A company specializing in desserts, photography and t-shirts

Also known as “GOMABTreats and Photography”

Homemade as well as semi-homemade desserts from scratch. Adding photography and inspirational tee shirts in the future.

I don’t want to say that the guy is terrible at what he does, but maybe he should focus on doing one thing well, instead of trying to fund all his hobbies at once.

Link (Kickstarter)

Flag burning on the Norwegian Constitution Day

Burning the national flag is not illegal in Norway (since 2008), however, the police say they will refer this case to the police attorney who will decide on charges.

To quote the police: “We have spoken to the people involved and told them this action is very inappropriate, and people find it offensive. (…) Our [police] lawyer will be looking into the case to see what we can do”

So, it seems the police now have the authority to prosecute purely based on morals.

UPDATE:

It seems that the police have discovered that you cannot charge people with a non-crime, so they’ve decided to wait until a citizen reports them.

Original link (Dagbladet, Norwegian)
Translated link (Dagbladet, via Google Translate)

Michael Hayden Gleefully Admits: We Kill People Based On Metadata

Of course knowing the content of a call can be crucial to establishing a particular threat. But metadata alone can provide an extremely detailed picture of a person’s most intimate associations and interests, and it’s actually much easier as a technological matter to search huge amounts of metadata than to listen to millions of phone calls. As NSA General Counsel Stewart Baker has said, “metadata absolutely tells you everything about somebody’s life. If you have enough metadata, you don’t really need content.” When I quoted Baker at a recent debate at Johns Hopkins University, my opponent, General Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and the CIA, called Baker’s comment “absolutely correct,” and raised him one, asserting, “We kill people based on metadata.”

Link (Techdirt)

What? Like stackoverflow?

CodeSnipts.com, is not only a place to access your handy code snippets, it’s a social networking for Web Developers alike. You can add other members as contacts for easy communication. View their latest snippets and contact them if you need help on a project or with some code or simply for a friendly chat.

Sounds much like a less good version of stackoverflow.com

Link (Kickstarter)

Dangerous Ruling: EU Says Google Must Help People Disappear Stuff They Don’t Like From The Internet

The basic idea is that if you were involved in something that you’re not happy about later, you can demand that the incident be stricken from the record… everywhere. It’s a clear attack on free speech — allowing people to censor others from saying truthful and accurate things about someone.

Link (Techdirt)

Stop this planet, I want to get off

We’re still digesting today’s lengthy decision in the Oracle v. Google appeal, but we’re disappointed—and worried. The heart of the appeal was whether Oracle can claim a copyright on Java APIs and, if so, whether Google infringed that copyright. According to the Federal Circuit today, the answer to both questions was a qualified yes—with the qualification being that Google may have a fair use defense.

Link (EFF)