Jonathan's Liverstone

Schneier on Privacy

A timely posting which ends with the distinction between "security" and "privacy." (alternative)
...the real choice is liberty versus control.
His closing statement is worth repeating:

Tyranny, whether it arises under threat of foreign physical attack or under constant domestic authoritative scrutiny, is still tyranny. Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy. Widespread police surveillance is the very definition of a police state. And that's why we should champion privacy even when we have nothing to hide.

Posted by The Denizen @ 5/22/2006 07:21:00 pm {0 comments }

Technological Tyranny

The impudence of it!
If it's not bad enough that I have to interface with the world's worst programme: SAP, to record my hours; it seems that $THE_COMPANY has introduced a new automated supervision of timekeeping recording.
I got an imperious e-mail this morning from "Background Process" telling me that I hadn't accounted for enough hours last week, and would I be sure to rectify the situation before the end of this week.
That I should account for every hour, but to now be chivvying me along about it with a bit of software! FAAAARRRRRKKKKKK!
... gotta dream up a creative response to this corporate crap.

Posted by The Denizen @ 5/22/2006 07:05:00 pm {0 comments }

Saturday Sanctuary

Late last year (Xmas perhaps?) Inga gave us some complimentary passes to the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, and seeing as it was a nice day on Saturday, we decided to spend it there.
I took the camera for a walk, and over the next four hours that we spent wandering around the upper reaches of the reserve, I took some VERY bad pictures of Saddlebacks, Stitchbirds, Tui, Bellbirds etc.
I strongly recommend it, particularly to take the circuit around the upper Lake. It's not that arduous, and only a little muddy after rain, but the ability to get reeeeaaal close to the birdlife is spectacular, considering you are basically still in the middle of the city.

At one stage a robin was poking around the path within a metre of my foot. At least these snaps are presentable ...

Posted by The Denizen @ 5/21/2006 10:33:00 pm {0 comments }

Protopage

Now this is an interesting idea.
protopage
It's sort of like a virtual desktop in which you can create windows with various content.
Attach "sticky labels", notes, pictures, have web-pages repesented in a window, and all with multiple pages (=virtual desktops)

Posted by The Denizen @ 5/15/2006 11:52:00 pm {1 comments }

New Poster Boy

A gracefully Rodney chasing the Postal Vote?

Posted by The Denizen @ 5/07/2006 12:05:00 am {1 comments }

Future Blog

An thoughtful blog for those who care about the future.
Future blog is primarily written by "Ben, who lives in Wellington New Zealand with his wife and three boys when he is not pumping CO2 and water vapour into the atmosphere at 40K feet."

The point of this blog is try to look at what we are, are not and could be doing to meet the three challenges of Water, Oil and Climate; those are the issues that will shape the future of New Zealand. Everything else is just static.

(Unfortunately ... no RSS feed.)
Update: RSS feed

Posted by The Denizen @ 5/01/2006 06:10:00 pm {1 comments }

Disclaimer: (I stole this from Internal Affairs.)
All links and references to other websites, organisations or people not within my control are provided for the user's convenience only, and should not be taken as endorsement of those websites, or of the information contained in those websites, nor of organisations or people referred to. I also do not implicitly or impliedly endorse any website, organisation or people who have off-site links to this website.
... But then again; I only link to sites 'cos I see something there that's worth linking to.