Archive for October, 2005

American passports get RFID

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

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 [...]

McDonald’s puts fat facts on food

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

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. [...]

OR Blogs gone?

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

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. [...]