Clickbait is one of the scourges of the internet. Like with spam filters, we have to invent our way out of a misuse of technology. Good use for AI, and a great feature for Artifact (I still haven’t even tried it).

This self-hosted open source system is what I'm going to use now for link sharing. This would be the very first new shared link. Goodbye, del.icio.us.

This is interesting in several fronts. First of all, Facebook shouldn't try to present a business move as an altruistic move. It's hypocritical and reminds me too much of a different Internet company. But the net neutrality aspect is also important. It's very dangerous to make a single company the gatekeeper of speech and communications, which is what the Internet serves as a platform for.

If you don't believe the segment, just scroll down and read the comments.

Well done, Delta. Well done.

Pretty shameful, honestly.

Goatse.cx is dead. RIP Goatse. Goatse.cx is back online. Long live Goatse!

"If this then that": Very clever online service that lets you create very simple automated scripts for the internet, for example:

• If a photo of me is posted on Facebook then download it to my Dropbox.
• If I am mentioned on Twitter, then post on my blog about it.
• If I get an email, then send me a text message.
  etc....

Current Internet usage, plus the top 10 Internet usage moments and what simultaneous events were occurring at the time. #1: World Cup 2010, end of the first round.

It's almost too easy...

I only expect a specific subset of my readers to understand this.

Nicely done infographic on Internet censorship.

Richard Stallman says that cloud computing is evil because all your data is held on to by a third party. Also that it will work because a sucker is born every minute. I don't think people will use it (only) because they are suckers. They will use it because it's so convenient, and people are willing to give up control and/or money in exchange for convenience.

A short timeline describing the attacks that WikiLeaks have suffered from almost every possible angle.

Report on i-Dosing: getting high through your headphones. Don't try this at home, but if you do, let me know how it is.

Ranks average upload/download speeds of all countries in the world.

Google has started their own DNS service. This is the service that converts a domain name such as kirsch.com.mx into the actual Internet Protocol (IP) address such as 208.113.237.11. As you can imagine, this service is accessed almost every time you enter a URL. When you configure your computer to access the internet, you enter the DNS servers provided by your ISP. You can replace them with Google's (8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4). In theory, their service will be faster and more secure than what you are probably using now.

This is why I hate URL shortening services. Don't use them people. They're evil.

I say: Just evil.
And it's Twitter's fault that they became so popular. Twitter needs to incorporate this into their system.

Interesting take on web searches. Worth a look.