Day: January 18, 2012

Something big appears to be coming on Matt Drudge’s site .. Siren blazes as a headline without a link speaks of a world exclusive to Drudge: ‘Network hold bombshell campaign interview’

The January 18 web blackout over SOPA was so effective that some are already voicing a reversal in support for the controversial bill .. the web blackout began at midnight and it didn’t take long for some freshmen and seasoned lawmakers to abandon the censorship train.. Developing story…

Yet another small quake has rattled the DC area.. It’s the 82nd minor tremor since last summer’s east coast shake.. Or maybe it wasn’t a quake but instead a massive organized campaign of citizens speaking out against SOPA..

Google has a simple and effective SOPA protest. Will people notice?

But the Wikipedia outage has many student, some just starting a semester, angry about not being able to copy and paste sketchy facts from the online encyclopedia.. Some humorous Tweets asking what blackened out websites ‘have against SOAP’… The net is free still.. But I suppose dirty too.

Several popular websites, including Google, either partially or fully shutting down websites today (in Google’s case a blackened out logo) to protect legislation meant to stop online piracy–and legislation that many fear could lead to a chilling death to freedom of speech on the Internet.. As more today become aware of the ramifications of the online piracy act, it will shed light on two things: 1) how much power will the online blackout really have to awaken the masses and 2) how much power the masses really have over the asses. Will the citizenry call Congress to protest a controversial bill?

Whatever result comes from the online blackout will be interesting to see, but for a real dent to be put into SOPA and it’s champions like GoDaddy and the MPAA, the blackout must be effective and noticeable. And quick. Time is ticking on the legislation…

• Imgur
• Tor Project
• Miro
• iSchool at Syracuse University
• Oreilly.com
• Wikipedia
• Reddit
• Mozilla
• WordPress.org
• icanhazCheezburger Network
• MoveOn.org
• Good Old Games
• TwitPic
• Minecraft
• Free Press
• Mojang
• XDA Developers
• Destructoid
• Good.is

 Just when you thought it was safe to live in Seattle without a snow shovel, thing again: The biggest snowstorm in decades is about the hit the Washington city..