privacy settings
20/02/2008
I need to stop snooping on Facebook like I did on Friendster.
It’s addictive, but it’s unravelling horrible connections I can’t imagine could exist. Family and friends should really be kept separate – mixed and it’s a recipe for disaster. Hypothetically, all those things you did because you knew you were in the confines of the family – could potentially be shared. Talk about a compromise of privacy.
Nothing’s been uncovered yet. Which is cool, I guess no one’s free-er than I am at the moment. But geez. The world is smaller than it needs to be, and Facebook is the great minimiser.
It’s hard to keep information off the internet. Names, faces, friendly connections, family relations, addresses, birthdays, anniversaries, where you work, where you live, what you ate – invariably pops up with a quick search because you innocently uploaded it somewhere for someone. And it’s creepy knowing it’s there for the world to see. It’s also hard to control what people write/upload of you.
Perhaps I need a permanent pseudonym. If you guys ever find the need to tag, title, label or name me, please refer to me only as “Supreme Commander” like I’m referred to at my places of work. Thanks. 
In any case I’m denying everything.
utterly cute
20/02/2008
Been meeting friends for lunch here and there. It’s amazing what they’re up to now. It’s always weird when I find out friends from a specific network in my life (e.g: school friends) meet friends from another network (e.g: work). It’s a little spooky – but so very small-islandy. Entertaining, but a little disturbing knowing that people find out a little more each time. To set things even I always feel an obligation to get even – sometimes probably pre-emptively – by sharing a little trivia about another network to specific network.
In other news: today while heading to meet Justice-League-of-the-Big-Why-cartoons Tan and Pok, I escalatored past Utt, who is still pretty gorgeous. Sweet treat.
More fervent eating ensues tomorrow, with lunch and tea slots taken. Still need to pick up some contact lenses and miscellany. Wanted to get a set of Kyocera ceramic knives (yes, because I cook sooooooo much*) – good thing I checked it out onnet first, they retail it online and even have a sharpening service. How neat is that?
* – ok, ok so I don’t. But I like good cutlery in the event that I actually do set out to cook.
