http://soup.kyrah.net/ http://soup.kyrah.net/ http://d.asset.soup.io/asset/0891/3309_1fff.png 100 100 {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":null,"source":null,"body":"\u003Cdiv\u003EI realise I'm doing this every 18 months or so, but I'm outta here. Good night, and good luck.\u00a0\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E eXistenZ is paused! \u003C/b\u003E"} <div>I realise I'm doing this every 18 months or so, but I'm outta here. Good night, and good luck. </div><div><br /></div><b> eXistenZ is paused! </b>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:51:32 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/111759617/I-realise-Im-doing-this-every-18urn:www-soup-io:1:111759617regular {"tags":[],"type":"video","source":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_7yE0XpVc4","body":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003Enow hold me\u003Cbr /\u003Ea little while longer\u003Cbr /\u003Ejust a bit\u003Cbr /\u003Ecause we gotta get up soon\u003Cbr /\u003Ethere's a war on outside\u003Cbr /\u003Ecome on now baby\u003Cbr /\u003Ewe got work to do","embedcode_or_url":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_7yE0XpVc4"} <object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r_7yE0XpVc4" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r_7yE0XpVc4" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425" /></object><div><br /></div>now hold me<br />a little while longer<br />just a bit<br />cause we gotta get up soon<br />there's a war on outside<br />come on now baby<br />we got work to doThu, 24 Feb 2011 01:10:16 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/111283240/now-hold-meurn:www-soup-io:1:111283240video {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":null,"body":"\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003EThe White House can't even spell Libya. This is from their \u003Ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/whitehouse/status/40514519352475648\"\u003Eofficial\u003C/a\u003E Twitter feed.\u003C/div\u003E","url":"http://5.asset.soup.io/asset/1582/1669_f8a7.png"} <p><a href=""><img alt="1669_f8a7_400" height="149" src="http://5.asset.soup.io/asset/1582/1669_f8a7_400.png" width="400" /></a></p> <p><br /> <div>The White House can't even spell Libya. This is from their <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/whitehouse/status/40514519352475648">official</a> Twitter feed.</div></p>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:50:15 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/111256232/The-White-House-cant-even-spell-Libyaurn:www-soup-io:1:111256232image {"tags":[],"type":"quote","title":"Arthur Koestler","source":null,"body":"We are doing the work of prophets without their gift. We replaced vision by logical deductions. But Euclid's axioms cannot be proved. He who does not believe in them sees the whole building crash."} <p>"We are doing the work of prophets without their gift. We replaced vision by logical deductions. But Euclid's axioms cannot be proved. He who does not believe in them sees the whole building crash."</p><p>&ndash;Arthur Koestler</p>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:15:17 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/111114163/We-are-doing-the-work-of-prophetsurn:www-soup-io:1:111114163quote {"tags":[],"type":"quote","title":"Neville Chamberlain justifying the lack of UK support for the Czech people against the Nazis in 1938","source":null,"body":"a quarrel in a far away country between people of whom we know nothing"} <p>"a quarrel in a far away country between people of whom we know nothing"</p><p>&ndash;Neville Chamberlain justifying the lack of UK support for the Czech people against the Nazis in 1938</p>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:32:27 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/109837646/a-quarrel-in-a-far-away-countryurn:www-soup-io:1:109837646quote {"tags":[],"type":"video","source":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml7UwI28vuE","body":"\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/i\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\"So, Tanzania made the Egyptians angry?\" - \"It's Tunisia. And we inspired them. Mubarak made the Egyptians angry.\" - \"Moo-ba-rek? What's that? I don't speak Arabian\".\u003C/i\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\n\u003Cdiv\u003EAbsolutely hilarious video of fictional a conversation between a \u00a0Tunisian woman and an Amercian girl. \u003C/div\u003E","embedcode_or_url":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml7UwI28vuE"} <object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ml7UwI28vuE" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ml7UwI28vuE" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425" /></object><i><div><i><br /></i></div>"So, Tanzania made the Egyptians angry?" - "It's Tunisia. And we inspired them. Mubarak made the Egyptians angry." - "Moo-ba-rek? What's that? I don't speak Arabian".