Comics I Don’t Understand

Remember the Business in Missouri About Teachers ”Friending” Students? [CJA]

Cidu Bill on Dec 20th 2011

How other states are dealing with the same question

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WTZ???

Cidu Bill on Dec 20th 2011

Because people get upset when Facebook changes its format??

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Facebook, Mark Parisi, Mark Zuckerberg, Off the Mark, humor | 11 responses so far

Three Monday Morning Claims [CJA]

Cidu Bill on Dec 12th 2011

Facebook claims it owns the rights to both “face” and “book,” the Black Friday Wal-Mart pepper-sprayer claims she’s the victim, and a very bad son claims his mother is dead.

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Crime News Round-Up [CJA]

Cidu Bill on Oct 24th 2011

The dark side of Facebook, Twitter, bridges, broken sinks, armadillos, and cupcakes

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Final Update: Missouri Teachers Can Once Again ”Friend” Their Students on Facebook

Cidu Bill on Sep 23rd 2011

The state legislature voted today to repeal that section of the law

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Dad Sues Facebook Over Daughter’s Racy Photos

Cidu Bill on Sep 8th 2011

Of course, the story’s a little more complicated than it first appears. Aren’t they always?

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Creepiosity Caption Contest: Time to Vote

Cidu Bill on Aug 26th 2011

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You can help choose the winning entry by going to the Creepiosity Facebook page by midnight tonight (Friday).And while you’re in the neighborhood, feel free to visit the new CJA Facebook page.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CJA, Creepiosity, Dave Bickel, Facebook, Kim Kardashian, contests | No responses yet

Should teachers be allowed to “friend” students on Facebook?

Cidu Bill on Aug 4th 2011

Article and poll here

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Creepiosity: The Contest Results

Cidu Bill on Jun 20th 2011

Click here to really see the winning caption (as opposed to the link I posted a few hours ago that led noplace)

Filed in Bill Bickel, Creepiosity, David Bickel, Facebook, Michael Jackson, contests, humor | 12 responses so far

Keeping Track of Your Kids, 2011-Style

Cidu Bill on Jun 19th 2011

My son’s on an out-of-town trip with friends this weekend. God forbid he should give us any first-hand information about where they are — but he and four of his friends have cell phone cameras and Facebook accounts, so by combining the various photos, I’ve been able to follow their progress online.

I guess this is the “new normal,” like “What time is it?”/”Hold on, I’ll check my phone.”

Filed in Bill Bickel, Facebook, cell phones, parenting | 38 responses so far

Anti-Social Networking

Cidu Bill on May 19th 2011

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Facebook, John Deering, MySpace, Strange Brew, comic strips, comics, humor | 13 responses so far

I Like This

Cidu Bill on Apr 27th 2011

(I really need a tag for “this isn’t a LOL, but it’s one of this week’s best anyway”)

Filed in Bill Bickel, Cyanide and Happiness, Facebook, Like, comic strips, comics, humor | 11 responses so far

How the Online World Has Changed in 4 Years

Cidu Bill on Apr 11th 2011

(originally published May 2007 — if the full map doesn’t show up on your monitor, please click it)

Filed in AOL, Bill Bickel, Facebook, Friendster, LiveJournal, MySpace, comic strips, comics, humor, social networks | 13 responses so far

Moses on Facebook

Cidu Bill on Apr 6th 2011

And no, I don’t know why the embedded video is showing up for some people and not for others. If you’re staring at a blank space, please click here

Filed in Bill Bickel, Facebook, Moses, Passover, YouTube | 27 responses so far

Where

Cidu Bill on Mar 12th 2011

This is actually timely, since “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” is being resurrected as a Facebook game (gotta wonder whether Mike Peters is getting product placement for this comic). Which begs the question… Is Facebook even going through the pretense anymore of not accepting members under the age of 13? Because the demographic for this game is something like 8 through 10.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Carmen Sandiego, Facebook, Mike Peters, Mother Goose and Grimm | 36 responses so far

