*yawwwwwwwwn*

I just got up, and coffee is on.

I'm so far behind on MM, it's not even funny. But if I work like a little beaver all day and all evening, I can probably pull myself out of the hole.

Gotta call my telephone/internet/TV and cellular companies and make new payment arrangements based on the new arrival date of the HB cheque. But I'm not even going to attempt that until I'm more awake.

Low-grade headache and low-grade backache. Ouch. Better go take some ibuprofin.

EDITED TO ADD: I've just created an InsaneJournal account in case things go seriously pear-shaped with LiveJournal. You can find it here, although there's nothing in it yet:

http://crowdog66.insanejournal.com/

Okay, off to drink some coffee.

And now, a little song...

To the tune of "Walking in a Winter Wonderland":

Users scream, are they listening?
Russian sale they're resisting!
The staff sits inert
As users desert:
Nothing at LiveJournal goes as planned.

Now a party they're throwing --
User praise, it's not glowing.
That "drunk" tag was bad
And boy, are folks mad:
Nothing at LiveJournal goes as planned.

"Maybe we'll create a small committee
Whose role will strictly be advisory."
Oops! What's this? The users think it's shitty
And censorship is not their destiny.

Did they really conspire
To ignite users' ire?
A major goatfuck
And they're out of luck:
Nothing at Livejournal goes as planned.
Nothing at Livejournal goes as planned.
NYET, nothing at Livejournal goes as planned!

Not my best work, but not bad before I've had any coffee.

Facebook and Google news

Some things you might all be interested in...

First, Facebook has been tracking users' online activities to a worrying degree using Beacon (including collecting information about different websites that we visit):

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/30/technology/30face.php

Second, Google gives you different search results if you are logged into Google than if you are searching it cold:

http://googlesearchsucks.com/personalized-search-google-tracks-searches-and-changes-results/

These came to my attention today, and I though they were worth sharing.