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The Edinburgh Festival throws up some curious spectacles from busking opera singers in corsets to clowns doing monologues in the Radisson Hotel. The most strange thing yet, however, was the Cybraphon – a musical instrument whose tune changes depending on feedback given on social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter and the like.
The instrument itself [...]

A lot of my family and friends might have realised at some point in the past month or two that I’ve quit Facebook. Those who I speak to in person – i.e. my actual friends – will know my reasons why. Those of you who I haven’t spoken to, or the interested web visitor can [...]

As we often seem to, we’ve been in the right place at the right time to hear about a forthcoming attraction that is set to take the world by storm – this time it is a big night out, which launches in Newcastle next month, and goes by the name of Crispy.
This time, however, we [...]

Microsoft has today unveiled ground-breaking technology that allows Facebook users to access their accounts, purely through the power of thought. The technology utilises advances in research used for the latest artificial limbs, which respond to electrical pulses emitted by the body’s nervous system.

There has been much made of Facebook’s irresponsibility towards the privacy and control of individual’s data over the last couple of months, the main gripe being that it is nigh on impossible to have your account and information permanently deleted. Part of this is due to Facebook having failed to register as a Data Controller [...]

I found this on Jon Cow’s excellent blog, and have to say it is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long while:

Click on the image to see it in full size.
This made me laugh.

It gets annoying, doesn’t it. You have 100s of Facebook friends who you never talk to at all, and yet you still get their “news” and see what groups they are joining.
Sometimes you get a friend request from your old next-door neighbour’s best friend’s dog-sitter. You should snub that person. Ignore the friend request – [...]

Don’t worry, I haven’t started writing about myself in the third person like Rio “it shouldn’t happen to Rio Ferdinand” Ferdinand and Audley “Audley Harrison is ready” Harrison.
I have, however, been creating more and more groups on Facebook. I’ve created all kinds of great groups on Facebook, too numerous to list on here. Just seek [...]