</i><br /><br /> <div>Absolutely hilarious video of fictional a conversation between a  Tunisian woman and an Amercian girl. </div>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:12:16 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/109738282/So-Tanzania-made-the-Egyptians-angry-Itsurn:www-soup-io:1:109738282video {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":null,"body":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E This is what Lulu Sq. in Bahrain looked like before the brutal crackdown just now. So full of beauty. So full of hope.","url":"http://8.asset.soup.io/asset/1564/2824_93e7.jpeg"} <p><a href=""><img alt="2824_93e7_400" height="265" src="http://8.asset.soup.io/asset/1564/2824_93e7_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><div><br /></div> This is what Lulu Sq. in Bahrain looked like before the brutal crackdown just now. So full of beauty. So full of hope.</p>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:03:47 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/109352832/This-is-what-Lulu-Sq-in-Bahrainurn:www-soup-io:1:109352832image {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":null,"body":"\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003ESeen @\u003Ca href=\"http://log.metalab.at\"\u003Emetalab\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0-\u00a0\u003Ci\u003E\"I gebs auf und werd G\u00e4rtner\" ??\u003C/i\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","url":"http://c.asset.soup.io/asset/1560/4540_df6a.jpeg"} <p><a href=""><img alt="4540_df6a_400" height="300" src="http://c.asset.soup.io/asset/1560/4540_df6a_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><br /> <div>Seen @<a href="http://log.metalab.at">metalab</a> - <i>"I gebs auf und werd Gärtner" ??</i></div></p>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:46:00 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/108996644/Seen-metalab-I-gebs-auf-und-werdurn:www-soup-io:1:108996644image {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":null,"source":null,"body":"Nex, you just totally made my day. \u0026lt;3"} <p>[Reposted from <span class="user_container user70028" ><a class="" href="http://comments.soup.io/post/108684285/LOL-those-na-ve-people-how-droll"><span class="name">comments</span></a></span>]</p>Nex, you just totally made my day. &lt;3Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:44:54 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/108686769/Nex-you-just-totally-made-my-dayurn:www-soup-io:1:108686769regular {"tags":[],"type":"video","source":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaGPNeNVAzw","body":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMy musical discovery of the decade.\u00a0Orphaned Land is GENIUS.\u00a0\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003EAs my Syrian friend put it, \"When I listen to this, I never know if I should headbang or bellydance.\" \\m/\u003C/div\u003E \u003C/div\u003E","embedcode_or_url":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaGPNeNVAzw"} <object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NaGPNeNVAzw" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NaGPNeNVAzw" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425" /></object><div><br /></div><div>My musical discovery of the decade. Orphaned Land is GENIUS. </div><div><br /> <div>As my Syrian friend put it, "When I listen to this, I never know if I should headbang or bellydance." \m/</div> </div>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:42:21 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/108499792/My-musical-discovery-of-the-decade-Orphanedurn:www-soup-io:1:108499792video {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":null,"body":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Ci\u003EPyrotechnics is not a crime.\u003C/i\u003E\u00a0Sticker found in Vienna.","url":"http://b.asset.soup.io/asset/1553/8139_d21a.jpeg"} <p><a href=""><img alt="8139_d21a_400" height="471" src="http://b.asset.soup.io/asset/1553/8139_d21a_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><div><br /></div><i>Pyrotechnics is not a crime.</i> Sticker found in Vienna.</p>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:00:45 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/108489860/Pyrotechnics-is-not-a-crime-Sticker-foundurn:www-soup-io:1:108489860image {"tags":[],"type":"video","source":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWnJ6hS7H7k\u0026feature=youtu.be","body":"\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003EIf you missed it, here is a recording of Suleiman's historic announcement that\u00a0Mubarak leaves office.\u003C/div\u003E","embedcode_or_url":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWnJ6hS7H7k\u0026feature=youtu.be"} <object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IWnJ6hS7H7k" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IWnJ6hS7H7k" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425" /></object><br /> <div>If you missed it, here is a recording of Suleiman's historic announcement that Mubarak leaves office.</div>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:58:59 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/107988543/If-you-missed-it-here-is-aurn:www-soup-io:1:107988543video {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":null,"body":null,"url":"http://9.asset.soup.io/asset/1546/4025_1c07.png"} <p><a href=""><img alt="4025_1c07_400" height="289" src="http://9.asset.soup.io/asset/1546/4025_1c07_400.png" width="400" /></a></p> <p></p>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:17:32 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/107809655/Imageurn:www-soup-io:1:107809655image {"tags":[],"type":"quote","title":null,"source":null,"body":"Having Suleiman lead \"democratic reform\" in Egypt is like having a former KGB agent do it in Russia. Oh. Wait. Putin."