From yesterday’s Network World: Venice provides free Internet access to newborns Venice will become the first city in the world to provide newborn residents with free Internet access, a spokeswoman for the city council said Friday. Newborns will receive a user ID and password entitling them to free Internet access at the same time as they get their birth certificate, the spokeswoman said. “The resident’s new digital identity will give free access to the Web, because we consider that’s an important universal right,” said Michele Vianello, Venice’s deputy mayor, who has responsibility for automation processes. “Free access to the Internet is an important universal right!” Who knew? But, what if the newborn is adopted? Will their user IDs and passwords be confiscated by the government along with their original birth certificates? Will they get new government-issued fake IDs and passwords? Will fake IDs and passwords be accepted by cranky websites or will a “you are not authorized to access this site” beam back at them? What about babies born under Italy’s traditional anonymous hospital birth under X scheme or spun into the country’s growing high-tech ruota movement (here, and here)? Will they have the right to Internet access or will Continue Reading →

He sees you when you’re sleeping, He knows when you’re awake,He knows if you’ve been bad or good,So be good for goodness sake! Coming on the heels of National Adoption Month, we have December 5–St. Nicholas Eve. And you know what that means! KRAMPUS! Krampus is Santa’s friend. In this case his driver. He is what happens to bad little bastards and adoptees who refuse to roll over and appreciate the previous month dedicated to us. Don’t expect any records to be opened in December. Not with Krampus around. Rather than reinvent the wheel, you can read about him here and here. Here’s a collection of Krampus postcards: And here’s another Kampus music video. I like the last shot. It reminds me of those Georgia Tann Christmas specials.

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I am currently in the midst of computer hell. My laptop had a relapse after Klutzy Kat doused it with Earl Grey. My desktop has been been taken over by Satan: sticking cursor, frozen screen, and this morning, just for fun, backmasking. The problem should be cured in a couple days. I am trying to get a couple blogs out on Bastardette and Children of the Corn, but it’s taking longer than it should. In the meantime, Sabina is going an incredible job of CoC and I urge you to read her latest. Note that the stats on Nebraska dumps are behind due to Computer Hell. I plan to fixt that today unless something else happens.