Archive for October, 2008
Piano
I played for over two hours this afternoon. It felt good. This and that by Schubert, Autumn Leaves, and whatever fragments came to mind. A good emotional cleansing.
Here are a few more random pictures from the past weeks, in no particular order:
CollegeHumor: Font Conference
Who’s Going To Be The Next US President
A poster in Appel Commons. I put my vote under Putin. He’s (supposedly) no longer on the Russian throne, a situation I doubt he likes, so he’ll probably manage to get elected here one way or another.
Desire
Which Socialists Doing What?
Rage rising on the McCain campaign trail:
“I’m mad. I’m really mad. And what’s going to surprise you, it’s not the economy. It’s the socialists taking over our country,” another man said.
Hahahaaaa! Okay then, if that’s this guy’s top priority over the economy and the war and stuff…
The Red Tree
Some of the trees are starting to turn, but not yet most. This maple’s between Noyes Lodge and Balch.
(I corrected the exposure and brightness of this image a little to better reflect reality, as opposed to reflecting my crazy cell’s camera’s idea of color/light balance.)
Nos-nos Leaf
Skype security flub leads to discovery of Chinese monitoring
Skype security flub leads to discovery of Chinese monitoring:
[...] China not only monitors and logs text chat, but also targets specific users for further monitoring.
[...] “The captured messages contain specific keywords relating to sensitive political topics such as Taiwan independence, the Falun Gong, and political opposition to the Communist Party of China,” reads the report [by ONI Asia and the Information Welfare Monitor].
[...] If you’re the type who regularly talks about unapproved topics on Skype, you may be flagged for further monitoring of everything you say.
[...] Villeneuve notes that Skype is neither transparent nor forthcoming about the exact nature of its compliance with Chinese authorities, a disturbing trend among US-based Internet companies conducting business in China.
Yikes.