is one. who knew?
i think my sister's plants are dead. she told me she would have a friend water them, and would call me if i needed to water them. apparently she forgot the conversation, and no one's watered her plants. the only reason mom's are still alive is they are outside and it's rained a bunch.
there's a reason i don't have a garden. my gardens are only theoretical. i draw plants, i don't nurture them. you want me to design you a garden? no problem. plant a garden? no problem. maintain a garden? ha.
i am, however, very good at eating fresh strawberries.
just, you know, saying ... if you ever need someone to do that.
currently reading: severance package by duane swierczynski
From the PR/Marketing firm Shackleton in Spain, a super funny riff on Apple products (which has been circulating in the Spanish blogosphere for months). The introductory video will make you burp bacon, it's so funny. Lulz deconstruction, for non-Spanish readers: the "j" would sound like "h" in Spanish if you said the word "iJam." Anyway, somehow the guy's Castellano accent makes it even funnier, because the "th" sounds are all so fancy to my mexican-spanish-trained ear.
Below: More recently, some guys tried to return their iHam at the Apple store, and were rebuffed. Wikreate's response to Shackleton's iJam.
[Thanks, Ari Kuschnir]
Cammie Lyle 1900
XIII
THE SOUL selects her own society,
Then shuts the door;
On her divine majority
Obtrude no more.
Unmoved, she notes the chariot’s pausing
At her low gate;
Unmoved, an emperor is kneeling
Upon her mat.
I ’ve known her from an ample nation
Choose one;
Then close the valves of her attention
Like stone.
Emily Dickinson
Do not tease your friend Jessica about wanting to become a plumber.
Plumbers apparently make $1,100 in a day.
Love,
2008 Stacy
P.S. -- Jessica became a gardener.
Plumbers apparently make $1,100 in a day.
Love,
2008 Stacy
P.S. -- Jessica became a gardener.
A deeper look inside the personal psychodynamics of everyone's favorite giant-ball-of-stuff-roller-upper. "Katamari Damacy Therapy," by Glitch in the System. [Comedy.com, thanks Ben Fritz]
I've only ever sampled two poems in my poetry.
Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
Some say the world will end in fire;
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
(used in "A Word from Our Sponsor")
A Man Said to the Universe by Stephen Crane
A man said to the universe:
"Sir I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."
(used in "The Sum of My Parts")
Man, do I like some bleak poetry. I really need to read more Frost (and Dickinson - I've been meaning to catch up on America's favorite shut-in).
Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
Some say the world will end in fire;
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
(used in "A Word from Our Sponsor")
A Man Said to the Universe by Stephen Crane
A man said to the universe:
"Sir I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."
(used in "The Sum of My Parts")
Man, do I like some bleak poetry. I really need to read more Frost (and Dickinson - I've been meaning to catch up on America's favorite shut-in).
Face it: When you were a child, you thought the Bozo show was mediocre.
Went to the library to find a book and it was all CRAP. Every book was either about 1) a bitter writer makin' it in the city! or 2) somewhat fat girl tryin' to make it in ROMANCE (with the help of CHOCOLATE!)
My city is nothing but morons.
My city is nothing but morons.
BB community member Takeshi brought this lovely video to our attention. And for that, I am eternally grateful.Animal Friendship Between Different Species (YouTube)
Internet funnyman Dave Hill tells Boing Boing:
Recently my friends David Rakoff, Martha Plimpton, Chris Schneider, Miles Kahn, and I made this video chronicling mine and David's attempts at forming the world's greatest two-man percussive dance theatre troupe, like, ever. Please watch it now and then make everyone you know watch it and then have those people make everyone they know watch it, sort of like that shampoo commercial or something. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this video so much. It pretty much has everything. You can totally watch it right here.
1. I tried to paint. I suck.
2. What is better than goat cheese? Well, not much. A goat is a damn fine animal.
3. How can I be depressed about the Fourth of July? I mean, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter...I can see those. But July Stupid Fourth? Pathetic.
4. I'd like to see Side Show.
5. I'm already dreaming of fall.
6. I bought these cowboy boots:
7. I'm craving macaroni and cheese.
8. Or a margarita.
9.
2. What is better than goat cheese? Well, not much. A goat is a damn fine animal.
3. How can I be depressed about the Fourth of July? I mean, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter...I can see those. But July Stupid Fourth? Pathetic.
4. I'd like to see Side Show.
5. I'm already dreaming of fall.
6. I bought these cowboy boots:
7. I'm craving macaroni and cheese.
8. Or a margarita.
9.
Monkey would like to remind us that he is feeling much better now, and would apreciate a seat at the cookout...
Also, these came out of my backyard, can you believe it???
Also, these came out of my backyard, can you believe it???
More on this incredible Starship Enterprise tricycle can be found in a BB Gadgets post by the incomparable John Brownlee. Star Trek Trike
Archaeologists report that the remains of an old farmhouse they've spent three years digging up is the childhood home of George Washington. What a deeeelightful pre-July 4 announcement. The excavation, on the Rappahannock River, was the last of three likely sites where the home could have been. The researchers spent the last few years carefully digging out foundation stones, chimneys, wine bottles, forks, wig curlers, a tea set, and even bone toothbrush handles. (No, George's teeth apparently weren't wood even as an adult.) The image seen here shows the home's footprint. From the New York Times:
George Washington's house (New York Times, thanks Jennifer Lum!)“What we see at this site is the best available window into the setting that nurtured the father of our country,” Philip Levy, an archaeologist and associate professor of history at the University of South Florida, said in an announcement of the discovery.
Dr. Levy and other members of the excavation team said the foundations, stone-lined cellars and other remains suggested that this was far from being the rustic cottage of common perception, but instead one befitting a family of the local gentry. It was a much larger one-and-a-half-story residence, with perhaps eight rooms and an adjacent structure for the kitchen.
David Muraca, director of archaeology for the George Washington Foundation, said the size, characteristics and location of the structure, as well as many artifacts from the time of Washington’s youth, had led experts to conclude that this was indeed the house they were looking for.
A mould for Champagne Glasses
The clever and charming Madame Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France, is said to have so enchanted the King with the comeliness of her breasts that he decided they would make the most perfect champagne glasses. The story goes that he commissioned glassblowers to mould champagne glasses on the shape of her breasts.
The story is most likely fantastical, because coupe-champagne glasses were around around before Madame Pompadour, but it is a cute idea in essence, and made me want to draw her, naughtily checking the fit 
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