An Open Letter to Google re: Chinese Net Censorship

Google, China, and Net Freedom

Google talks about China's cyberattacks

"Don't be evil." Beijing are you listening? Google is standing up to you. And now Yahoo! too. Hillary's even checked in.

We're tired of your net censorship. We're tired of watching you oppress your own citizens. We're tired of waiting for you to grow up and act like the global citizen you claim to be. And we're definitely tired of you messing with Tibet. Simply put, we're tired of your sh*t.

Hats off to Google for standing up to the Chinese government. If it means Google leaves China, so be it.

Let's help open the net by providing tools and resources like Tor and FreeGate.

All power to the people!

Lhasa Beer in da house!

Seattle Dharma Punx

I (finally) sat with the Seattle Dharma Punx for the first time tonight. I attended their annual intention setting ceremony. Me? I vowed to love my enemies so that they might teach me.

Fitting, given that I spent today tweaking both of my Tor boxes *and* sent a video to friends in Dharamsala outlining my plans to take over the world with Tor among other things.

I've to two relays running now. I want to play with both bridge relays and hidden services. Squid proxies (for Iran) and OpenVPN too.

"PC" as in political computing!

Netflix: who's watching what where

The venerable NY Times has an interactive map/article Netflix rentals across the country.

So, what are your neighbors watching? How does it map to your viewing habits? Are you surprised by theirs, would they burn you at the stake for yours??

Train Surfing, the ultimate extreme sport?

Try this on *your* bike. I double dare ya!

Garmin Voice Studio

Now, using Garmin Voice Studio, you can hear my voice in your Garmin GPS!

I recorded all the words and phrases which you can download off of JetCityOrange

Get lost to the soothing sound of my voice...

Headlines Motivate My Meditation

If one adheres to Mahayana, then reading the news only serves to motivate me and strenghten my resolve.

French Toast, pancakes, & Waffles

When else do you get to eat molasses? I mean really; how often do you make cookies from scratch?

"The Story of Stuff", The Story of Cap & Trade

Now think about your life(style) and what you can change.

Suicide Bombers in the Middle East

My prayers go out to all in the Middle East. The headlines would have you believe it rains meat in public. Body parts falling from above.

Stop hating & killing. Just stop.

Apple Censors iPhone Apps in China That Mention the Dalai Lama

So Apple appears to be bowing to China's will and censoring iPhone apps that mention the Dalai Lama.

Why? Because he's a military threat? A counter-revolutionary force (odd coming from such unabashed capitalists as the PRC)? Or perhaps because they're afraid of the truth...

My new Favorite Video. Too cool for words!

They need to make a longer version. I don't get to watch long enough.

New Year's, a funeral dirge

2009, good riddance. Go, be gone with you. Away!

Augmented Reality

Somebody, anyody, tell me why I need augmented reality. I have my hands full with the default plain vanilla kind.

Iranian Protesters & Their Cell Phones Show Us Their Revolution

God bless the protesters in the streets of Iran. Talk about "fight the power". Despite the Iranian government's best efforts at net censorship news from citizens in the streets continues to make its way out. Cell phones and especially photos taken with cell phones are everywhere.

Gizmodo has a good piece on this phenomena.

Gotta love it.

phones with keyboards = better language

As more and more cell phones have keyboards, texting and email has evolved from "CU L8R" et al. to real English with punctuation no less. Thank you, thank you.

RC plane w/video camera + fireworks!

OK. Let me get this straight. We've got a video camera on an RC plane with jokers on the ground shooting fireworks at it.


I have only two questions: was the pilot try to avoid the fireworks or fly into them and was beer involved?

Christmas

Any day when people around the world stop, share, and love those around them is a day to be celebrated. A true holiday.