Akkam’s Razor

• BitTorrent Developers Introduce Comcast Busting Encryption | TorrentFreak
  Several BitTorrent developers have joined forces to propose a new protocol extension with the ability to bypass the BitTorrent interfering techniques used by Comcast and other ISPs.
  (tags: BitTorrent Comcast hack hardware P2P internet)
• 10 Handy Numbers to Save in Your Mobile Phone
  (tags: phone Reference cellphone numbers contacts lists)
• State-by-State Databreach Notification Legislation
  (tags: data law legal map privacy security)
• We’re a Mean One Mr. Forbes
  We’re not a miserable bunch, we’re happy so F off.
  (tags: blog community culture Philadelphia)

• Reading Tea Leaves and Campaign Logos - The New York Times > Opinion > Slide Show > Slide 1 of 15
  (tags: politics design comics nytimes logos illustration president)
• Open letter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  An open letter is a letter that is intended to be read by a wide audience, or a letter intended for an individual, but that is nonetheless widely distributed intentionally.
  (tags: openletter open letter)
• Chart Chooser (Juice Analytics)
  Not sure which type of chart you should use for your data? Juice Analytics can help.
  (tags: excel charts visualization templates statistics presentation data)

One of my peculiar fetishes is with found photographs.  I can’t help but wonder who these people are, where they are now, what happened to them, and what was the story behind the pictures (and how did they come to be discarded, to be found on the street or at flea markets).

Here’s a small collection of sites that peddle in found photos and other miscellaneous found human debris.

Popularity: 21% [?]

• Is This the End of News?, by Michael Wolff: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com
  “Really? From serious broadsheet to scandalous tabloid?” I wonder if this plasticity is miraculous or ludicrous. “From Ben Bernanke to Paris Hilton. And could this work, from unreconstructed crypto-Fascist religious right to loony absolutist left?”
  (tags: news media socialsoftware aggregation information)
• The 10 Faces of Innovation
  (tags: innovation business creativity management design ideo article)
• What the F***?
  tnr.com — Fucking brilliant article on the linguistic perspective of swearingMore…

  (Offbeat News)

  (tags: language linguistics swearing psychology culture science politics)

• Yahoo! 360° - Mike Klonsky’s Small Talk - Philly Notebook blows cover off secret report
  “If privately managed charters are such a great idea, why are outcomes being covered up and contract details being kept secret?”
  (tags: education philadelphia privatization)
• Pirate myths…they’re drivin’ me nuts. | MetaFilter
  (tags: piracy MeFi)
• HTC Touch At A Glance
  iPhone, your competitor is here!
  (tags: HTC Windows Mobile Pocket PC)
• NewTeeVee » Who Watches Mobile Video?
  Rich white guys. Who’d you think?
  (tags: users demographics)
• The Center for Graphic Facilitation
  (tags: facilitation design blog graphics visualization art business graphic)

• Booman Tribune:: Always Blame Iran.
  Some of the interesting actions of the US towards Iran.
  (tags: unitedstates Iran Iraq AIPAC)
• Booman Tribune: Harvard Gov’t Professor Advocates President as King
  “The king ruled by virtue of God’s authority; therefore he should be obeyed in all things. No group, [has] a right to participate in this rule; to question or oppose the monarch was to rebel against God’s purpose.”
  (tags: wtf monarchy democracy republic king president)
• mezzoblue § Simulacrum:: 3D Perspective Screenshots
  (tags: blog design focus graphic tutorials webdesign photoshop)

• Why Income Inequality Matters: The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance
  “Should we care about the size of the gap between the rich and poor?”
  (tags: economics Politics article wealth equality)
• NewTeeVee » Exclusive: Inside The Venice Project, Built On Mozilla
  (tags: video p2p TV IPTV venice mozilla streaming)
• The Unfilmables: A List of the Hardest Novels to Film
  (tags: film literature movies culture books)
• Greg Hartnett » 12 Ways to Get Involved
  (tags: politics activism grassroots)

Popularity: 9% [?]