Thursday 27 March 2008

A Philadelphia story


Someone burgles your home and the cops are no help. So you find a pawn shop where he's been trying to pawn your stuff and they supply three security-camera images of him that you stick on your blog. Then someone sends you an offensive voicemail offering to sell your belongings back to you, so you stick that on your blog too. Then your commenters locate his MySpace page, and his YouTube profile featuring his pathetic attempts to rap, and within 24 hours the entire web has united behind you and you can find out everything you need to know just by Googling. Turns out there are two guys rather than one, but one of them calls personally at your home to return your laptop, and someone else leaves your XBox on your doorstep! Ah, this is what the blogosphere is for…

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