Where did all of the "who ate my privacy?" posts go?

For those of you who enjoyed reading my occasional article about Facebook, Google, and invasions of privacy, don't worry, I haven't stopped writing them. What I have done is started a new blog, called, rather modestly, "I Own All Information." The name of it is intended to correct any misconceptions that Facebook's Zuckerberg and the Google crowd might have. I think they have been misinformed about the legal status of information gathered using Facebook and Google searches, as they don't own that information, I do, of course.

Me and Al Franken, we have a lot in common.

You can find the new blog here. Actually, I'm not moving any of the posts that have appeared in Vorpal Trade. There are a bunch of the "I Own All Information" stripe that have appeared here, and since they are part of the Vorpal Trade history, they will stay here. New articles that are mainly about outrages over misappropriation of information, spying, surveillance, and all that juicy, gossipy stuff will show up in I Own All Information, while all of the articles on economics, investing, business, finance, psychology, and the peculiar blind spots that people live with will continue to appear here.

For those who are curious about what the heck a "privacy outrage" is, here is a short list of the articles appearing in Vorpal Trade that were more about information and privacy than economics or business:

Accelerometers in Smart Phones Might Be Useful for Spying

JSTOR Prosecutes User for Downloading Too Much

Social Media Websites are Designed to Spill

Strauss-Kahn and Reputation Shredding, Brought to You by the Internet

Eric Schmidt out, but we still want updates on BMs

All Your Informations Are Belong to Me

Zuckerberg's Rights to the Privacy of Chinese Activists

More on Google's Rights to Your Privacy

Expanding the Vorpal Charter

I've been making a few changes to the Vorpal Trade blog, including changing graphics, coloring, and the description. When I started this blog several years ago I intended to comment on investing and equity trading primarily. Over time, I am finding that I'm writing a lot more about economics and frugality, especially as they relate to our current and future economic states. I see a lot of traction in writing about this, but as I do so I also see that a lot of these topics involve what my university referred to as "the humanities": psychology, economics, history, politics, and anthropology. These are intimately connected with business and the marketplace, and of course, government decisions that impact the economy.

So rather than re-title or create a new blog, I am going to purposely blur the charter, as reflected in the new subtitle Art, science, and economics of the human condition. I think that the net effect will be that I am covering the same material, but in much greater depth.

It should also be more fun. I will be adding some reviews of literature, music, and other arts, and with luck these articles will also come full circle and lead to new insights in business, investing, and economics.