This was just too funny not to pass along. Octopuses running like humans? Believe it! Check out the video.

On tonight’s David Lawrence Show, I talked about the recent Freedom of Information Act request by the Electronic Privacy Information Center which uncovered a sales pitch to the FBI by embattled data broker ChoicePoint. I also talked about tomorrow’s arguments in the US Supreme Court in MGM v. Grokster and the rising use of vehicle “black box” recorders.

I also made my Podcasting Debut — my ‘coming out’ if you will — on David’s Podcast for tonight. It’s a free download, only 9mb, and just a few minutes long, so listen in!

Meanwhile on the ChoicePoint issue, I traded some email today with CNET News.com’s Matt Hines who wrote about ChoicePoint and the FBI in his Security News.Blog:

Despite ChoicePoint’s claim of innocence, some privacy experts said they would not be surprised that the company, which has experienced a string of high-profile consumer data losses, would entertain such an approach to marketing itself to the FBI and others. In fact, Ray Everett-Church, an attorney who runs his own consulting company, PrivacyClue, said that ChoicePoint likely knew that the FBI might find such information particularly compelling.

Check out Matt’s blog entry for my very sassy commentary! ;-)

Wonkette talks about a Washington Post profile of Sgt. Brett Parson, head of Washington, DC’s Police Department’s Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit. Wonkette sez: “…he’s our new hero and he should be yours, too.” I couldn’t agree more. Make sure to check out the photos and video clips that accompany the profile to see this extraordinary police officer in action.

This is going to be my only entry discussing the Schiavo disaster. And it is a disaster. It used to be merely a tragic story, but when the religio-political opportunists got involved, it turned into a farce, and then rushed headlong into being a disaster. (more…)

Podcasting must be passe now if the politicans are getting into it. But always at the cutting edge of interesting ideas and thoughtful discourse, former U.S. Senator John Edwards has launched his own podcast at the One America Committee website. He is joined by his wife Elizabeth who, thank God, is doing well in her breast cancer treatments. The ‘cast is about March Madness, Elizabeth’s treatment, and even discusses blogging. Oh yeah, and explains why the President’s ideas for Social Security destruction are pretty awful.

I’ve been using the iPodder software and it works pretty well for integrating my podcast streams into my iTunes software. It’s a little awkward to set up new ‘casts to be automagically transferred to my iPod, but since I don’t really go anywhere regularly, it’s ok.