} <p>"Having Suleiman lead "democratic reform" in Egypt is like having a former KGB agent do it in Russia. Oh. Wait. Putin."</p>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:28:02 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/106938025/Having-Suleiman-lead-democratic-reform-in-Egypturn:www-soup-io:1:106938025quote {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":"http://yfrog.com/h865gjj","body":"\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003ESlim404, the one and only \\m/\u003C/div\u003E","url":"http://0.asset.soup.io/asset/1536/6528_4d93.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://yfrog.com/h865gjj"><img alt="6528_4d93_400" height="213" src="http://0.asset.soup.io/asset/1536/6528_4d93_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><br /> <div>Slim404, the one and only \m/</div></p>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:37:24 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/106863179/Slim404-the-one-and-only-murn:www-soup-io:1:106863179image {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":null,"body":"Have you tried turning it off and on again?","url":"http://b.asset.soup.io/asset/1528/3419_dfe7.jpeg"} <p><a href=""><img alt="3419_dfe7_400" height="267" src="http://b.asset.soup.io/asset/1528/3419_dfe7_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Have you tried turning it off and on again?</p><p>[Reposted from <span class="user_container user53000" ><a class="" href="http://bbd.soup.io/post/106438177/Have-you-tried-turning-it-off-and"><span class="name">bbd</span></a></span> via <span class="user_container user214461" ><a class="" href="http://immotec.soup.io/post/106456600/Have-you-tried-turning-it-off-and"><span class="name">immotec</span></a></span>]</p>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:02:57 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/106599858/Have-you-tried-turning-it-off-andurn:www-soup-io:1:106599858image {"tags":[],"type":"link","title":"The History of Now (PDF)","source":"http://kyrah.net/work/jan25.pdf","body":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003EThe slides from my talk on Egypt #jan25 yesterday. As all my presentations, this is mostly images - so it won't make much sense without hearing me speak. But since some people asked me to, I'm sharing it anyway.\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EPlease note that this was at a festival/party, so it's not a \"serious\" presentation but rather an attempt to get people up to speed on what's going on. The irreverent tone is an artifact of the audience and setting and does not imply that I'm not taking things seriously.\u003C/div\u003E"} <p><div><br /></div> <div>The slides from my talk on Egypt #jan25 yesterday. As all my presentations, this is mostly images - so it won't make much sense without hearing me speak. But since some people asked me to, I'm sharing it anyway.</div><div><br /></div><div>Please note that this was at a festival/party, so it's not a "serious" presentation but rather an attempt to get people up to speed on what's going on. The irreverent tone is an artifact of the audience and setting and does not imply that I'm not taking things seriously.</div></p> <p><a href="http://kyrah.net/work/jan25.pdf">http://kyrah.net/work/jan25.pdf</a></p>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:39:19 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/106595992/The-History-of-Now-PDFurn:www-soup-io:1:106595992link {"tags":[],"type":"quote","title":"Mike Chorost","source":null,"body":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EPowerful forces in the universe are gravity, chocolate, and the status quo. But in the long run hope is the most powerful force of all.\u003C/i\u003E\u003C/b\u003E"} <p>"<b><i>Powerful forces in the universe are gravity, chocolate, and the status quo. But in the long run hope is the most powerful force of all.</i></b>"</p><p>&ndash;Mike Chorost</p>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:04:10 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/106448409/Powerful-forces-in-the-universe-are-gravityurn:www-soup-io:1:106448409quote {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":"http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2011/02/egypt-returns-to-the-internet/","body":"\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003EWelcome back to the Internet, Egypt.\u003C/div\u003E","url":"http://1.asset.soup.io/asset/1521/9169_80e9.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2011/02/egypt-returns-to-the-internet/"><img alt="9169_80e9_400" height="213" src="http://1.asset.soup.io/asset/1521/9169_80e9_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><br /> <div>Welcome back to the Internet, Egypt.</div></p>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:51:52 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/106041554/Welcome-back-to-the-Internet-Egypturn:www-soup-io:1:106041554image {"tags":[],"type":"quote","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/pourmecoffee\"\u003E@pourmecoffee\u003C/a\u003E","source":null,"body":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EEgyptians camped out in Cairo. Think of it as like the release of new Apple product if Apple made freedom.\u003C/i\u003E\u003C/b\u003E"} <p>"<b><i>Egyptians camped out in Cairo. Think of it as like the release of new Apple product if Apple made freedom.