Grrrrr'ing: YouTube forced to hand over all user data

Global media behemoth Viacom has forced Google (owners of YouTube) to hand over information about every video that every user has ever watched, according to this story on Wired.com

Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users' names and IP addresses, to Viacom, which is suing Google for allowing clips of its copyright videos to appear on YouTube, a judge ruled Wednesday.

This story has 7331 Diggs (user recommendations) on Digg and more than 960 comments - suggesting that the Internetz has a thing or two to say about this.

The battle between big business and freedom just kicked up a notch.

On the other hand, it could be worse - as one Digger comments "at least it isn't PornTube" :)

Flashing: my ePeen

Epeen is as rude as it sounds and doubly geeky.

Urban Dictionary describes it as:

short for electronic penis, this is used for losers on the internet to try and boost their self esteem by using a facticious item such as the epeen, usually refered to in size.
my epeen is bigger than yours
did you see the size of his epeen?

To put it another way, it's the nerd equivalent of talking about how awesome you are based on your latest bit of hardware - in the same way that car people talk about dropping in a 351 hemi with added donk (or whatever it is that they say).

Anyways, all of this aside, I am a little pleased with myself about my latest tech purchase, a 16GB USB drive from Zazz.com.au at the bargain price of $59.95

(Though it amazes me to think that 10 years ago I spent something like $2700 on an iMac which had a 4GB hard drive.)

Zazz is one of those sites that offers one product at a bargain price for one day and so far it's been pretty good. Well worth adding to your rss feed.

Following up: on the Dmitri phone message

Ahh bless the Internetizens and their enthusiasm for responding to (and pisstaking) pretty well anything that appears online.

I mentioned the two Dmitri ("Canada's greatest lover and seducer") phone messages the other day and I'm happy to see that someone has posted a response to this video/audio up on Funny or die.

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Setting: a new world record

Ok, so perhaps there may have been 7,999,999 other people involved but keep an eye out for the next Guiness Book of World Records, I'm sure I'll be mentioned personally.

This was all to do with the launch of the latest version of Firefox - Firefox 3. I'm still mostly using Flock to be honest but there is one feature of Firefox that I've particularly been enjoying - what they call "the awesome bar". (How can you go wrong with a name like that?)

It means that you can now just type a word in the address bar and Firefox will display a list of all of your previous pages with that in the name somewhere. Nifty.

I haven't done tests as such but it does seem to run faster as well, which is always nice.

Pitying: this guy and the object of his affections

This is two phone messages left by a guy - going by the name Dmitri - who has apparently been reading a few too many of those "how to pick up girls" books - or something, who knows what is going on.

They are kind of painful but at the same time compelling. (You have to love the classiness of the man in his listing of the kinds of women he won't date and why he is such "a catch")

Evidently there is a whole creepy back-story to this as well - which you can find here. (I will say that this is all internet talk so who knows what's true and what isn't but if even a fraction of it is, then eyyyeeeewwww.)


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Actually, on digging a little further, this guy apparently has a website, which lists him as "Canada's greatest lover and seducer". He runs workshops and does a bunch of other stuff and is in the process of making a documentary - presumably about himself. This image from the top of his website is revealing, describing his opponents as femi-nazis.



As I say, I'm not 100% sure that this is all for real - it could be a well constructed hoax, but once again, if it is, then eeeyyyeeeewwww.

LOLing: Lightning Bolt! Lightning Bolt! Lightning Bolt!

It's probably not ha-ha funny but this short video of some live-action role playing gamers gives me an amusing new mental soundtrack to play when chatting to some of the nerds who play those kind of games. (No-one in particular of course :)

Loving: the GTA IV radio stations

Yep, I'm still playing GTA IV (some may even say obsessively but I think I have it under control :) and one of the many reasons is the richness of the music. I am discovering so many great tracks in the course of just cruising around the city that often I'm happy enough to just drive and ignore the stories and missions altogether.

