Would you like a free FON router? Would you be prepared to plug it in, register it and keep it running for at least six months?
If you are attending Barcamp in Cork on Saturday 30, and you have a blog, you can get one. Completely free, including shipping.
Shiny Shiny has an article about aspoke.com. Be sure to digg it!
Write about ‘An Inconvenient Truth‘ on your blog and aspoke.com will give you a free laptop skin. Would normally cost EUR 19.95, so it’s a pretty good deal.
Digital Rights Ireland ยป DRI brings legal action over mass surveillance
Why does Data Retention (or mass surveillance or whatever you like to call it) matter so much?
One word:
Dignity.
There is an article in today’s Sunday Times about postcodes. It states that the government is going to retain the Dublin postal zones and use a combination of letters and numbers.
If this is the case, the government has been very badly advised or is not acting on its advice.
