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Jinx. Buy me a Coke. :-)
Because it will give me an excuse to buy and own and wear an ascot.
Last night, I was out having a drink with a friend of mine. Because we are both nerds and writers, our conversation steered into nerdy writer territory and stayed there. It was unseasonably warm, so we sat on an outdoor patio -- one of the few that isn't rendered useless to me by an army of smok...
The Alamo Drafthouse in Austin might even pay you to make this PSA. Or at least pay the cost of making it. C'mon, Intarwebs... let's make sure this gets to their management!
Because it will give me an excuse to buy and own and wear an ascot.
Last night, I was out having a drink with a friend of mine. Because we are both nerds and writers, our conversation steered into nerdy writer territory and stayed there. It was unseasonably warm, so we sat on an outdoor patio -- one of the few that isn't rendered useless to me by an army of smok...
And yet I have a memory of reading that there have been exactly no prosecutions of robbers who used social media to establish their targets. Wish I could find that citation for you.
I can find a citation for the robbers who used Google Maps to find houses with high property values near major highways, on the assumption that there would be nice stuff and a clean getaway. High-tech, but not (IMO) social... http://www.wsmv.com/story/15610713/google-bandit-busted
Social media means social theft
One classic way to fear new media involves associating the tech with crime. Case in point: burglars apparently love social media. For instance, on a list of "most common mistakes that homeowners are making in the eyes of our ex-burglars", we find " Over half (54%) [say] placing their status a...
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