Facebook Post of the Week

Cidu Bill on Feb 16th 2011

Monica Lewinsky will turn 38 years old this week. Can you believe it? Why, it seems like only yesterday she was crawling around the White House on her hands and knees, putting everything in her mouth. They grow up so fast, don’t they?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Bill Clinton, Facebook, Monica Lewinsky | 32 responses so far

Google and Facebook Squabble Over Who Owns the Rights to Your Personal Information

Cidu Bill on Nov 9th 2010

(the gory details)

Here’s a novel thought: maybe neither of them?
I remember maybe 20 years ago we were at the mall and there was a booth there for a bank or something, and essentially if you signed up to receive some information — giving them your address and telephone number — they’d give you a cheap pen and pencil set. People were lined up to take advantage of the deal. I said to my wife “Either they don’t see anything wrong with giving out their personal information, or they must really, really need that pen and pencil.

Today the same thing is going on, but nobody’s asking first and we’re not even getting the freakin’ pen and pencil set.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Facebook, Google, data mining | 30 responses so far

Facebook: Intrusive Sons of Bitches

Cidu Bill on Oct 12th 2010

Okay, the business where they share your phone number (without your permission or knowledge) if you use their cell phone app was bad enough. I thought my number was safe because I had nothing to do with their app. But now it turns out that if you use your phone’s browser to log into Facebook, they acquire and keep your phone number from <B>that</B>. There’s no way on earth they can claim this was information I chose to share.

The most alarming part is that so few people care.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Facebook | 42 responses so far

If you’ve downloaded the Facebook app…

Cidu Bill on Oct 11th 2010

…Facebook not only has your phone number, but is making it public.

Just FYI.

So the usual “don’t put any personal information anywhere online if you don’t want it shared with the world” warning doesn’t even help here.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Facebook | 17 responses so far

Seriously, how difficult would it have been for Facebook…

Cidu Bill on Aug 17th 2010

… to warn its members about this themselves.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Facebook, scams | 22 responses so far

Well, they SAID ”Let’s be friends”…

Cidu Bill on Jul 8th 2010

Okay, a show of hands here… Yes, I’ve done this.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Facebook, Jump Start, Robb Armstrong, comic strips, comics, humor | 11 responses so far

Even I know this is so 2008

Cidu Bill on May 17th 2010

No way Jeremy sends out texts: he issues a mass invitation over Facebook, and his friends RSVP right online. Of course he’d probably still be using his phone to access his Facebook account.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Facebook, Zits, comic strips, comics, humor | 21 responses so far

Facebook

Cidu Bill on Apr 29th 2010

About once a week, I get a “friend request” sent to my CIDU Facebook account. This account actually existed for about 15 minutes before I abandoned it, and I don’t even know the log-in password anymore. I’m not ignoring anybody — I simply can’t get into the account to confirm any requests, and there’s no account to confirm to anyway. I can’t even contact most of the people, because their Facebook names aren’t the same as the nicknames they use on CIDU, so I don’t know who exactly they are.

I do have a Facebook account under my own name.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Facebook | 20 responses so far

If You Use Facebook

Cidu Bill on Jul 14th 2009

Everybody with a Facebook account should buy the August issue of PC World, for an article about how the the companies that create Facebook aps, and advertise those ubiquitous “Which Disney character are you?” and “How long will you live?” quizzes, mine and use information about you. It’s worse than you think. It’s even worse than I thought, and my paranoia about these things is no secret.

There’s also an article about adjusting various Facebook and Twitter privacy settings.

The articles don’t seem to be online, by the way, though it’s possible they’ll be added to the archives in the future.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Facebook, Twitter | 23 responses so far

LOL-June 28

Cidu Bill on Jun 28th 2009

Filed in Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, Bizarro, Cornered, Curtis, Dan Piraro, Facebook, Far Left Side, Francesco Marciuliano, Mark Parisi, Mike Baldwin, Off the Mark, Sally Forth, Scott Hilburn, Transformers, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, movies, xkcd | 16 responses so far