(May.14.10) -
Janelle Monae on NPR: Arch Android, Science Fiction ---»
...The Janelle Monae audio interview on NPR today (audio below): “We like to think of The ArchAndroid as an ’emotion picture’ for the mind…”, and she discusses the term “Thrivals”, Octavia Butler, and.. welljustlisten: In an interview with All Things Considered host Michele Norris, Monae talked about the role of fantasy and magic in her […]
(May.09.10) -
UK Election Outcome Flowchart ---»
...As legislative processes break down and complexity increases, and in tandem with the attempts by technologists to link law, policy, and automated computer programs for justice and government in much the same way that the financial sector was unable to resist the low hanging fruit of the “well ordered algorithm”, the BBC has made available […]
(May.09.10) -
Kendl Glxy ---»
...Hivedwellers: The Comet Observatory is a spaceship which contains six themed domes that provide access to the forty-two galaxies available in the game. When the player first begins the game, access is available to only a few galaxies. However, as more Power Stars are collected, more galaxies become available to the player. Some galaxies are […]
(May.05.10) -
How to gift pickle radishes ---»
...first step, get your favorite brand of pickles. second, of course, spend all your hard earned money on coka cola and dispepsi, and after that, listen to the sugary adsales and promotions. and after the diabbbeetes, you can get down to the video: Then, with teh video, yu can fartlek to this classic Cee-lo, Janelle […]
(May.05.10) -
Further GOP adventures in oppositeland ---»
...Two quick drivebys in one short Associated Press piece, “Senate GOP proposes alternate consumer plan”, for the daily dose of strain-your-brain. In it, Republicans want big, big, big federal government at the expense of state rights; and second, they want all the power of banking and consumer finance to fall under the rule of a […]
(May.05.10) -
All your Facespace belong to Facebook ---»
...New facebook chat exploit highlights, ad naseum, the importance of educating users about the breakdown of privacy rules into the “triple privacy protection” matrix: 1). privacy through publicly: “everybody does it” arguement 2). privacy through obscurity: “i dont do it” 3). privacy through obfuscation: “we cant be sure who is really doing it.” oyp.
(May.05.10) -
First world to third world in under 60: Greece, markets, and tech ---»
...The Greece problem is another fascinating insight into the variability of markets, and a model to hypothesize about the impacts of various changes on how market swings are exacerbated or slowed by technologies. In part, what it comes down to is a similar problem facing consumers: everybody wants to make it about Greece, the consumer, […]
(Apr.30.10) -
Robert F Kennedy, Class Action lawsuit against Feds on behalf of Louisiana Fishermen? ---»
...Just a rumor, but still, good to see… Robert F Kennedy jr and the Riverkeepers Waterkeepers alliance taking on a class action lawsuit against the Government on behalf of commercial fisheries? Aside from the weirdness of supporting an industry generally hostile to environmental causes, someones gotta take on these oilsoaked single-perspective engineers and the CEO’s […]
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