i always feel like somebody’s watching me

“i always feel like somebody’s watching me
and I have no privacy
i always feel like somebody’s watching me
tell me, is it just a dream”
– lyrics from rockwell’s 1984 (and only) hit “somebody’s watching me”

i’ve never been one of those whack-job conspiracy theorists, but dang… what’s next?

from the NYTimes…

Judge Orders Google to Turn Over YouTube Records
Thursday July 3, 11:35 pm ET
By MIGUEL HELFT

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in New York has ordered Google to turn over to Viacom a database linking users of YouTube, the Web’s largest video site by far, with every clip they have watched there.

For every video on YouTube, the judge required Google to turn over to Viacom the login name of every user who watched it, and the address of their computer, known as an I.P., or Internet protocol, address. Both companies have argued that such data cannot be used to unmask the identities of individual users with certainty. But in many cases, technology experts and others have been able to link I.P. addresses to individuals using records of their online activities.

read the full article here…

while it may not sound too over the top for those of you who are not big youtube users, the principal of what is happening here has some pretty far reaching implications.  what are your thoughts about this kind of thing?

more knock-off christian crap

if there is one thing i love (and when i say love, i mean love to hate) if has to be cheap, knock-off christian versions of just about anything. among my favorites are the t-shirts that blatantly rip-off trademarked logos, but with a christianese twist… they are the worst!!!! that being said… here’s the latest…

you’ve got to be kidding me…

from engadget.com… “good lord. no, really. good lord. the two mp-301 mp3 player from icetech usa crams 1gb of media storage into — as you can see — a very Jesus-friendly form factor. the $49 player features a built-in microphone with voice recorder, mirrored front panel, and even a little speaker. according to reviews, the player has some serious interface issues and a weak screen” (and why isn’t that a surprise?!?)

i cant help but wonder “why”!?!? sadly enough, this isn’t even the first one… even more sad, folks are going to eat this up… geesh…

too connected?

i blog (and blog again), i twitter and i skype

i have a myspace, facebook and a linkedin profile

i text chronically (according to sprint.com i have used 1,828 text messages in the billing period since april 10)

i use blackberry messenger and any number of instant messengers (ichat, aim, gtalk, msn live… you name it) … btw, if you use all those, you need to know about adium. word.

if i am away from my computer and you send me an im, i will get a text message.

if i am not blogging, i am possibly catching up on any one of the nearly 40+ blogs that i subscribe to and read daily…

there are 1,686 contacts in my entourage and blackberry address books.

in addition to my own frenetic social network melange, i manage facebook, myspace, virb, xanga, twitter and various other pages/properties as part of my job…

if i am not skyping, texting, im’ing, twittering, myspacing, facebooking, bbmsgr’ing or anything else… i am probably on the phone. according to sprint.com, i have used 2865 minutes since april 10.

my homey daniel thinks i am too connected. is it possible to be too connected?

i love/hate/think/believe/feel/wish

i am blog jacking tonight. props to my homey brewster for this one (even stole your title!). it is a social experiment in real-time community networking based on twitter. want to know what people love, hate, think, believe, feel or wish? in real time? go to twistori.

as brewster puts it “twitter may be the new window into people’s soul”. i would have to concur.

are you twittering yet? why not????

Check it:

• 12 Reasons To Start Twittering (by Michael Hyatt)
• What is Twitter?
• Newbie’s Guide To Twitter

start Twittering today, then follow me.