[Daily Geekery] December 16, 2010

Well, my being sick forced me to stay home instead of going to work today. That's always a mixed blessing since it sucks to be home sick and unable to make the most of things. At the same time, it means my work duties will pile up a bit more, leaving me with roughly the same amount of work but with less time to get things done. You know how it is.

And by some strange coincidence, not as much stuff seemed interesting enough for me to share online. Go figure.

Links:

• Gizmodo: Court Rules That the Government Needs a Warrant Before Secretly Reading Your Email - Given the recent successes on the side of various governments to just seize ISP or web email data at will, this is an important and interesting US ruling.
  
• TIME: Runner-Up: Julian Assange - Person of the Year 2010 - Seriously speaking, I felt Assange contributed a heck of a lot more within the year of 2010 compared to Zuckerberg. Did Facebook do anything particular significant this year?
  
• Chrome Web Store: Chrome For A Cause - I know, this seems like it's fake or something, but it's still an official Google Chrome app, so that has to mean something right? It's only for four days, so I'm still game for it.
  
• Gizmodo: Why TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Means Nothing in 2010 - See, even Gizmodo's guys agree with me!
  
• CNN: House passes 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal - Sure, this is yet another baby step forward, but step forwards are always good! The bigger question is whether or not it will get through the Senate this time around given how the last bill was rushed to vote and failed.

Images:
 Graphjam: Harry Potter Logic
Videos:  OK Go GPS Parade (Back From Kathmandu)


And that's today's Daily Geekery!