</i></b>"</p><p>&ndash;<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/pourmecoffee">@pourmecoffee</a></p>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:53:48 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/105768662/Egyptians-camped-out-in-Cairo-Think-ofurn:www-soup-io:1:105768662quote {"tags":[],"type":"video","source":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Lyc-IPYnY\u0026feature=player_embedded","body":"\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003EEGYPT \u0026amp; TUNISIA: THE HISTORY OF NOW\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","embedcode_or_url":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Lyc-IPYnY\u0026feature=player_embedded"} <object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V1Lyc-IPYnY" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V1Lyc-IPYnY" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425" /></object><br /> <div><b>EGYPT &amp; TUNISIA: THE HISTORY OF NOW</b></div>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:30:51 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/105608265/EGYPT-TUNISIA-THE-HISTORY-OF-NOWurn:www-soup-io:1:105608265video {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":"http://m.plixi.com/p/73294801","body":"\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003EFox News doesn't know where Egypt is.\u003C/div\u003E","url":"http://4.asset.soup.io/asset/1511/3044_5804.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://m.plixi.com/p/73294801"><img alt="3044_5804" height="234" src="http://4.asset.soup.io/asset/1511/3044_5804.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p> <p><br /> <div>Fox News doesn't know where Egypt is.</div></p>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:33:32 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/105562012/Fox-News-doesnt-know-where-Egypt-isurn:www-soup-io:1:105562012image {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":"http://i.imgur.com/ypfwU.png","body":"\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003EMubarak's speech summarised.\u003C/div\u003E","url":"http://9.asset.soup.io/asset/1498/1977_2b88.png"} <p><a href="http://i.imgur.com/ypfwU.png"><img alt="1977_2b88_400" height="306" src="http://9.asset.soup.io/asset/1498/1977_2b88_400.png" width="400" /></a></p> <p><br /> <div>Mubarak's speech summarised.</div></p>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:10:57 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/104792205/Mubaraks-speech-summarisedurn:www-soup-io:1:104792205image {"tags":[],"type":"video","source":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4OSMFYc9Mc","body":"\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003EEgypt Cairo uprising protest video (from this afternoon)\u003C/div\u003E","embedcode_or_url":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4OSMFYc9Mc"} <object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/t4OSMFYc9Mc" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/t4OSMFYc9Mc" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425" /></object><br /> <div>Egypt Cairo uprising protest video (from this afternoon)</div>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:49:54 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/104762338/Egypt-Cairo-uprising-protest-video-from-thisurn:www-soup-io:1:104762338video {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":null,"body":"\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\"What are they going to do? Shut down the Internet?!\" -\u003C/i\u003E This used to be funny.\u003C/div\u003E","url":"http://f.asset.soup.io/asset/1494/7439_373c.jpeg"} <p><a href=""><img alt="7439_373c_400" height="197" src="http://f.asset.soup.io/asset/1494/7439_373c_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><br /> <div><i>"What are they going to do? Shut down the Internet?!" -</i> This used to be funny.</div></p>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:16:55 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/104668188/What-are-they-going-to-do-Shuturn:www-soup-io:1:104668188image {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":"http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/f9a2m/a_picture_i_took_yesterday_in_tahrir_square_cairo/","body":"\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIconic photo taken last night on Tahrir Square, Cairo #jan25\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","url":"http://1.asset.soup.io/asset/1486/4177_d366.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/f9a2m/a_picture_i_took_yesterday_in_tahrir_square_cairo/"><img alt="4177_d366_400" height="265" src="http://1.asset.soup.io/asset/1486/4177_d366_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><br /> <div><div>Iconic photo taken last night on Tahrir Square, Cairo #jan25</div></div></p>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:31:11 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/104186663/Iconic-photo-taken-last-night-on-Tahrirurn:www-soup-io:1:104186663image {"tags":[],"type":"quote","title":"Justice Hugo Black","source":null,"body":"The government\u2019s power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the government."} <p>"The government’s power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the government."