| Português: | Brasil: Contador de homicídios nas ruas... |
Recife is the first city in Brazil and in the world to have a homicide counter installed on the streets. Since January 1st only, there have been 1,511 deaths in the city, 11 of them today. “Now, the public can monitor our blog's data not only on the Internet but also on the streets. Like the site, the outside meter will be updated once a day and give records of daily, monthly and yearly homicides rates”, says PEBodyCount [pt].
“Another monument to fiscal indiscipline by our government is installed in the name of national pride”: KnowTnT.com still can't get over the cost of the flag in the National Stadium.
The Secret Blog of Patrick “Patos” Manning writes a post about the leak of an alleged sex tape of a Trinidad and Tobago-based celebrity: “The most disturbing aspect of the situation, however, is the manner in which I’m hearing this horrific breach of privacy took place. It gives me chills to think that some idle geek in a computer company could copy these things and spread them around…”
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