Crazy things happen because of social media. Thanks to Tom Limanek, a new Sun blogger, for sharing the following video of a pillow fight in downtown Burlington, Vermont. The pillow-wielding flash mob formed because of viral communication on Facebook.

Apparently the organizer was arrested by local police, which seems a bit extreme for the clean fun he spawned.

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The comic strips are full of commentary on the Twitter phenomenon these days.  I thought this Zits strip was most insightful.



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Thanks to Jonathan Gershater for pointing out a site provided by blackdog.ie that allows side-by-side comparison of Google and Bing search engines.


For my first test, I searched the term "Identity Management" on both engines and observed a few interesting things in the top ten results:

• Wikipedia, that bastion of Internet truth, is the first item in the results list.
• Oracle Identity Management was second and fifth on Bing, but was aced out by Ash's Identity Management Rantings on Google.  Congratulations, Ash!
  
• Sun Identity Management came in after Oracle on Google (an interesting fact, considering the pending merger), but alas, didn't show up on the Bing list.
• Both engines included Novell and Quest, but only Bing showed Microsoft.
• The "Discovering Identity" blog didn't make the top ten list on either site. Grrr!
  

Robin Wauters posted a more in-depth review in Yesterday's Washington Post.

I suppose these and other inconsistencies will keep Search Engine Optimization experts on their toes as Microsoft tries to mount a serious challenge to Google's search supremacy.

By the way, with its picturesque mountain landscape, you've got to admit that Bing wins the search engine beauty contest.

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• Walt Bristow: Become a Criminal with Your Home Computer – It’s As Easy As Pie
  "Laws that affect the use of Internet-connected computers are springing up everywhere at the local, state, and federal levels. You might be violating one of them without even knowing it."
  (tags: legal Law criminal internetlaw)