This list (from Zergwatch.com ) gives a sense of what's there. The only station I'll generally quickly flick past is LCHC - Liberty City Hardcore - just a little too shouty for my tastes.



The Beat 102.7
DJ: DJ Mister Cee and The Evil Genius DJ Green Lantern
Genre: Contemporary Hip hop

Tracklist:
Styles P - "What's The Problem"
Uncle Murda - "Anybody Can Get It"
Qadir - "Nickname"
Busta Rhymes - "Where's My Money"
Maino - "Getaway Driver"
Red Cafe - "Stick'm"
Tru Life - "Wet 'Em Up"
Johnny Polygon - "Price on Your Head"
Swizz Beatz - "Top Down"
Nas - "War is Necessary"
Kanye West feat.
Dwele - "Flashing Lights"
Joell Ortiz feat. Jadakiss & Saigon - "Hip Hop (Remix)"
Fat Joe feat. Lil Wayne - "Crackhouse"
Mobb Deep feat. Havoc & Prodigy from H.N.I.C. Part 2 Sessions - "Dirty New Yorker"
Ghostface Killah feat. Kid Capri - "We Celebrate"
Styles P feat. Sheek Louch & Jadakiss - "Blow Your Mind (Remix)"
Papoose - "Stylin'"



The Classics 104.1
DJ: Mixed by DJ Premier
Genre: Old school hip hop

Tracklist:
Group Home - "Supa Star"
Brand Nubian - "All for one"
Special Ed - "I Got It Made"
Jeru the Damaja - "D. Original"
Marley Marl feat. Craig G - "Droppin' Science"
MC Lyte - "Cha Cha Cha"
Audio 2 - "Top Billin'"
Stetsasonic - "Go Stetsa"
T. La Rock & Jazzy Jay - "It's Yours"
Gang Starr - "Who's Gonna Take the Weight"
Main Source - "Live at the Barbeque"



Electro-Choc Electrochoc
DJ: François K
Genre: Modern Electro/Dance Rock

Tracklist:
Padded Cell - "Signal Failure"
Black Devil Disco Club - "The Devil in Us (Dub)"
One + One - "No Pressure (Deadmau5 Remix)"
Alex Gopher - "Brain Leech (Bugged mind remix)"
K.I.M. - "B.T.T.T.T.R.Y. (Bag Raiders Remix)"
Simian Mobile Disco - "Tits and Acid"
Nitzer Ebb - "Let Your Body Learn"
Kavinsky - "Testarossa (Sebastian Remix)"
Chris Lake vs.
Deadmau5 - "I Thought Inside Out (Original Mix)"
Boys Noize - "& Down"
Justice - "Waters of Nazareth"
Killing Joke - "Turn to Red"
Playgroup - "Make it Happen"
Liquid Liquid – "Optimo"



Fusion FM
DJ: Roy Ayers
Genre: Funk/Jazz-Fusion

Tracklist:
David McCallum - "The Edge"
Roy Ayers - "Funk in the Hole"
Gong - "Heavy Tune"
David Axelrod - "Holy Thursday"
Grover Washington, Jr. - "Knucklehead"
Aleksander Maliszewski - "Pokusa"
Ryo Kawasaki - "Raisins"
Marc Moulin - "Stomp"
Billy Cobham - "Stratus"
Tom Scott &
The L.A. Express - "Sneakin' in The Back"



IF99
International Funk IF99
DJ: Femi Kuti Genre: Funk & Afrobeat

Tracklist:
Lonnie Liston Smith - "A Chance for Peace"
War - "Galaxy"
The O'Jays - "Give The People What They Want"
Gil Scott-Heron - "Home is Where The Hatred Is"
The Meters - "Just Kissed My Baby"
Mandrill - "Livin' It Up"
Manu Dibango - "New Bell"
Fela Kuti - "Sorrow, Tears & Blood"
Femi Kuti - "Truth Don Die"
Creative Source - "Who Is He And What Is He To You"
Hummingbird - "You Can't Hide Love"
Fela Kuti - "Zombie"



