By Kelly Faircloth 5/29 5:05pm

Sure Okay

Seems legit.

Some Retired IT Nerd Thinks He’s Literally Jesus Christ

We’ve all met tech support guys who, upon being asked to accomplish the simplest task, acted like martyrs going to their death. But some former IT dude in Australia has taken it to the next level.

Sky News reports that Alan John Miller (who prefers to be called AJ, just like JC, GET IT?!), once an IT specialist, now runs a “religious movement” calling itself the Divine Truth, attracting 150 or so people to seminars at his home and inspiring people to move nearby.  He claims he is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ and, what’s more, that his partner is Mary Magdalene. Read More

By Jessica Roy 12/11/12 8:17am

Linkages

lol. (Photo: Social Times)

Booting Up: RIP Facebook Democracy Edition

Apple has redrawn a portion of Maps to keep Australians from being led astray into the middle of nowhere. [The Guardian]

Despite the fact that 88 percent of respondents voted to keep the voting structure, Facebook has decided to nix it anyway. Democracy on Facebook is dead, not that it ever really existed to begin with. [TechCrunch]

Here is a rock musical about the life and times of John McAfee. [PandoDaily]

Children’s apps are still fooling parents about what kind of data they collect, including phone number and precise location. [New York Times]

Here’s Twitter’s 2012 week in review. Sadly it doesn’t mention how annoying all those parody accounts got. [Twitter Blog]

By Steve Huff 7/27/12 2:08pm

Law and Order

A hypothetical Silk Road customer. (Getty Images)

Australian Law Enforcement: Use Silk Road At Your Peril

Australian authorities have put supposedly anonymized users surfing Silk Road for weed and other sundries on notice: the coppers are one step ahead of you. A joint press release published by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service on Wednesday may serve as notice to anyone who is happily booting TOR and using the miracle of the Internet to score weapons-grade kush: Read More