New social map app

(Please note the absence of pins.)

Why not for IDP discovery?

SocialHistory.js exploits a CSS leak to determine which social networks users have visited.

SocialHistory.js works by exploiting the feature in modern web browsers that automatically uses a different link color for visited links. The JavaScript loads up a bunch of links from a list of top social media sites in an iFrame and looks at which have been visited based on the change in link color. From there, it can assume which you are most likely to use

Mutual of Omaha

Phil has posted an interesting wildlife video filmed on location in Vancouver.

Unfortunately, the background noise of some guy talking about attributes & JSP's etc interferes with the bird sounds.

I kept expecting to see a burnoose-clad Marlin riding a CARML.

Hopefully

T-Systems treats their contractors better than Ping, as I've been doing some troubleshooting work for Axel on the Firefox openInfocard Identity Selector.

Axel, your questions answered below

Paul

p.s. invoice to follow

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- which version of the Firefox extension are you using? ;-)

0.9.9.20080401

- Please tell how this behaviour can be reproduced

My experience

1) Enter household spending data into a spreadsheet on Google Docs.
2) Data should indicate excessive purchases of perennial flowers and 'oh those are so cute' summer sandals.
3) Print page.
4) Wave page in wife's face.
5) Apply ice pack to (page waving) bruised arm.
6) Listen patiently to tenuous counter-arguments.
7) Defend purchase of computing equipment as a legitimate business expense and in no way comparable to sandals/flowers.
8) Sensing the tide of battle turning, perform tactical retreat.

- Next time please use "DOM Inspector" from the "tools" menu to find the object in the DOM. It was probably generated by javascript.

Maybe it's the Canadian in me

but I feel the need to apologize every time I ignore the directions my GPS provides.

It sounds so hurt

Turn left ... Turn around when possible ... Oh, OK, I'm sure you know best.,,, I guess you are relying on a different set of satellites and state- of-the-art routing algorthyms.

Odd

A Google docs page


I could find no such objects in the source HTML.

Ping ID to Acquire Microsoft

In a move that has stunned the industry, Microsoft announced today that they have entered into an agreement to be acquired by Ping ID for an 'undisclosed sum'.

Even long term Microsoft insiders are shocked. Said one, on condition of anonymity,

'Well the way I hear it, it's all just a big misunderstanding, but the big guys can't admit it. Apparently, in the middle of the Yahoo! discussions, Steve sent the legal team an email saying "Ping me, acquisition". Next thing you know, here we are ....'

When asked about the deal, Ping's CEO Andre Durand was quoted as saying

'Well it's always been part of our strategy, it just came together a little bit ahead of schedule. We made another acquisition a little while ago and it was pretty straightforward incorporating that product line, so we figured we'd be ready for this.'

When asked how long he expects the integration of the huge Microsoft into the small Ping to take, Ping's CTO Patrick Harding responded

'Oh, she'll be right. We've got some ace tech that just makes it bloody heppen. I reckon by brekkie tomorrow we'll be apples.'

As yet, we have been unable to translate Harding's answer.

Bob has met his match

A perfect match that is.

For someone claiming to be an authority on relationships, you can't be accredited any higher than

Dr. Schwartz appears frequently on television, including "Oprah," "The Today Show," "Dateline NBC," "Good Morning America," "Dr. Phil" and CNN. She's also the Romance Travel Consultant for Peter Greenberg's syndicated radio show, "Travel Today."

Facebook use case

A high-school friend of mine now lives in Hong Kong - where he works as a physiotherapist.

But my sore shoulder is right here in Ottawa.

What to do?

Privacy

Nothing much to say about it, just that I have decided to, going forward, say it with that pompous Brit pronunciation of 'prih-vacy'.

Prih-vacy is critical to the emerging blah, blah, blah.

Yes, much better.

Rebound Friend

I can't help but think that Bavo just friended me on Facebook to get back at Patrick.

He'll probably now go around telling people how happy we are together and that I've met his friends etc (all the time hoping word gets back to Patrick).

I feel totally used.

No matter, I sense a kindred spirit

For now, there will be no joy in humiliating someone

Patrick, we'll always have Paris but it's time I moved on.

I thought we had something special

I was thrilled to get a FaceBook invite from Ping's Patrick Harding.

That is, till I discovered he has made more 'friends' in the last week than Britney backstage at a 'Boyz II Men' reunion tour.



Hey man, you friended Dale before me? That's harsh.

Let's Make a Deal

I sure hope the Cardspace algorythm doesn't work like this.

Let's see what's behind Card No. 2 ....

Hey Kim, Monty is a fellow Canadian. How 'bout Microsoft sponsor him to come to an IIW for the UnTalent Show?

I'm pretty confident it wouldn't cost that much.

A new binding for SAML?

A paper proposes using neutrinos as a communications channel.

We examine the possibility to employ neutrinos to communicate within the galaxy. We discuss various issues associated with transmission and reception, and suggest that the resonant neutrino energy near 6.3 PeV may be most appropriate. In one scheme we propose to make Z^o particles in an overtaking e^+ - e^- collider such that the resulting decay neutrinos are near the W^- resonance on electrons in the laboratory.

Well duhhh.

Not getting it

FutureShop sent me the below



I sent the following to Customer Service



Their response



Oh well I guess that's OK then.

Security through localization

Mike brags about how Infocards can interrupt/prevent a phish.

I tried the phishing demo and, even without using an Infocard, saw some indicators that would flag to even the most obtuse user that something was amiss.

The first clue was a warning from a faithful watch dog



Hmmm, Sxipper smells smoke, and is barking furiously to wake me up.

No bitch (Sxipper is female no?) is going to tell me what to do, so I persevered.

After going through the mental inventory of available OpenIDs alphabetically, I chose Blogger as OP.

The phishing RP sent me to the facsimile Blogger.



This set my spidy senses tingling. As my German is restricted to ordering 'Ein Stein' at the Hoffsbrau House, this seemed strange. Was this some new Blogger program to expand my linguistic horizons?

Not knowing the privacy policy of the demo site with respect to how they would handle my Blogger credentials, I stopped there.

RFJ 2008

We had the launch party for RFJ 2.0 this past weekend. Lots of new functionality (i.e. runners) compared to the previous version, some bug (i.e. slowness) fixes, and a new look and feel.


For RFJ 3.0, expected in 2008, we will allow participants to monetize the available unused space on their T-shirts for Google AdSense.

Tags: Jamie Murray

Passwords may not be dead

at least not with this tech available.

Meaningless Authority

Any authority (NSFW) I ever had is now shot.

Hey Technorati, why can't I delete those links that I deem to be splogs? Your filtering engine is obviously not up to the job.

Note passing

If, as a teenager, I had ever had a girlfriend (as if I wanted one, girls are soooo groosss) I expect she would have eventually dumped me by passing me a note in biology or geography.

I would have been heartbroken but at least I would have the note to treasure (and analyze for hidden meaning, by writing 'Hey Loser', perhaps she is referring to how she lost her heart to me?))

My 18-year old nephew told me yesterday that his girlfriend ended their nascent relationship by a note she passed him through Facebook.

Although the channel may have changed, it's good to know that the message remained the same.

'You deserve better'

A classic.