June 2010
198 posts
#Rage frontman’s #Arizona #boycott swells to...
Rage frontman’s Arizona boycott swells to nearly 300 artists via Raw Story by Stephen C. Webster on 6/29/10 Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Roca is no stranger to shredding public policy in his line of work: indeed, rebel music has been the man’s lifeblood for decades. Though already a legend in the music world, this is one socially motivated rocker who is not about to stop...
#Teabaggers Get Another State #GOP To Approve a...
Teabaggers Get Another State Republican Party To Approve a Crazy Platform via Wonkette by Jack Stuef on 6/29/10 This weekend the Idaho Republican Party held their state convention, so of course Teabaggers showed up in their tinfoil hats and messed with the party platform, just like in Maine. What exciting new ideas does the Idaho GOP now support? Repealing the 17th Amendment (the direct election...
Posterous to TwitPic Users: “Rescue” Photos with...
Posterous to TwitPic Users: “Rescue” Photos with New Import Tool via Mashable! by Jennifer Van Grove on 6/29/10 Posterous is in the midst of an aggressive 15-day campaign to get users of other services such as Tumblr and Ning to switch to its blogging platform. Today the startup has set its sights on TwitPic with the introduction of a two-click TwitPic importer. The TwitPic Switch to Posterous...
#Olbermann: #Palin went to three colleges but...
Olbermann: Palin went to three colleges but still ‘is an idiot’ via Raw Story by Raw Story on 6/29/10 MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann awarded his “worst person” award to former Alaska governor Sarah Palin for displaying sheer “stupidity” during a speech last Friday. The frequent Palin detractor “gave ‘Sister Sarah’ the honor for her ‘gaffefest’...
Important difference between engineering and math...
Important difference between engineering and math Cory Doctorow at 5:16 AM Tuesday, Jun 29, 2010 In today’s Wondermark comic, David Malki busts out the glorious truth of engineering, vis-a-vis maths. Accomplishment measured in Decibels Dapper Caps and Pedal-Copters: more sharp-edged, elaborated whimsy … Next year’s Internet memes, illustrated by...
Scientists Get Closer to Opening Up #BlackHole...
Scientists Get Closer to Opening Up Black Hole [End Times] via Gawker by Jeff Neumann on 6/29/10 Scientists from the research organization Cern, which built the Large Hadron Collider Doomsday Machine, say they are generating 10,000 particle collisions per second, but they have higher aspirations: “It would be absolutely, fantastically exciting if we...
TechCrunchTV: Keen On… The Brain
TechCrunchTV: Keen On… The Brain via TechCrunch by Guest Author on 6/28/10 What is the Internet doing to our brain? According to Nicholas Carr, the author of the controversial The Shallows: What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains, today’s always-on web is a perpetually distractive medium that is undermining our ability to think deep thoughts, read deep books and engage in deep conversations. So...
Geek Toys : Japanese Wooden Palmsize Puzzle...
Geek Toys : Japanese Wooden Palmsize Puzzle via ThinkGeek :: What’s New on 6/28/10 Beautifully crafted solid wood puzzles from JapanThe perfect gift for the geek who loves wood, Japan, and puzzles. And really, who doesn’t love wood? Or Japan? Or puzzles? These beautifully crafted solid wood puzzles will look great on your desk, even if you work in a stuffy suit & tie office....
#NASA Needs You: 6 Ways to Help an Astronomer |...
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/06/citizen-space-science-gallery/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
#Florida's hopes for $1B Medicaid dashed #GOP #SEN...
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/26/1701780/floridas-hopes-for-1b-medicaid.html Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
Augmented Reality: Layar Floaticons
Augmented Reality: Layar Floaticons via Beyond The Beyond by Bruce Sterling on 6/28/10 *Check out those top-end production values on the YouTube viral video there. *Bring on the hot Dutch augmentation chicks! Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
Rockin' scientists: N.Y.U. brain researchers put...
Rockin’ scientists: N.Y.U. brain researchers put down their data sets, then get down with their rock band via Scientific American - Mind & Brain on 6/28/10 You might be surprised if you knew just how many scientists out there play in rock bands. When the sun goes down, garages, basements and living rooms throughout the land are filled with guys and gals who have shed their lab coats...
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Craig Newmark: Stuff done better in Washington,...
