Zwang

The German language book Zwang by Birgit Mosser-Schuöcker is a dystopia about a dictatorial EU in the year 2029. The paperback with 232 pages costs less than 15 Euros.

installing a .deb file on an iPhone

If you need to install a .deb file on an iPhone (jailbroken with openSSH installed and running), do the following:
upload to /tmp
ssh root@10.0.2.3 (use your actual iPhone IP address!)
dpkg -i /tmp/name.deb (use the actual name of your .deb file!)
Restart iPhone
Image from iPhone Techies.

Jörg Haider, Unfall, Mord oder Attentat

The German language book Jörg Haider, Unfall, Mord oder Attentat from the German journalist Gerhard Wisnewski looks behind the scenes of the death of the Austrian politician Jörg Haider. Very interesting reading for less than 20 Euros.

Anklage wegen Mordes gegen George W. Bush

The German language book Anklage wegen Mordes gegen Geoge W. Bush from Vincent Bugliosi shows how George W. Bush is responsible for the death of more than 4000 american soldiers and more than 100 000 people from Iraq. When an American president got into trouble for having an affair, what should happen to a president, who is responsible for the deaths of so many people?

Freedom Not Fear 2008

On 10/11 we call for an international action day called Freedom Not Fear 2008 in as many European capital cities as possible and elsewhere around the world to demonstrate against the total retention of telecommunication data and other instruments of surveillance. We would like to recall the remembrance of the historical achievement of civil rights and liberties as a heritage of the Age of Enlightenment and to support the trust in security in our free society.

EURO2008 in Austria

From 6/7 to 6/29 the EURO2008, the European football (soccer) championship takes place in Austria. With the expected "security" precautions taking place, it is no wonder that most locals will try to be abroad and spend their vacation in a foreign country coming June.

free range kids

From BoingBoing, a directory of wonderful things, something truly wonderful: Free Range Kids is a blog for raising kids without being freaked out about safety all the time. After all these nonsense years, this might be the start of a revolution. Maybe there is still for this planet to survive?

fake name generator

Name says it all: the fake name generator helps you in creating your randomly generated identity.

why security has become a dirty word

Directly from the New York Times: The Airport Security Follies.

17 percent decline in US tourism since September 11th

Directly from boingboing: "Loss of tourism costs USA 100 billion $, 200 000 jobs and 16 billion $ in tax revenue. The 17 percent decline in US tourism since September 11th, 2001 has had a devastating effect on the economy, costing nearly 100 billion (200,000 jobs, 16 billion $ in tax revenue). Visitors to the US from around the world rank the border procedures as among the worst on earth."

the Microsoftification of Apple?

Just found this at http://www.hackint0sh.org: Stocks & Weather apps send your IMEI (and more?) to Apple. Just sad. Hopefully the upcoming mobile phones with the Google/LinuxOS will arrive ASAP.
Update: Heise Online says it has confirmed that the information sent is not the IMEI, but rather just an identifier for the application.

Protest march: Liberty instead of fear

On 9/22 there will be a protest march Liberty instead of fear in Berlin, Germany.

Permitted and prohibited item for air travel in the USA

The TSA has a website, where they list permitted and prohibited item for air travel in the USA. Weird, that security has become a bad word, too. Just like convenience. If you hear, that something happens for your convenience, you can be sure, it will be bad for you. And security has become an Orwellian doublespeak word for privacy intrusion.

Germany says goodbye to KisMAC

Germany says goodbye to KisMAC. With the introduction of §202c German politicians proved their complete incompetence. Law in Germany: possession of child pornography - two years imprisonment. Distribution of security software is half as bad. Even worse politicians still believe in the successful ban of digital information, obviously not reckoning globalization.
KisMAC will live on. Different people. Different country. Same "threat" to national security.