Kingsley 2.0

all these little web 2.0 wannabees have spent an inordinate amount of our attention on ad-driven business models resulting in a big steaming 2-Founders-1-Cup of FAIL

Ordeals are inferior to modern trial methods because modern defendants don’t believe in iudicium Dei, not because trial by jury is inherently superior. If modern citizens did have the superstitious belief required for ordeals to work, it might make sense to bring back the cauldrons of boiling water.

Have you ever wondered why every pornsite banner knows where you live, but no airline website is smart enough to do that?

I heard that Jason Calacanis has an Apple tablet that is powered entirely by an encapsulated ego dynamo that orbits the black hole in his brain where most people have a sense of humor.

The South Korean Supreme Court made a ruling stating that online games’ virtual currency, or “cyber money”, can legally be exchanged for real world currency. The ruling also stated that transactions using this “cyber money” will be taxable.

Facebook has a recommendation engine which is eerily good at predicting who I’ll be interested in hooking up with. It tends to spot people who I’ve decided deliberately not to befriend. Annoying, but proves the point that this is one thing that algorithms do better than humans.