JNR
Jazz Nation Radio 108.5
DJ: Roy Haynes Genre: Jazz

Tracklist:
Count Basie - "April in Paris"
John Coltrane - "Giant Steps"
Chet Baker - "Let's Get Lost"
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - "Moanin'"
Miles Davis - "Move"
Charlie Parker - "Night and Day"
Roy Haynes - "Snap Crackle"
Sonny Rollins - "St. Thomas"
Duke Ellington - "Take the 'A' Train"
Dizzy Gillespie - "Whisper Not (Big Band)"



The Journey
DJ: A computer
Genre: Ambient/Chillout

Tracklist:
Global Communication - "8:07"
Terry Riley - "A Rainbow in Curved Air"
Steve Roach - "Arrival"
Michael Shrieve - "Communique 'Approach Spiral'"
Jean Michel Jarre - "Oxygène, Pt 4"
Philip Glass - "Pruit Igoe"
Tangerine Dream - "Remote Viewing"
Aphex Twin - "Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2 CD2 TRK5"a
Ray Lynch - "The Oh of Pleasure"



K109 The Studio
DJ: Karl Lagerfeld
Genre: Disco

Tracklist:
Peter Brown - "Burning Love Breakdown"
Tamiko Jones - "Can't Live Without Your Love"
Gino Soccio - "Dancer"
Suzy Q - "Get On Up And Do It Again"
Electrik Funk - "On A Journey"
Don Ray - "Standing In The Rain"
Cerrone - "Supernature"
Rainbow Brown - "Till You Surrender"
Harry Thumann - "Under Water"
Skatt Brothers - "Walk The Night"



L.C.H.C - Liberty City Hardcore Liberty City Hardcore
DJ: Jimmy Gestapo
Genre: Hardcore Punk

Tracklist:
Murphy's Law - "A Day in the Life"
Maximum Penalty - "All Your Boyz"
Underdog - "Back to Back"
Leeway - "Enforcer"
Sick of it All - "Injustice System"
Cro-Mags - "It's The Limit"
Sheer Terror - "Just Can't Hate Enough"
Bad Brains - "Right Brigade"
Killing Time - "Tell Tale"
Agnostic Front - "Victim in Pain"



Liberty Rock Radio 97.8
DJ: Iggy Pop
Genre: Classic Rock

Tracklist:
The Smashing Pumpkins - "1979"
Steve Marriott's Scrubbers (The Stooges) - "Cocaine"
Godley & Creme - "Cry"
The Sisters of Mercy - "Dominion/Mother Russia"
Stevie Nicks - "Edge of Seventeen"
ELO - "Evil Woman"
David Bowie - "Fascination"
Q Lazzarus - "Goodbye Horses"
Black Sabbath - "Heaven and Hell"
Bob Seger &
The Silver Bullet Band - "Her Strut"
Iggy Pop - "I Wanna Be Your Dog"
Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak"
Genesis - "Mama"
Hello - "New York Groove"
Queen - "One Vision"
The Black Crowes - "Remedy"
Joe Walsh - "Rocky Mountain Way"
The Who - "The Seeker"
Elton John - "Street Kids"
Heart - "Straight On"
ZZ Top - "Thug"
R.E.M. - "Turn You Inside Out"



Massive B Soundsystem 96.9
DJ: Bobby Konders
Genre: Dancehall

Tracklist:
Burro Banton - "Badder Den Dem"
Choppa Chop - "Set It Off"
Mavado - "Real McCoy"
Jabba - "Raise It Up"
Bunji Garlin - "Brrrt"
Richie Spice - "Youth Dem Cold"
Chuck Fenda - "All About Da Weed"
Chezidek - "Call Pon Dem"
Mavado - "Last Night"
Spragga Benz - "Da Order"
Bounty Killer - "Bullet Proof Skin"
Shaggy - "Church Heathen"
Munga - "No Fraid A"
Buju Banton - "Driver"



