Neotextus

It never ceases to amaze me how low a standard American’s set for protection of their own privacy.

On Tuesday, the U.S. State Department issued a ruling that from October 2006, all Americans passports will carry embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) chips. This system has been highly criticized due to the ease with which potential criminals could potentially steal your personal information from a distance using RFID scanners.

However, personally the most disturbing aspect of this story is the way that the American media have ignored the issue. A quick search on Google News shows the story being carried in almost every country EXCEPT the US! I guess Americans are just too desensitized to their personal information being poorly protected

BBC News is reporting that McDonald’s is planning to printing nutritional facts on the packaging of its burgers and fries. I assume that this is McDonalds response to critics such as Morgan Spurlock who allege that fast food suppliers such as McDonalds are contributing towards rising levels of obesity and other health problems. As far as I’m concerned, this is great news. Not that I’m a big McDonalds fan, but if the nutritional content of food becomes a selling point, then restaurants might just start to make healthier decisions when preparing their menus.

www.orblogs.com has disappeared this morning with attempts to reach it give a ‘No web site is configured at this address.’ message. I really hope this is just a glitch, I’ve come to depend on them for my regular local fix.

UPDATE: It’s back now (about 8:30AM) – I guess it was just a glitch. Of course, now it’s too late – I’ve already finished my morning coffee, and I’m busy working (from home for at least a part of this morning). I can tell that missing my daily intake of all that is irrelevant in Oregon is just going to ruin my day