] ...a new site bringing you a collection of categorised blogs
] from around the world.

These people linked me and then asked me to link them back, so I am doing so. They are a blog directory. If you search for MemeStreams on this site and then click through it you'll increase my ranking. :)

BLOGWISE is...

] Ali G will make his US debut next month on cable channel
] HBO, the home of hit shows including Sex and the City,
] The Sopranos and Six Feet Under.

Decius:
] More potentially good television. Ali G is an english
] gangster (read drum and bass) who interviews people who
] have absolutely NO sense of humor....
]
] F B ... aaaiiihhhh!

Oh boy, here comes Ali G.

I saw a movie/collection of stuff from Ali G's UK TV show a while back. I was enjoying it for about the first 3/4 of it, then durring the last 1/4'th I found I was already getting tired of it. Now, undoubtly, he will wind up becoming all the rage in the states, and I will go from indifference to hating him within months..

Maybe, we will see.

MediaGuardian.co.uk | Broadcast | Booyakasha! Ali G goes to the States

If you follow this, I don't think you will be able to make it to the end of the speech without getting alcohol poisoning.

Good luck.

The State of the Union Drinking Game 2003

Take your $20 from the recording industry and give it to the EFF.

SendItToTheEFF.org

] "The people are now the arbiters of the truth. And this
] is as it should be. The only people who are purely
] interested in the truth are the citizens at large. They
] are, therefore, the only people who can be trusted to
] find it."

A short rant Decius wrote about the impact that weblogs will have on the media.

Weblogs and Democracy

I guess I should make some comments about these, considering I made them.. :)

Before anyone sends me any feedback, please keep in mind, whats posted here is my proof of concept. Infact, if you look at the second graph, you notice its datasource is labeled "yeah.stat". That should indicate the half-assed mannor in which they came together. I must admit, I hope these don't make it out to a large audience (just watch, this is what gets us Slashdotted), because they are not up to my standards. I know, I know.. Release early, release often.. I heard you Eric..

I'm working on a new version of my graphing scripts that will do a number of things these didn't, such as using colors to convey link properties and topic information. I'm backed up with a bunch of work, so it may take a while.

There is one minor error in Decius's description. This graph does not take topics into account at all. I threw out all that information when generating these. The links do convey direction, so thats why some nodes have two links between them. If I wasn't throwing out topic information, there would be a number of nodes with over 6 links connecting them. [Update: Little unclear here. The dot graph dosen't take into account topics, other one does. My error..]

Expect the next set of graphs to look very different.

I would like to see people discuss the privacy ramifications of these graphs, as they see them. Since these graphs are generated using the most private of information, users reputation tables, I would like to see a discussion about this. Everyone involved with MemeStreams can easily be described as a "privacy zealot", so we are concerned, and we are listening.

In particular.. In this format, when private information is aggerated, does it become statistical information that can be desiminated without infringing on user's privacy? And can anyone think of a way that an individual user's reputation information could be mined from this graph?

Visualizing MemeStreams

These folks are linking me right now. I read this site every day, and I often recommend articles from it. However, I have never bothered to link it directly.

This is one of the best web logs on the internet. Much cooler then Slashdot. I highly recommend it.

Its an outcropping from a strange Austin cyberpunk zine that was around in the early 90's. A good source of art, technology, and futurism.

Boing Boing :: A Directory of Wonderful Things

Decius:

This is an off shore site that is using a form of steganography to hide itself from record industry web spiders. Looks like they've had the domain since 1999. This is real crime. I definately don't recommend that you use this site. However, its existence and method of operation is interesting nonetheless. Islands in the net....

Rattle:

Tell all your friends! Download like mad!

simplemp3s.com

"KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Pirate attacks surged worldwide in the first three months of 2002, with Africa rivaling Southeast Asia for the first time as a high-risk region."

Arrrr....

CNN.com - Pirate attacks soar worldwide - May 9, 2002

Flip:

Do you like AD&D ? well im a really big fucking geek and think AD&D and pen and paper roleplaying is the most awsome thing ever heh , ever wonder what kinda D&D character youd be ? go here and take the test and find out , its pretty cool :)

Tom: I'm a Chaotic Good Elven Bard Mage...
Nick: Neutral Good Human Ranger Bard

Drizzt's Grove - Test