Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 8:22PM I have seen a lot of recruitment videos in my years, but this one for Taiwan's Advanced Army had me looking for the dotted line. Finally, the future that all those Anime I watched as a child is here.
Jason
...if it ain't Broken, add giant robots, lots of giant robots.
Army Taiwan's recruitment in Video Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 10:17PM I was half-following this through posts on Torrentfreak.com and caught the end at theage.com under the heading Lily Allen 'quits music' after abuse over file-sharing fight. Ms Allen seems to have incurred the wrath of the Internet gods over her outspoken anti-piracy posts on her blog, and taken her bat and ball, closed her blog (removing the evidence) and gone home.
I have posted my views on the piracy debate before so I'm not going to go into that again. But I have to say that surely these talented musicians of the last couple of years can't be this ignorant to the online world around them? What did you expect to happen? Lily is either too into her music or has been duped into volunteering for the career suicide mission of biting the hands that feed.
As a Artist, you don't wade into the anti-piracy/digital distribution debate unless you have made your money, or are looking to get out. AC/DC recently made news by not putting their music up on iTunes, and had their album hotly pirated. But they have made their money, so can hold out a little longer. Unlike Lily, who should be working with, and milking, the new distribution models of the new online music industry. For as much as they complain, the future is coming and piracy is going to be a part of it.
I hope the cheque Lily got, as spokeswoman, will cover a few lean years while we forget about the past week.
Jason
...if it aint Broken, quit, then get your publicist's to say you didn't mean it.
Anti-piracy, Lily Allen, music in People Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 12:23PM 
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Here at TBL we like to help our readers with information about the everyday hazards facing Dads in this modern world. We also want to provide practical advice when it comes to those difficult parenting areas, like when you have to share the car with the little ones.
Wired.com has a great article in the Geekdad section regarding what NOT to allow the kids to bring into the car, if you want it to be the safe and hygienic fortress that it should be. It also has a number of handy hints. Some I will be putting in place in the work truck, after having spent too much time getting goo off the back seats.
So break out the solvents, and restraints: 5 Thing not to Let the Kids Bring in the Car.
Jason Remnant
...if it ain't broken, get out the wipes.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 8:46PM 
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Have you heard of the "Digital Criminal"? These guys are not the computer hackers we all know about, but the everyday burglar who has a internet connection and is your friend on Facebook or Twitter. Found this article which hopefully make you think about the type of information you post to social networking sites.
I'm sure that you have heard about the guy who came home from holiday to find everything missing, but how did the criminals know that he and his family were away? He mentioned that this fact on Twitter, a service where anyone can be your friend and read your comments.
And herein lies the point: how well do we know the people who are our friends on these services, where they have access to our comings and goings?
"To test how readily people accepted "friends" online, Legal & Generals survey, conducted by European market researcher Opinion Matters, involved sending out 100 "friend" or "follow" requests to strangers selected at random.
Of those 13% were accepted on Facebook and 92% on Twitter -- without any checks.
But despite these new "friends," the survey found that nearly two-thirds, or 64%, of 16- to 24-year-olds shared their holiday plans, with younger users the most likely to give away information about their whereabouts.
Men were found to be quite relaxed about giving personal information online, with 13% including their mobile number on their profile compared with 7% of women. Some 9% of men also posted their address compared to 4% of women.
"This reaction could result in a complete stranger potentially being able to learn about a person's interests, location and movements in and out of their home," said Legal & General." - Reuters
So it may be time for a friend cull, or maybe just talk about the holiday when you get back. It might not be real time, but it sure beats filling out insurance paperwork.
Jason Remnant
…if it ain’t Broken, update your status.
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Friday, August 28, 2009 at 8:07PM Jason Remnant
...if it ain't Broken, just watch.
Video, transformers in Video 