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Jonathan Zittrain, professor of internet governance at the Oxford Internet Institute, who is also the author of “The Future Of The Internet And How To Stop It“, says that from 1998, hacking exploded. It is now all about making money. Listen to his interview on BBC Radio 4.

I worked on a site a while ago for a famous West Coast Kora Musician and Master Teller of Tales, Baba. Yesterday, out of the blue he sent me a nice piece of story which I thought I should share with the world. With everything that is happening around us, the war and our economy, this story offers a welcome break and a much needed dose of wisdom, wit and wonderful storytelling all in one; so without much ado, here’s the story.

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On a lighter note, I got this forward in an email, not sure if this is for real or how old it is, but its funny. Listen and enjoy:
Two guys have wasted their time at airports, in this case, London’s Heathrow, by writing down strange names and asking the airport Information Center to locate these people by calling out their names on the airport’s PA system.  These guys would then hang out beneath the speakers and record the results.

In order to make it as believable as possible, they dressed up as chauffeurs and asked for help finding these people about 40 minutes after a plane had landed.

They acted as if they could not pronounce the names themselves, so as to not reveal the joke, but just handed over a note with the names printed on it and asked the employee at the Information Center to announce.

After the fifth recording, they had to leave Heathrow as airport security figured out what was going on.  The last recording is from Gatwick.

Give these guys the Big Practical Joker prize.
Ok, here’s where I have copied and pasted the name they handed to the information desk and how it was read: