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Penn State students dress up as dead Virginia Tech students

Via Drudge Report, a few students at Penn State decided to dress themselves up for a party as dead Virginia Tech students.
Images of them that showed up on Facebook:

One student in the photos attempting to defend himself:
“The thing is, everybody’s making a big stink about Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech was 32 deaths out of [...]

UPDATE: Blagojevich receives birthday presents of Facebook support for healthcare

Wow. What a difference a day and a blog post makes!
Only a day after I pointed out that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was all alone on Facebook in his holy Web 2.0 crusade to get the people of Illinois healthcare, he’s received 169 additional supporters for his group, “I Support Healthcare.”
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Before:

And…. after:

Looks [...]

Exposing Blagojevich: Is his approach an obstacle for Facebook popularity?

Mike Flannery’s report on how Gov. Rod Blagojevich goes to Blackhawks games instead of being present in Springfield for mass-transit funding legislative action has gathered quite a bit of attention. And it’s deserved. After all, when was the last time you remember your local nightly news devoted 7 minutes and 55 seconds to a single-topic [...]

Additional comments on Internet privacy

I’m quoted in USA Today’s article on online privacy, which was a fun experience talking with the reporter about generational differences in how the topic is perceived, but there’s a few things I’d like to expand upon.
First and foremost, the idea of privacy on the Internet seems to be more of an illusion or misunderstanding. [...]