Well, the rumours of the “slashdot effect” (Where getting a mention on slashdot brings your server to its knees) having died were obviously unfounded.

A recent article (Traveller detained for anti-TSA Message) seems to have had the predictable effect.

I haven’t yet been able to read the original, but the message on slashdot is that a traveller got detained by US Airport police for wiriting an message on a carrier bag which read “Kip Hawley (Head of the TSA) is an Idiot,” (For non Americans, you can read more about the Transportation Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Insecurity – http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?theme=11&content=4714).

Isn’t it great having the United States of America as the last bastion of freedom….. The people will remain Free even if it takes locking up every single one of them to achieve it…

It is such a shame George Orwell didnt live to see this day.

Old Sarum 23 Sep 06 004,
originally uploaded by etrusia_uk.

Well, never again will I even give the slightest bit of creedence to phrases like “the camera never lies.”

This picture was taken at Old Sarum on 23 Sep, then heavily edited in Photoshop. While the overall image hasn’t changed – that is only because it was decided not to change it. It has been heavily enhanced in the green grass and blue sky (as you can see).

There were also a fair few people in the picture, but they got in the way and ended up being Clone Brush’ed out 🙂