Month: July 2010

The other side of fighting child pornography

Here is a very dramatic, yet fascinating story of how things can go wrong in what seems to be a much required direction – child protection.

To be accused unjustly of any crime is a terrible thing. But to be accused of using your own children for pornographic purposes or sexual exploitation bears a special taint because no matter how highly people think of you, they don’t know you in your most intimate moments, which forever leaves you open to suspicion.

It is surprising how something as trivial as campfire pictures can be so misleading and abused to such a scale.

Tribute to the blues in Pafos

Ladies and gentlemen, mark you calendars.  Here is the content of the SMS from one of the musicians who will be participating in the event:

Cold Shot are playing a tribute to the blues on the 30th of July at the Velvet Hall.  Doors open at 19:30 and the support band is Zacsuss.  Tickets are 10 EUR and are available at Music Gallery, Elvicom, and Olivers deli. Hope to see you there.

For those of you who haven’t reached your calendar yet, that will be next Friday.  Hints and tips on how to find the Velvet Hall and how to buy tickets are welcome via comments.  I am definitely planning to go, as I’ve heard some of the these guy play before and they are really good.

Update: Thanks to Chris Ergatides, we know have a map with both the event location and tickets shop (click the image for larger view).

On inheritance

I remember when I was a kid we often discussed with friends who will become who when we grow up.  Pretty much everyone wanted to be rich.  But we had no idea how one can become rich, except for an opportunity via inheritance from a distant American relative.  Years passed, we grew up, and went our own separate ways.  A few of those kids became rich, but most didn’t.  Most of us are doing OK though.

Why am I telling you all that? Because today I came across a few pictures that cover current state of economic affairs in the United States.  One of those images brought back all those memories, and somehow suggested that kids of today have to dream up some other way of becoming rich when they will grow up.

Gmail in console browser links

I was quite surprised today how well the standard HTML (non-JavaScript) version of Gmail works in console browser links.  Everything is there – folders, labels, messages in inbox, search, and even compose.  I don’t think that too many people are actually using this version, but kudos to Google for still supporting it – in those desperate times, when nothing else works, it’s nice to have at least this front covered.

Day in brief