http://www.shorpy.com/node/477?size=preview

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7331493.stm

From the page: “Technical analysis of the Phorm online advertising system has reinforced an expert’s view that it is “illegal”.

The analysis was done by Dr Richard Clayton, a computer security researcher at the University of Cambridge.

What Dr Clayton learned while quizzing Phorm about its system only convinced him that it breaks laws designed to limit unwarranted interception of data.”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fuzzcat/98871009/sizes/l/

Rather than being unhappy and hateful we should rejoice in the success of others.

http://www.luckies.co.uk/onlinesales/product.php?product_id=238&category_id=19&gallery_id=52

“The BBQ Sword” – Get some pork on your sword!

http://blog.lendingclub.com/2008/04/03/baseball%e2%80%99s-sky-high-prices-what-happened/

Baseball’s Sky High Prices: What Happened?

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91059-1310462,00.html

New research suggests that odd names such as Princess Tiaamii or Peaches can be an advantage.

Certain sounds in a name or links with royalty can make people seem more successful, lucky or attractive, according to psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman.

His team polled more than 6,000 people to determine their perception of certain names, as part of a study to launch Edinburgh International Science Festival.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peggyarcher/519000178/

I wondered where the hell I’d put that.

http://dild.net/video/280

The “Happy Face” is outstanding.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2008/04/03/buried-snow.html

From the page: “A five-year-old New Brunswick boy was honoured by the RCMP on Thursday as a hero who helped save his mother’s life after she was buried in snow.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/04/nbt104.xml

The telecoms giant BT is under investigation for alleged privacy breaches after it secretly allowed a company to monitor the web activities of thousands of broadband customers.

The Information Commissioner, the Government’s personal data watchdog, is looking into a complaint over BT’s trial of a system which gleans information about people’s interests from the web pages they view.