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We all knew cell phones could spy on you…
Now it seems to be confirmed
The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a mobile phone’s microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby conversations.
And if the FBI can do it, talented hackers can do it too. One can be tracked (more or less) by a cell phone too.
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Rambling on an Autumn night
I just posted the pictures I took on Thursday night, I dubbed it Rambling on an Autumn Night. The first few are from the Lenox Borders parking lot, and the others are from a bridge overlooking the 75-85 connector. There is a slight shake to all of them due to the slow shutter speed needed and motion of the bridge as cars passed (albeit not many at midnight on a Thursday. For some reason slightly blurry photos look better in my harsh black and white scheme.
Click on the above link or any of the photos below to see more.
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Very sad
Tech journalist James Kim and his family are missing. He was one of the main reviewers from the old TechTV days, lately he’s been at CNet.
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Does anyone want to buy my camera
It’s a lovely Olympus C8080, I bought it about 16 months ago and took very good care of it. A detailed review of it is here http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympusc8080wz/
It’s got a five time optical zoom, and comes with
- a tripod
- a charger
- wireless remote
- two and a half gigs of memory (two 1-gig cards and one half gig card)
- camera bag
- lens polarizer
- instructions/manual (I still have the original packaging)
- Conversion lens adapter (CLA-8)
- 1.4x Tele Conversion Lens (TCon-14D)
All that can be yours for the reasonable price of $450. I thought I would offer it here before I put it on Ebay. FYI – the reason it’s for sale is because I got a digital SLR. The Olympus still works wonderfully.
Let me know.
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Friday rapid fire
- A quick review of video hosting services
- DIY public hotspot
- SQL Refactoring and formatting – a bit pricey, but it seems interesting
- Yet another electric car – due sometime next year
- Revealed: Why understanding economics is hard
- What economists agree on
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Semantic annoyances
It’s annoying that Colin Powell calling Iraq a civil war is news. When there are two wars going on the media decides to make media pronouncements news stories. Pathetic.
More annoying is that the current conflict doesn’t bear that many resemblances to a civil war as they are usually defined, and a lot resemblances to a traditional gang war. Come to think of it, that’s probably the most useful way to think about it.
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The petrified forest
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Nietzsche at the end of a long, poorly focused day
Today’s quote is
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
Friedrich Nietzschevia the Nietzsche Family Circus
Just have to love the Germans.Somehow I’ve let all of the tedious work that has to be done during the month have to happen today. Diagramming, estimating, writing, organizing. Humbug. Everything has taken forever today.
On another note, the photos I took on Saturday turned out well, and surprisingly Gothic and noirish. All of my more recent shots have gone in a Sin City direction. I’ll post them soon.
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The Kentucky photos are up
And they’re a strange assortment. The photo gallery now uses the LightBox technique for display.
Check out My Old Kentucky Home Far Away, or click on the images below.
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I’m back
With many, many photos to post. Expect them soon.
