December 2011
33 posts
WatchSuper cool film (yes, film that celluloid stuff) by my SF friends. Thad Povey on optical with music by Bob Ostertag (on Buchla). Check it out.
College bowl system loots universities →
“As the protagonist of the tale, imagine, if you will, a man who, as Speaker of...”
– Newt Gingrich’s Alternative History : The New Yorker
Read the whole article in case you are in too good of a holiday mood.
“London is promised an exercise in authoritarian elitism to rival Leonid...”
– Welcome to London 2012: the apparatchiks’ games - FT.com (via iamdanw)
The Olympics like soccer (FIFA) is just a giant corrupt machine at this point. The joy of this competition is gone - thousands for tickets. No one but the rich and corrupt bureaucrats in attendance. So sad.
“With this defense authorization act, Congress will, for the first time in 60...”
– Al Franken (via azspot)(via asie)
What the fuck are they doing? What the fuck are WE doing?! What the fuck is wrong with our country right now?
(via spytap)
“Key members of the House Judiciary Committee still don’t understand how the...”
– the last point is the most damning
Dear Congress, It’s No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works | Motherboard
(via fred-wilson)
“Within hours of the news of Hitchens’s passing at the age of 62, the Internet...”
– http://www.salon.com/2011/12/16/god_didnt_kill_christopher_hitchens/
“End result: SOPA 2.0 contains a crazy scary clause that’s going to make it crazy...”
– How SOPA 2.0 Sneaks In A Really Dangerous Private Ability To Kill Any Website | Techdirt (via studioartist)
SOPA violates 1st amendment →
Scripting News: NPR should get a Pulitzer for... →
MPAA Boss: If The Chinese Censor The Internet... →
“Experts are predicting kind of a tough fight between Romney and his biggest...”
– http://www.mittvmitt.com/
“Physiological responses can now even be tracked remotely, in principle without...”
– Eye Glasses That See What’s Really Going On With Another Person | NHNE Pulse (via studioartist)
Jon Stewart Bids Farewell To Herman Cain. →
Funny Android Device Name Generator →
“Global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel burning jumped by the...”
– Record Jump in Carbon Emissions in 2010, Study Finds - NYTimes.com (via studioartist)
That Cain was taken seriously as a candidate says... →
