Script to see who delete you on Facebook

To be frankly, I never care about how many friends I have on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. On Facebook, for example, I only add real friends, people who I know in real life -- and no wonder, most of my Facebook friendship comes from people who found me from search engines and emails, from my blogs and sites.

For some of you, however, Facebook friends can mean a lot, and you might want to add more people if only Facebook allowed you to befriend over 5000.

Losing friends on Facebook, in this level, would feel like losing friends in real life.

But have you ever wondered how to see who have removed you on Facebook? If you're one of those people who are curious about who unfriend you on Facebook, now there's a trick, some scripts to be exact, to view people deleting you, deactivating their account, and requesting friendship. The script works on Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari and Internet Explorer.

Go to Mashable's page here to get the script.

SOPA threatens the internet

Some of you might just hear the acronym SOPA, which stands for Stop Online Piracy Act. SOPA is a new bill introduced in the United States House of Representatives on October 26, 2011, by House Judiciary Committee Chair Representative Lamar Smith.

While the bill seems a good idea to stop piracy in the internet, it actually threatens freedom of speech and could screw up the entire Web. Internet users, me included, protest against the bill. Just imagine, big websites such as Wikipedia, YouTube and Twitter will shut down because they are accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement. You can no more tweet a link of articles, nor upload videos of your neighbors doing freestyle.

SOPA, writes Mashable, is currently stuck in the House Judiciary Committee, while the Senate is scheduled to vote on PIPA (Protect IP Act) January 24.

Mashable also writes that around 1,500 people showed up outside the offices of Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand for the rally Wednesday. Both Senators support SOPA and PIPA.

A protestor named Kate said, "I think an anti-piracy law is a great idea, I just don’t think this is it. It’s so broad and so vague that it’s going to restrict everyone’s freedom to use the Internet. Not knowing how the Internet works is no longer an excuse."

Bangladesh Market

Two days ago, I received an email from my MXit friend Naeem in South Africa, in response to my post Dengok Pasar Cilik, a traditional mini market in the village of Kandangsemangkon, Paciran. It is interesting to note that in his home town of Chatsworth, Naeem says, there is a small market called Bangladesh Market, the one which is very similar to Dengok Pasar Cilik:

Hi David,

This is Naeem from South Africa. I read your very interesting article regarding the Dengok Mini Market, and we have a similar market here where I reside; it is called the Bangladesh Market, which is based in my home town of Chatsworth.

It was the Chatsworth Coordinating Council which was instrumental in the development of the Bangladesh Market. One of its concerns was the senior citizens of the community. But it was really the senior citizens of the Chatsworth community who played the most significant role in the establishment of the market.

The market today is mostly used by the poor and pensioners in order to give them the opportunity to generate some income to sustain their livelihood. Like the Dengok Mini Market, the Bangladesh Market is host to a variety of stalls, from foods, clothing, household appliances, and the list goes on.

So thank you, Mr. Khoirul, for teaching me a little about your country. It was rather interesting to see the community work together to earn an honest living just like the people of our Bangladesh Market.

Dengok Pasar Cilik

Dengok Pasar Cilik, or Dengok Mini Market, is a small traditional market located in the village of Dengok, Kandang Semangkon, Paciran, in East Java. Built in 1995, the market opens daily from 6 to 9 a.m., and is crowded by villagers from surrounding places such as Blimbing, Brondong, and Paciran.

The name Dengok Pasar Cilik was created by local youth who hanged out in that place every night, and later the head of the village, together with the villagers, agree with the name. Since then, the market which resides a small alley becomes well-known; almost any kind of things, from clothing to fish, can be found in the DPC.

Pictures were taken by Ahmad Jhony.

"The Ten, Make That Nine Habits, of Very Organized People. Make That Ten" by Steve Martin

The book "The Ten, Make That Nine Habits, of Very Organized People. Make That Ten" by Steve Martin, a comedian and actor, is probably the first book written based on Twitter posts, storing a collection of his tweets since December 2010.

On a tweet, Martin announced his book, "Due to absolutely no demand, soon I'm publishing a book of my tweets. Many of your replies included! All my profits to charity," as reported by Reuters.

Having 1.7 million followers, Martin previously wrote the book "The Object of Beauty" which was published in 2010 and made the New York Times bestseller list. Martin's book gives me an idea of doing the same thing, but on Facebook: Why don't I make all my posts in the social network a book?