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Nothing can move our countrymen into a mad frenzy quite like the mention of the words “Zionist” and “conspiracy,” especially if they’re in the same sentence. Rampant corruption, social decay, food and water shortages – when it comes to public outrage, none of that compares to our so-called and temporary unity over any and all attempts to fend off the obvious international plot to undermine all Muslims.

The “blasphemous content” fiasco sparked by the misappropriated “Draw Muhammad Day” on Facebook has had our whole country foaming at the mouth for some time now; so far nearly 800 URLs have been banned at the orders of the government and while there is no word on any official list, a petition in the Lahore High Court resulted in sites like Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Amazon being added to the ever-growing list.

At the year’s end, the interwebs are full of all and sundry trying to predict what the next year will bring. So I joined the bandwagon and gazed into my own little crystal ball to see what the entire hubbub will be about. This is of course concerned with the tech world (with focus on [....] Read the rest →

Just saw this BBC News story. Man killed wife in Facebook row A man has been jailed for life for stabbing his wife to death over a posting she made on the social networking site Facebook. Full story, BBC News The guy was obviously out of his mind, but I guess her changed relationship status [....] Read the rest →

Please note: I am no longer actively developing this command. To the best of my knowledge it still works, but that may change any time, so please use at your own discretion. [Feb 2011] Like this Ubiquity to Ping.fm command? You might also like my currency converter for Ubiquity – check it out! I often [....] Read the rest →

This article aims to cover some basics on how to improve the security of your email address. Inside, I will try to cover some good ways with which to protect the most important part of your online presence, ie. your email address; following that will be some good password suggestions, advice on how to prepare for a disaster beforehand, and dealing with it after it has happened.