


Anonymous hacks official North Korean accounts
(Updated April 4 @ 4:30 pm MDT) The hacktivist group Anonymous has turned its attention to North Korea and its young leader, Kim Jong Un, hacking official Twitter and Flickr […]

Twitter grew up when I wasn’t looking
When it comes to social media, I’m happily illiterate and oblivious. I only just noticed that people who follow Pied Type on Twitter can click on “View media” and get […]

Here’s how you transport a dog …
Monday David Axelrod, top campaign advisor to President Obama, tweeted this picture of the president in his armored limo, accompanied by the Obama family’s dog, Bo. The message read “How […]

Twitter caves on censorship overseas
Twitter has announced it will self-censor itself in foreign countries to satisfy the laws of those nations. Or, as Bloomberg, reports it, Twitter “gave itself extra flexibility to censor…” The […]

Newest Weiner photos may be last nails in his coffin
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) is taking a leave of absence from Congress to “get treatment.” Treatment? Treatment for what? There is no cure for stupid. There is no cure for […]

PiedType is now on Twitter
Readers can now follow Pied Type on Twitter. Click this button or the one at the bottom of the sidebar. You’ll receive a tweet whenever there’s a new post.

Twitter sans cell
Trying something new in the the sidebar — the Twitter widget. I don’t tweet; I don’t routinely use a cell phone. But it did occur to me that the Twitter […]

But why Twitter?
Regular readers here know I’m not anti-technology. I love it. It absolutely fascinates me. I have some hefty computer capabilities in the back room and this laptop runs about 12 […]