This RATM anti-XFactor meme is beyond stupid. You are being told to buy RATM instead of XFactor and then they use “Fuck you I won’t do what you tell me” lyrics as their call to action. You get the irony, right? RATM fans, go home. XFactor fans, get a life. Rest of us? Merry Christmas.

Robin Hood, with grit.

Pictory is beautiful. Similar to The Big Picture in presentation but photos are submitted by people and chosen by Pictory.

Typically insightful preview of Google Chrome OS by Arstechnica. Some intersting technical detail to such as the read-only OS partition, firmware kernels and such.

WordPress.com has implemented the Twitter API.

Wish came true. Posting to WordPress.com via a Twitter client.

Users of Android devices on the T-Mobile network will be able to have apps from the Marketplace charged to their phone bill. This is important.

Haven’t tried Airlock but it is the kind of simple presence setup I’ve long wanted. It runs on your Mac and detects when your iPhone/iTouch is nearby via BlueTooth. You can setup actions such as unlock, log into IM and other actions. I hope it can set IM presence. It works because I always take my mobile with me when I leave my office desk.

From basic research in the 1970s to the wireless networks of today. Fund basic research even if it is difficult to rationalise right now.

I was thinking what fun it would be to try writing a post with bit.ly.

(Rules for URL shortener art; any length sentence, URL must resolve, multiple words per URL allowed, proper English or language-of-choice.)