Oh, those crazy Frenchies: Facebook faces family photo tax in France • The Register

Facebook should pay the French government for hosting the holiday photos and status updates of the French people, a new report commissioned by the French government has suggested.

The new 200-page report* on taxing the digital economy – commissioned by four French Cabinet Ministers – proposes that France should tax data collection. The touted idea would see new tax bills from the French government landing on Google, Facebook, Amazon and any other web companies that store data about their French users.

via Oh, those crazy Frenchies: Facebook faces family photo tax in France • The Register.

Data cops seek ‘urgent clarification’ on new Facebook advertiser plans • The Register

Is anyone really surprised that FB are trying to leverage the profile data they have?

The company – which plunged onto Nasdaq in May this year – is doing everything it can to shake as much ad revenue out of the site as possible by unsurprisingly proposing to open its users’ data even more. Some have suggested that this means Facebook will build unified profiles of its users akin to, say, those of Google+.

For example, now that photo-sharing site Instagram is part of the Facebook family, one of the proposals is for the company to share data across its growing estate.

via Data cops seek ‘urgent clarification’ on new Facebook advertiser plans • The Register.

cool new browser plugin

Thanks Dave for sending me a link to cooliris which is a great browser plugin – I love Flickr and now with the help of cooliris browsing photostreams is much more fun and so much easier – cooliris works on hundreds of sharing and web 2.0 websites, including the likes of Bebo, Facebook, Friendster, Google, Yahoo and Photobucket oh and not forgetting YouTube
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friday diversions

1. How many times have you truly been in love?

Twice

2. What was/is so great about the person you love(d) the most?

I have no idea what it was at all but…

3. What qualities should a significant other have?

Genorosity

4. Have you ever broken someone’s heart?

Yeah I think so 🙁

5. If there was one thing you could teach people about love, what would it be?

I’m not qualified to teach that subject I’m afraid.

Photo Friday

This week’s challenge: “Packaging“.

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friday diversions

1. What drinking water do you prefer — tap, bottle, purifier, etc.?

sparkling mineral please, but I drink tap water most often.

2. What are your favourite flavour of chips?

I’m presuming they mean “flavour” and “crisps” and that would have to be plain (ready salted). Unless you count grain waves as crisps and then we open a whole new kettle of chips 😉

3. Of all the things you can cook, what dish do you like the most?

thai vegetable noodle soup.

4. How do you have your eggs?

poached on toast with fresh spinach and drizzled with some basil oil.

5. Who was the last person who cooked you a meal? How did it turn out?

Dr D cooked for me and it was really nice we had his mum as hostess and a few friend around at his new house. Roast chicken for the meat eaters and roast quorn steaks for the veggies. It turned out slightly less well than he had hoped due only to the dodgy cooker he inherited with the house.

Photo Friday

This week’s challenge: “Candy“.

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friday diversions

1. Would you consider yourself an organized person? Why or why not?

Nope – I try hard to be organised but, as any of my friends will tell you I am possibly the least organised person on the planet.

2. Do you keep some type of planner, organizer, calendar, etc. with you, and do you use it regularly?

I use Meeting Maker at work which is fine and I have iCal on both my macs and my iPod but although I have spurts of using it I never really use it enough to rely on it.

3. Would you say that your desk is organized right now?

Neither my work or my home desk are organised. Never have been and probably never will be.

4. Do you alphabetize CDs, books, and DVDs, or does it not matter?

Another one of those starting with good intentions stories. I did start with all my CD’s in alphabetical order. Then you listen to them and put them back in the wrong place or buy some more and theres no space etc etc.
Books – hell no. DVD’s – I don’t own enough to worry.

5. What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever had to organise?

Um. See I normally get other people to do the organising and I just tag along. I can’t plan things – it never works! I’m a spur of the moment kind of guy.

Photo Friday

This week’s challenge: “Urban“.

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friday diversions

1. What was the last TV show you watched?

‘Scrubs‘ 2.15 “His Story”

2. What was the last thing you complained about and what was the problem?

I complain a lot – so keeping tracck is hard. I presume it was work related though and probably involved other people not doing something they should have.

3. Who was the last person you complimented and what did you say?

I told a colleague that her dress was nice (it was too).

4. What was the last thing you threw away?

This mornings newspaper and the bag my sausage sandwich came in.

5. What was the last website (besides this one) that you visited?

http://www.photofriday.com/.

Photo Friday

This week’s challenge: “Shadows“.
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friday diversions

The Friday Five

1. What was your most memorable moment from the last week?

Erm dare I say Wednesday night?

2. What one person touched your life this week?

LOL just the one? I reckon that’ll be the noozlelander texting me at 3am for someones number in Sydney. What am I international Directory Enquiries?

3. How have you helped someone this week?

I let my mate from Liverpool stay at mine last night. That was helpful.

4. What one thing do you need to get done by this time next week?

An entire new training schedule and course outline plus a proposal.

5. What one thing will you do over the next seven days to make your world a better place?

I’ll be going swimming.

Photo Friday

This week’s challenge: “Glass“.

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That fireman picture…

I was reminded of the picture of Pete Lindquist which was sent around at the end of last week by the photo on the back page of the Daily Telegraph photo Special/Tribute on Friday. It had the picture below and I couldn’t help thinking mmm…

candlelight vigil at the US Capitol, 12 September 2001, in Washington, DC to commemorate the victims of the 11 September 2001
candlelight vigil at the US Capitol, 12 September 2001, in Washington, DC to commemorate the victims of the 11 September 2001