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Happy birthday, Andy!

Here’s why you should refuse to pass through the “nude scanner” at the airports: Feds admitted, that they were storing images of body scans at airport checkpoints.

See: Cnet News and this Boingboing article

Ask for manual scanning in case the feds are asking you to pass through the scanner and refer to the international human rights law.

“Here’s some exciting news about Quantum Entanglement and an actual proof, that materia does not exist, but the entanglement creates the space that keeps life together.” says Schrödinger’s Cat.

What a superb position!

Ecco un esempio, dove sta la “Cultura italiana” oggi:

Il concerto Bach al Pantheon, qualche giorni fa, era interrotto per chiusura del Pantheon “puntualmente”. Che schifo! Ma magari non e una surpresa, come il Direttore generale del patrimonio culturale del ministerio dei “beni culturali” in Italia attualmente e il ex-amministratore delegato di McDonald’s Italia. Che cultura monousa!

The “Berlin way” to hinder Google maps tracking:

Track the trackers ( streetcar.fffff.at)

More about this: http://fffff.at/?s=google

@fffffat (twitter)

And here’s the “Norwegian way” of protesting for privacy:

(Read more on Boingboing)

This reminds me of a project we did in 2004, when I studies media arts at the University of arts and applied sciences, messing around with an omnidirectional video camera, recording the streets in Zurich:

Happy 2010

Für das Neue Jahr wünsche ich

“Mehr Ausnahme vom Zustand”

Pour la nouvelle année je souhaite

“Plus d’état du siège”

For the New Year I wish

“More state on emergency”

Roland Wagner is the new world record holder in 50 meters freestyle with a spectaculous time of 00:00:00 ! Congratulations, Mr. Wagner!

Links:
Roland Wagner
Cabaret Voltaire
Tagesanzeiger

Losar Tashi Delek (happy new year) to all tibetan people, lots of success, good health and happiness!

Link: New Year Message of H.H. the Dalai Lama to the Tibetan People

Tibetan National Emblem