sexta-feira, 27 de abril de 2007

segunda-feira, 23 de abril de 2007

The young-but-getting-bigger-and-bigger brother is watching you.

Desde há uns meses (ou mais, quem sabe?) que a Google anda a utilizar uma parte do seu tão badalado espaço de armazenamento ilimitado para guardar o histórico de pesquisas que cada utilizador individual faz no site, bem como o histórico completo de navegação, no caso de quem tem a Google Toolbar instalada (esta toolbar e a sua capacidade de indexar sites enquanto estão a ser construídos seria assunto para outro post inteiro, se houvesse paciência!).

São apenas um biliões de utilizadores que oferecem todas as suas preferências a este gigante da pesquisa, de modo a que seja fácil vender palavras-chave e optimizar a pesquisa.

Pelo menos agora já é possível cada utilizador ver o seu próprio histórico -- ou pelo menos a parte dele que a Google não se importa de dizer que está a monitorizar!

"Don't be evil"?

domingo, 22 de abril de 2007

Messy daughter fights back by humiliating dad

Então! Tava eu na aula de inglês quando o Mark, que é o professor, começou a perguntar quem é que era desarrumado... um por um! Toda a gente até à minha vez disse k o quarto estava sempre muito arrumado!!!!!!!!! Bem, eu tive de admitir que o meu quarto é super desarrumado com tudo pelo chão e tudo pelo ar! Não é que me orgulhe disso mas sp que tento arrumá-lo tenho de assumir que aquilo já está num ponto sem retorno! E o Mark perguntou: " e se os teus pais pusessem uma foto do teu quarto online?" Foi o que aconteceu neste artigo que vem em baixo.
Então e os vossos quartos como são? Arrumados ou parecem a feira da Srª da Hora à hora de fecho? :)

Sam Jones
Monday March 20, 2006
The Guardian

An exasperated father has discovered to his cost that cyberspace is not the ideal arena for family feuds. Two weeks ago Steve Williams became so fed up with his daughter's messy bedroom that he built a website featuring pictures of his slothful offspring's lair in an attempt to shame her into action.
But the public humiliation proved a short-lived victory. While it did spur his daughter, Claire, into tidying up her room, it also whet her appetite for revenge. With the help of her father's friends, the 20-year-old business student has now set up a rival website that displays photos of him in a variety of compromising situations.
"All my friends feel sorry for Claire so they're ganging up on me," said Mr Williams, of Whitehaven, Cumbria. "They've managed to dig out photos of me drunk and dancing round with a handbag at a party, and also put pictures of my garage on to show it's not just Claire who's untidy.
"The boot's on the other foot now, but I suppose I deserve it."
Despite the embarrassment, Mr Williams said he had no regrets.
"It started off as a flippant remark, with me saying to Claire if you don't sort your room out I am going to put that pic on the internet," he said. "It had the desired effect. Her bedroom is not immaculate, but it's a hundred times better. My son has started keeping his tidy too. He's living in fear of being outed!
"Claire is absolutely mortified. She has only just started speaking to me again."
Mr Williams' site, www.shameit.com, has proved hugely popular with disgruntled families from all over the world. Nearly 40,000 people have visited the site in its first fortnight.
"I can't believe it," said Mr Williams, a computer programmer. "I certainly wasn't expecting this kind of response. We've had people from as far as New Zealand, Japan and South Africa. I had to do an interview with a radio station in Brisbane the other day.
"But it obviously works, because we've had lots of shameful pictures going up one day and taken down the next!"