Radio Broker
DJ: Juliette Lewis
Genre: Alternative Rock

Tracklist:
The Boggs - "Arm in Arm (Shy Child Mix)"
Cheeseburger - "Cocaine"
Get Shakes - "Disneyland, Pt 1"
LCD Soundsystem - "Get Innocuous"
The Prairie Cartel - "Homicide"
Juliette & the Licks - "Inside the Cage (David Gilmour Girls remix)"
Unkle feat. The Duke Spirit - "Mayday"
The Rapture - "No Sex For Ben"
Tom Vek - "One Horse Race"
Teenager - "Pony"
Les Savy Fav - "Raging in the Plague Age"
White Light Parade - "Riot in the City"
Deluka - "Sleep is Impossible"
The Black Keys - "Strange Times"
The Pistolas - "Take it With a Kiss"
Ralph Myerz - "The Teacher"
Greenskeepers - "Vagabond"
Whitey - "Wrap it Up"
!!! - "Yadnus (Still Going to the Roadhouse mix)"



San Juan Sounds
DJ: Daddy Yankee
Genre: Latin/Reggaeton

Tracklist:
Calle 13 - "Atrévete-te-te"
Daddy Yankee - "Impacto"
Hector El Father - "Maldades"
Voltio feat.
Jowell & Randy - "Pónmela"
Don Omar - "Salio El Sol"
Wisin & Yandel - "Sexy Movimiento"
Tito el Bambino - "Siente El Boom (Remix)"
Angel y Khriz - "Ven Bailalo"



Tuff Gong Radio
DJ: Carl Bradshaw
Genre: Reggae/dub

Tracklist:
Stephen Marley - "Chase Dem"
Bob Marley and the Wailers - "Concrete Jungle (The Unreleased Original Jamaican Version)"
Bob Marley and the Wailers - "Pimper's Paradise"
Bob Marley and the Wailers - "Rat Race"
Bob Marley and the Wailers - "Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)"
Bob Marley and the Wailers - "Satisfy My Soul"
Bob Marley and the Wailers - "So Much Trouble in the World"
Bob Marley and the Wailers - "Stand Up Jamrock"
Bob Marley and the Wailers - "Wake Up & Live (Parts 1 & 2)"



The Vibe 98.8
DJ: Vaughn Harper
Genre: Soul/R&B

Tracklist:
Ne-Yo - "Because of You"
R. Kelly - "Bump N' Grind"
Mtume - "C.O.D. (I'll Deliver)"
Alexander O'Neal - "Criticize"
Ramp - "Daylight"
Isley Brothers - "Footsteps in the Dark"
Jodeci - "Freek'n You"
Lloyd - "Get It Shawty"
Jill Scott - "Golden"
Loose Ends - "Hangin' On A String"
Freddie Jackson - "Have You Ever Loved Somebody"
Dru Hill - "In My Bed (So So Def remix)"
Marvin Gaye - "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
Minnie Riperton - "Inside My Love"
Barry White - "It's Only Love Doing It's Thing"
C.J. - "I Want You"
S.O.S. Band - "Just Be Good To Me"
Ginuwine - "Pony"
Raheem DeVaughn - "You"



Vladivostok FM Vladivostok FM
DJ: Ruslana
Genre: Eastern European music

Tracklist:
Gruppa Kino - "Gruppa Krovi"
Marakesh - "Zhdat"
Zvery - "Kvartira"
Seryoga - "King Ring"
Seryoga - "Liberty City: The Invasion"
Splin - "Liniya Zhizni"
Basta - "Mama"
Leningrad - "Nikogo ne Zhalko"
Ranetki - "O Tebe"
Dolphin - "RAP"
Glukoza - "Schweine"
Ruslana - "Wild Dances (Ukranian FM Version)"
Oleg Kvasha - "Zelenoglazoe Taksi (Club Remix)"