</p><p>&ndash;Justice Hugo Black</p>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:22:59 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/104147436/The-government-s-power-to-censor-theurn:www-soup-io:1:104147436quote {"tags":[],"type":"link","title":"Tunisian State Secretary Says Censorship Is Fine Because The West Does It Too","source":"http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110124/05525512802/tunisian-state-secretary-says-censorship-is-fine-because-west-does-it-too.shtml","body":"\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EI'm glad to see at least some people are starting to discuss our failure in being role models when it comes to actually implementing/upholding democratic principles.\u003C/div\u003E"} <p><br /> <div><br /></div><div>I'm glad to see at least some people are starting to discuss our failure in being role models when it comes to actually implementing/upholding democratic principles.</div></p> <p><a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110124/05525512802/tunisian-state-secretary-says-censorship-is-fine-because-west-does-it-too.shtml">http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110124/05525512802/tunisian-state-secretary-says-censorship-is-fine-because-west-does-it-too.shtml</a></p>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:16:35 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/104145461/Tunisian-State-Secretary-Says-Censorship-Is-Fineurn:www-soup-io:1:104145461link {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":"http://yfrog.com/h0nuip","body":"\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003EStunning photo of the protests in Egypt today... #Jan25\u003C/div\u003E","url":"http://1.asset.soup.io/asset/1481/8433_431f.png"} <p><a href="http://yfrog.com/h0nuip"><img alt="8433_431f_400" height="221" src="http://1.asset.soup.io/asset/1481/8433_431f_400.png" width="400" /></a></p> <p><br /> <div>Stunning photo of the protests in Egypt today... #Jan25</div></p>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:51:20 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/104037304/Stunning-photo-of-the-protests-in-Egypturn:www-soup-io:1:104037304image {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Ammar 404 vs. #zensursula ","source":null,"body":"\u003Cdiv\u003EIt is extremely disturbing to see other countries justify their continued censorship because we do it, too.\u00a0\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ETunisian state secretary Sami Zaoui just \u003Ca href=\"http://is.gd/nQkrtg\"\u003Eannounced\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0[link no longer available - but here's a\u00a0\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://i.imgur.com/SDsGN.png\"\u003Escreenshot\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/i\u003E] that they will keep blocking websites that are \u003Ci\u003E\"against decency, contain violent elements or incite to hate\".\u003C/i\u003E\u00a0When criticised that this is inacceptable in a democracy, he \u003Ca href=\"http://is.gd/3gpZ6E\"\u003Eresponded\u003C/a\u003E: \u003Ci\u003E\"Wrong! Even the countries that are most evolved when it comes to freedom block terrorist sites\"\u003C/i\u003E.\u00a0\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOf course such measures have nothing to do with terrorism (or child pornography, which happens to be the excuse \u003Ci\u003Ede rigueur\u003C/i\u003E in Europe). They are an excuse to create and maintain a censorship infrastructure. And even if we assume the best intentions on behalf of those who propose such measures, the damage this does to democracy by far exceeds the potential benefits to crime prevention.\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EI am sad to see the same excuses for Internet censorship brought up again, this time in Tunisia. The same hidden agendas, the same lies. \u003Ci\u003E\"This is not censorship, we are just blocking criminals.\"\u003C/i\u003E \u00a0Well, criminals shouldn't be blocked, they should be prosecuted and judged before we even call them criminals.\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ECount on it: having an authority that can put you on a blacklist \u003Ci\u003Ewill\u003C/i\u003E be abused - especially given the characteristically vague rules for what is \u003Ci\u003Everboten\u003C/i\u003E. (You can be sure that under Ben Ali, the blogs of Slim Amamou, Astrubal etc. would have been blocked for containing violent elements and inciting to hate!)\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EI will be following this debate and its results closely. I still remain optimistic at this point. Perhaps the Tunisians will succeed where we failed. But this whole thing certainly \u003Ci\u003Eis\u003C/i\u003E disturbing on several levels.\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003E(Thanks to @\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/Astrubaal\"\u003EAstrubaal\u003C/a\u003E @\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/rafik\"\u003Erafik\u003C/a\u003E @\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/taziden\"\u003Etaziden\u003C/a\u003E @\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/smarimc\"\u003Esmarimc\u003C/a\u003E and others for our brief but insightful conversation on the subject.)\u003C/i\u003E\u003C/div\u003E"} <div>It is extremely disturbing to see other countries justify their continued censorship because we do it, too. </div><div><br /></div><div>Tunisian state secretary Sami Zaoui just <a href="http://is.gd/nQkrtg">announced</a> [link no longer available - but here's a <i><a href="http://i.imgur.com/SDsGN.png">screenshot</a></i>] that they will keep blocking websites that are <i>"against decency, contain violent elements or incite to hate".