Author Archives: Michael Froomkin

Lake Flake

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Michael Froomkin

An odd campaign video for a Minneapolis Mayoralty candidate:

(found via tech President)

Mike Gravel territory.

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Geeky Humor

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Michael Froomkin

Well, I thought it was funny.

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NSA Scandal: Anything is Plausible Now

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Michael Froomkin

CNET News, NSA disguised itself as Google to spy, say reports. It seems they are talking about a man-in-the-middle attack, based on a fake cryptographic certificate, which isn’t when you think about it so surprising. But when I read the headline, I imagined they’d run around with fake business cards impersonating Google staff.

And then there’s this one: Former Intelligence Analyst: Obama Was Wiretapped By NSA In 2004. I’d have marked this as ‘tinfoil’ a month ago. I still want to as the details seem pretty skimpy. But anything seems possible now.

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Their Lips Are Moving

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Michael Froomkin

6 Whopping Government Misstatements About NSA Spying | Threat Level | Wired.com

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Miami at Night

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Michael Froomkin

Here is a photo of Miami at night because it has pretty clouds, and because I needed a test photo to see if I’ve fixed various blog issues.

Miami-at-night

Photo by James Good on Flickr and licensed subject to Creative Commons Attribution, Noncommercial, No Derivative Works license.

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Baguettes of Memory

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Michael Froomkin

Ta-Nehisi Coates cold turkeys from Paris and French food:

What I remember about the baguettes in Paris is that they were cheap and I never had a desire to put anything on them. They are a meal onto themselves. And I also suspect they were laced with narcotics.

via How to Become a Foodie.

Was it Oscar Wilde who said “When good Americans die they go to Paris”?

And by the way, I don’t agree with him about Whole Foods baguettes. Now, their (really expensive) cheese, on the other hand …

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