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Facebook uses CAPTCHA’s (Completely Automated Public Turing Test’s) to protect against spam. I’m sure you’ve seen them. They’re those squiggly font things that pop up when you log onto your blogger profile, or into your favorite porn site.
Unlike most Turing Tests, Facebook’s reCAPTCHA technology generates real words. Because very occasionally these words can be mildly entertaining, I’ve never bothered verifying my account to make them go away. Yes, my life can be dull. Also, if you’re really lucky, a pair of offensive words sprouts up. Take this famous example:
So before that nice lady could be added as a friend by some random guy she went to high school with, he had to type in the phrase “rape now.”
But anyway, today - while adding an old co-worker to my friend list - I generated my own random mix of words. While my example is light on sexual violence, it more than makes up for it in old fashioned racism.
That’s all for now.
In September 2006, while wandering aimlessly around the streets of Montreal, I accidentally found the 2005 World Press Photo Exhibition. Five Canadian Dollars got me in the door. The rest was a horribly depressing orgy of brutal, beautiful photography.
While getting out and seeing hundreds of 24×36 gallery prints is great, the 2007/2008 photo + photographer interview feature on this year’s website is pretty damn cool.
Also, as a word of advice to all you people out there with a flash site. This is how you do it. Simple, clean and to the point. Why make it a flash site at all? Be sure to click the little magnifying glass in the lower right.
Check out Tim Hetherington’s soft, blurry, outstanding winning photo and fan favorite, Platon’s portrait of Vladimir Putin. I’d link directly to them… but it’s a flash site. LINK
Look, listen, learn.
Ever get pissed at the obscene amount of money Canon charges for their remote shutter triggers? Why not make your own for $5, or less. At this point, most of us have the raw materials for this project gathering dust in a drawer somewhere.
I’m not sure if this will work on more advanced DSLR’s, but this is a pretty neat trick that will work on most Canon models.
Thanks to Lifehacker.
I’ve been a fan of ASCII crap for a while and frequently use various ASCII generators to waste time. Today Lifehacker brought to my attention the coolest ASCII generator yet. After dropping a few random photos into it, I made ASCII Toynbee tile. I believe it’s the first ever. Click on the tile for a cooler version of it.