</i> When criticised that this is inacceptable in a democracy, he <a href="http://is.gd/3gpZ6E">responded</a>: <i>"Wrong! Even the countries that are most evolved when it comes to freedom block terrorist sites"</i>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Of course such measures have nothing to do with terrorism (or child pornography, which happens to be the excuse <i>de rigueur</i> in Europe). They are an excuse to create and maintain a censorship infrastructure. And even if we assume the best intentions on behalf of those who propose such measures, the damage this does to democracy by far exceeds the potential benefits to crime prevention.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am sad to see the same excuses for Internet censorship brought up again, this time in Tunisia. The same hidden agendas, the same lies. <i>"This is not censorship, we are just blocking criminals."</i>  Well, criminals shouldn't be blocked, they should be prosecuted and judged before we even call them criminals.</div><div><br /></div><div>Count on it: having an authority that can put you on a blacklist <i>will</i> be abused - especially given the characteristically vague rules for what is <i>verboten</i>. (You can be sure that under Ben Ali, the blogs of Slim Amamou, Astrubal etc. would have been blocked for containing violent elements and inciting to hate!)</div><div><br /></div><div>I will be following this debate and its results closely. I still remain optimistic at this point. Perhaps the Tunisians will succeed where we failed. But this whole thing certainly <i>is</i> disturbing on several levels.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>(Thanks to @<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/Astrubaal">Astrubaal</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/rafik">rafik</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/taziden">taziden</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/smarimc">smarimc</a> and others for our brief but insightful conversation on the subject.)</i></div>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:25:37 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/103845884/Ammar-404-vs-zensursulaurn:www-soup-io:1:103845884regular {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":"https://twitter.com/#!/simonrepp/status/27145015713071104","body":"\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003E#wtf of the day: \"Morgen bist du Hausfrau\"\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003Esomeone please tell me this is shopped ^^\u003C/div\u003E","url":"http://1.asset.soup.io/asset/1452/1377_1fff.jpeg"} <p><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/simonrepp/status/27145015713071104"><img alt="1377_1fff_400" height="668" src="http://1.asset.soup.io/asset/1452/1377_1fff_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><br /> <div>#wtf of the day: "Morgen bist du Hausfrau"</div><div>someone please tell me this is shopped ^^</div></p>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:37:42 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/102733538/wtf-of-the-day-Morgen-bist-duurn:www-soup-io:1:102733538image {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":null,"source":null,"body":"zOMG indeed... as I said, the Internet does not forget."} <p>[Reposted from <span class="user_container user875" ><a class="" href="http://alphabet.soup.io/post/102722704/kyrah-somewhat-earlier-Usenet-postings-here-and"><span class="name">alphabet</span></a></span>]</p>zOMG indeed... as I said, the Internet does not forget.Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:30:28 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/102732164/zOMG-indeed-as-I-said-the-Interneturn:www-soup-io:1:102732164regular {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":"http://metalab.at/wiki/Nighthawks_for_the_Nighthack","body":"Metalab, 3 a.m.: Nighthawks","url":"http://4.asset.soup.io/asset/1450/0452_cfc4.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://metalab.at/wiki/Nighthawks_for_the_Nighthack"><img alt="0452_cfc4_400" height="300" src="http://4.asset.soup.io/asset/1450/0452_cfc4_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Metalab, 3 a.m.: Nighthawks</p><p>[Reposted from <span class="user_container user41" ><a class="" href="http://log.metalab.at/post/102182915/Metalab-3-a-m-Nighthawks"><span class="name">metalab</span></a></span> via <span class="user_container user2608" ><a class="" href="http://ylem235.soup.io/post/102213271/Metalab-3-a-m-Nighthawks"><span class="name">ylem235</span></a></span>]</p>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:37:30 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/102302095/Metalab-3-a-m-Nighthawksurn:www-soup-io:1:102302095image {"tags":[],"type":"link","title":"The role of the Internet in the revolutionary uprising in Tunisia","source":"http://kyrah.net/work/sans-url.html","body":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003EDid the Internet matter in the revolution? Rather than rely on second-hand information, I decided to ask someone who was there."} <p><div><br /></div>Did the Internet matter in the revolution? Rather than rely on second-hand information, I decided to ask someone who was there.