Monthly Archives: January 2011

Clerkenwell Road

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I am working in London this week. First of all I am always amazed, nay, astounded, at the respect that motorists give to cyclists compared to provincial towns. Yes, even the taxi drivers.

Secondly I always enjoy looking at the variety of bikes being ridden around. Even though I’m not often in London even I have noticed the number of hipster fixies being ridden. Deep section rims? Check. Trendy stickers? Check. Bars so narrow you look like a cheap pornstar pushing her tits together? Check.

They Made You A Moron
They made you a moron

Last time I was there I was told that Clerkenwell Road had become a veritable dragstrip for hipster fixes. Damn right it has.

It makes me wish I had the Langster there just to cover the 200 yards from the tube station. And I have 45 minutes at lunch I could use for sightseeing. Dumb tourist? Fuck yeah.

Facebook sucks

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October 2010

Facebook says, in a statement: “Facebook never shares personally identifiable information with third parties – advertisers are only given anonymised and aggregated data.”

The Guardian

16 January 2011

Now sharing your address and phone details with world + dog. Fuckers.

Update: 18 January 2011

The API has been hastily withdrawn.

We look forward to re-enabling this improved feature in the next few weeks.

Meaning, we’ll try and reintroduce it even more quietly than we did the first time.

Which means they’re still fuckers, just underhand fuckers.

What to do?

If you have to have Facebook review the information you have on your profile: facebook.com > profile > edit profile > contact information

Remember, you are not a customer. You are product. Their customer is the advertisers who pay them billions.