As you may be aware, Facebook only provides a way to temporarily deactivate your account, not delete it. Less well-known is an innocuous little form buried deep within their site where you can submit a deletion request. Below I include the link, as well as a sample letter.
Read full entry »Did you know that flickers travel in packs? Me neither! Found about 7 hanging out in the yard this morning.
Actually, this post is just an excuse to play around with my new personal photo gallery website:
I've written a web app that can read my KPhotoAlbum database and build a public gallery out of it. The images are served by Amazon's S3. I'll be releasing the source code under the GPL just as soon as I can get s3sync beaten into submission.
While Alex was in town for the weekend, we used my camera's intervalometer to record tracks in my gravel driveway. I'm still playing with the images, but I've got a pretty sweet sample uploaded to BoF Labs.
Read full entry »Many sites require email verification to prevent impersonation by spammers (and to ensure that a user can retrieve their password, should they forget it.) Since this practice is a bit of a hassle for the user and does not require any thought on the user's part (sign into email, see registration email, click link), it should be automated. I've written a proposal of how to implement this.
Read full entry »In my quest to bring the features of Livejournal (and other proprietary social networks) to the open, public internet, I'm stuck on how to properly implements friend groups. Friend groups determine which users are allowed to see your more sensitive blog entries. I've pulled together a description of several alternative models, and I'd like some input.
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