</p> <p><a href="http://kyrah.net/work/sans-url.html">http://kyrah.net/work/sans-url.html</a></p>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:55:19 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/102105370/The-role-of-the-Internet-in-theurn:www-soup-io:1:102105370link {"tags":[],"type":"quote","title":"Abu Al-Quasim Al-Shabi","source":null,"body":"When people decide to live rather than survive, destiny shall obey, and one day... the chains of slavery will be broken."} <p>"When people decide to live rather than survive, destiny shall obey, and one day... the chains of slavery will be broken."</p><p>&ndash;Abu Al-Quasim Al-Shabi</p>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:16:22 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/102064181/When-people-decide-to-live-rather-thanurn:www-soup-io:1:102064181quote {"tags":[],"type":"video","source":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6bZlPhtX6g","body":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\"Jusqu'ici, tout va bien.\"\u003C/div\u003E","embedcode_or_url":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6bZlPhtX6g"} <object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d6bZlPhtX6g" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d6bZlPhtX6g" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425" /></object><div>"Jusqu'ici, tout va bien."</div>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:35:54 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/101707540/Jusquici-tout-va-bienurn:www-soup-io:1:101707540video {"tags":[],"type":"image","source":"http://tbwa.com/#lsi121ci5b0q","body":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E Hyperinflation + pure genius = awesomeness: \u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://tbwa.com/#lsi121ci5b0q\"\u003ETHE ZIMBABWEAN Trillion Dollar Campaign\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/i\u003E","url":"http://7.asset.soup.io/asset/1437/2023_d9d4.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://tbwa.com/#lsi121ci5b0q"><img alt="2023_d9d4_400" height="300" src="http://7.asset.soup.io/asset/1437/2023_d9d4_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><div><br /></div> Hyperinflation + pure genius = awesomeness: <br /><i><a href="http://tbwa.com/#lsi121ci5b0q">THE ZIMBABWEAN Trillion Dollar Campaign</a></i></p>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:55:15 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/100864403/Hyperinflation-pure-genius-awesomenessurn:www-soup-io:1:100864403image {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":null,"source":null,"body":"Twitter are actually the good guys in this. They \u003Ca href=\"http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/01/07/twitter/Twitter_Unsealing_Order.pdf\"\u003Ewent to court to get the order unsealed\u003C/a\u003E so they could disclose its existence to the affected users. In other words, they went out of their way to at least be allowed to inform the users and give them a chance to fight the court order, while\u00a0they could have just silently complied (which is the routine response to such a request). It is almost certain that other companies (such as Facebook and Google) received similar orders and just handed over the requested information."} <p>[Reposted from <span class="user_container user2326" ><a class="" href="http://teemu.soup.io/post/100449176/now-that-twitter-is-offically-an-instrument"><span class="name">teemu</span></a></span>]</p>Twitter are actually the good guys in this. They <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/01/07/twitter/Twitter_Unsealing_Order.pdf">went to court to get the order unsealed</a> so they could disclose its existence to the affected users. In other words, they went out of their way to at least be allowed to inform the users and give them a chance to fight the court order, while they could have just silently complied (which is the routine response to such a request). It is almost certain that other companies (such as Facebook and Google) received similar orders and just handed over the requested information.Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:00:54 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/100491952/Twitter-are-actually-the-good-guys-inurn:www-soup-io:1:100491952regular {"tags":[],"type":"quote","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/timmartin2\"\u003ETim Martin\u003C/a\u003E","source":null,"body":"I saw a book entitled \"Die GNU Autotools\" and I thought \"My feelings exactly\". Turns out the book was in German."} <p>"I saw a book entitled "Die GNU Autotools" and I thought "My feelings exactly". Turns out the book was in German."</p><p>&ndash;<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/timmartin2">Tim Martin</a></p>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:27:06 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/100097330/I-saw-a-book-entitled-Die-GNUurn:www-soup-io:1:100097330quote {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":null,"source":null,"body":"\u003Ctt\u003E\u0026lt;^\u0026gt; -- [][]\u00a0 \u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/tt\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\n\u003Cdiv\u003EThe international emoticon for: Don't bother coming into work today, aliens are attacking the city. \u003C/div\u003E"} <tt>&lt;^&gt; -- [][]  <br /></tt><br /> <div>The international emoticon for: Don't bother coming into work today, aliens are attacking the city. </div>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:24:06 GMThttp://soup.kyrah.net/post/100045838/urn:www-soup-io:1:100045838regular