Thoughts on that mental treadmill and how to get off. (Click Below)
Ann Reynolds: It's Getting Hot in Here: "Lately, we've been uneasy. Amygdalas are confused and our temperature is on the rise. 'Will I eat or be eaten' has escalated to 'will I blow, or be blown up?'"
You've likely heard much lately regarding offshore governments wanting access to Blackberry subscribers' messages.
This Financial Times column brings more depth to the discussion, identifies several of the more general issues surrounding on-line privacy, and provides insights regarding 'Big Brother' in general.
Be sure to read the comments following the column for more insight.
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"The largest U.S. websites are installing new and intrusive consumer-tracking technologies on the computers of people visiting their sites—in some cases, more than 100 tracking tools at a time—a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.
The tracking files represent the leading edge of a lightly regulated, emerging industry of data-gatherers who are in effect establishing a new business model for the Internet: one based on intensive surveillance of people to sell data about, and predictions of, their interests and activities, in real time.
The Journal's study shows the extent to which Web users are in effect exchanging personal data for the broad access to information and services that is a defining feature of the Internet."...
Click Here to Read The Entire Article. NOTE: There are several more similar articles available on the WSJ site.
What's more...
...Here's a Cool Video:
"How Advertisers Use Internet Cookies to Track You"
45,000 BC? Cave paintings discovered in Spain
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Preliminary dating "suggests the paintings may be substantially older than
the 30,000-year-old Chauvet cave paintings in south-east France, thought to
be ...
Great Beer at The ex!!
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Had a pleasant surprise Wednesday at the Canadian National Exhibition:
We stumbled upon a craft beer cafe with live jazz and gourmet grilled
cheese sandwich...
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