The face of Google is changing for the worse in my opinion. Rather than viewing the user of Google technology and services “as a customer”, Google is increasingly exposing the technology or service to the customer and profiting from them. Take a look at the example below (click on the thumbnail below to enlarge):

Just in time for Valentine’s day, one of the greatest Craigslist posts ever unleashed on the ladies of Minneapolis. The two chest hair hearts shaved into his torso is a nice touch. Its the little things that make the difference. When you click on this link and begin reading the post, use a Barry White or sexy Will Ferrel voice to enhance the delivery to a higher level of deliciousness…

DON’T TRY TO FIGHT IT!

I was again wandering around the web one late evening after work and I found this interesting site called Conspiracy cards. First off its a very well done site. It starts off with an image of a man wearing a gas mask holding a blue pill and red pill and clicking on the red pill allows you to enter the site (Matrix anyone?) while clicking on the blue pill returns you to the “sheeple”.

Once you enter, some surprisingly cool music plays in the background of the site. After reading the various parts of the site, I clicked on the conspiracy cards themselves and it takes you to a list of over 130 categories of current conspiracy theories covering such topics as the New world Order to the Stonehenge.

Its a fun read and while your entertaining yourself, you’re also listening to some pretty cool tunes in the background. Its a clever and well done presentation. Check it out HERE.

For those of us who have watched the Pirate bay trial followed by the stunning verdicts, some breaking news has come out of Swedish National Radio. According to the Wired article:

One of the four men convicted in The Pirate Bay trial is seeking to have his guilty verdict thrown out after learning that the judge in the trial is a member of two pro-copyright groups, including one whose membership includes entertainment industry representatives who argued in the case.

Stockholm district court judge, Tomas Norström told a Swedish newspaper that his previously-undisclosed entanglements with the copyright groups did not constitute a conflict of interest.

The groups include the Swedish Association of Copyright, a discussion forum. Henrik Pontén of the Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau, Monique Wadsted, a motion picture industry lawyer, and Peter Danowsky from the recording industry’s IFPI are members of the organizations, and were largely responsible for pressing the case against The Pirate Bay before the judge.

Looks like justice is not blind in Sweden either. Lets hope the Pirate bay guys escape the noose and sail off into the sunset. Go pirates, go!

From Arstechnica:

In the latest series of unfortunate events for the Microsoft corporation, the Xbox live network is suffering from malicious attacks from hackers that allow them to flood fellow opponents connections with a Denial of service attack that kicks the victim off of the Live network.

To exacerbate the situation, the hackers that discovered this exploit are selling their services to fellow X-bots for $20 dollars an attack. From the article:

Since Xbox Live games connect to the Internet like everything else, using an IP address, it’s possible for hackers to discover your address using underground packet-sniffing software, then flood the Xbox port with incoming data to boot you off. Other offenders are reportedly asking for an IP address by sneaky means before opening the denial-of-service floodgates.

Wow, am I glad I don’t have to pay $8 bucks a month for my PS3 online playing time…

From the Designerhigh website, it looks like ads from the “above the influence” campaign urging folks not to smoke marijuana. Pretty amusing. I’m just waiting for their next “Smoke weed and become the greatest Olympic champion in the history of the games” ad.

Also theres a bonus link! How to build your own Bongsaber! American ingenuity at its best here people!

Check out the funky fresh moves from the holy hip hop B-boy (and B-girl) crew from “The way international“. From the synchronized urban dance moves to the improvised dance circle, this juxtaposed trio is a entertainment powerhouse. The only thing that could have made this better is towards the end of the performance, Jesus breaks out and starts doing the caterpillar across the stage which eventually transitions into our savior busting out the “helicopter spin” in a climactic finish with pyrotechnics and stage fog.

They should contact me for their next performance, I would so hook them up with great ideas…