Craig Newmark: Stuff done better in Washington, or, the George Constanza of innovation via Technology on HuffingtonPost.com by Craig Newmark on 6/28/10 Todd Park, CTO of Health and Human Services, and another nerd, talking about HHSinnovates. It’s about listening to rank and file employees about how things are really done, then doing better. Posted via email from Out of my...
#Canadian cops' history of agents provocateurs and...
Canadian cops’ history of agents provocateurs and the G20 via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on 6/28/10 My inbox this morning is full of emails from friends in Toronto who want to remind me that the Canadian police have a history of building up an enormous security presence for international events and then using agents provocateurs who commit and incite acts of violence, which, in turn,...
Overcoming our infrastructure deficit
Overcoming our infrastructure deficit via POLITICO Top Stories by Rep. James Oberstar on 6/28/10 Opinion: The U.S. surface transportation system is no longer the envy of the world. Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
Opinion: Time to get moving on high-speed rail -...
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#Marine #Widow Michaela Brummund Battles #Verizon...
Marine Widow Michaela Brummund Battles Verizon Over $350 Termination Fee via Most Popular Entries on HuffingtonPost by Bianca Bosker on 6/26/10 Michaela Brummund’s husband, a marine, was killed in Afghanistan by an IED. Following his death, the young widow decided to move home to Copperopolis, a small California town with a population of just over 2,000, in order to be closer to her...
Seeing Languages Differently #BB #perception...
Seeing Languages Differently via Boing Boing by Mike Shaughnessy on 6/27/10 How we see the world impacts our use of language and our use of language impacts how we see the world. Cognitive scientists in the vein of Benjamin Whorf regularly investigate the connections to thought and language use, including how visual perception varies across languages. Since I use (authentic) visual media to...
#NH Republican Cancels Bikini Fundraiser #politics...
Lost my vote New Hampshire Republican Cancels Bikini Fundraiser via Oliver Willis by owillis@gmail.com (Oliver Willis) on 6/27/10 Well, that’s unfortunate… A Republican running for New Hampshire governor says plans are being scrapped to hold a bikini contest at a campaign fundraiser. A spokesman for John Stephen said Friday the campaign had no idea the contest was planned as part of a barbecue...
Report: #Toronto police rough up journalists,...
Report: Toronto police rough up journalists, arrest peaceful protesters at G20 via Raw Story by Daniel Tencer on 6/26/10 Reporters covering the G20 summit in Toronto say they were the target of police violence overnight, as riots blamed on anarchist groups left four police cars burning in the financial district and resulted in the arrests of some 150 people. “A newspaper photographer was...
Author Nicholas #Carr: The Web Shatters Focus,...
Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains via Wired Top Stories by Nicholas Carr on 6/26/10 The internet’s scattered bits of information seize our brain then scramble it, Nicholas Carr explains in The Shallows. The result: We skim and multitask better than we read and think deeply. Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
Christina Gagnier: The "Kill" Bill: Obama, the...
Christina Gagnier: The “Kill” Bill: Obama, the Internet and the Beginning of a Congressional Odyssey via Technology on HuffingtonPost.com by Christina Gagnier on 6/26/10 In what is really the first leg of an odyssey that Congress has embarked upon to tackle the Internet and the cybersecurity issues it presents, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs on...
9 Steps to Reverse Dementia and Memory Loss As You...
9 Steps to Reverse Dementia and Memory Loss As You Age via Most Popular Entries on HuffingtonPost by Mark Hyman, MD on 6/26/10 Recently, I spoke on a panel for PBS TV at the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) convention in Boston. The topic was dementia. There was a woman with mild cognitive impairment on the panel. Her condition is sort of like pre-Alzheimer’s disease....
#Fox unapologetic after mistakenly broadcasting...
Fox affiliate unapologetic after mistakenly broadcasting reporters trashing Palin via Raw Story by Stephen C. Webster on 6/26/10 A Fox affiliate television station is refusing to apologize for accidentally broadcasting a room full of reporters offering very frank assessments of a speech by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The slip-up happened Friday night as Fox40 in Sacramento was...
World of Change: Solar Activity #nasa_eo
Updated — World of Change: Solar Activity via NASA Earth Observatory on 6/22/10 Images of sunspots and UV brightness document the 11-year cycle of solar magnetic activity. The series spans 1999–2010, capturing the most recent solar maximum and minimum, as well as the emergence of solar cycle 24. Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
Spirit Quest #fringe #wingnuts #tpm
And how exactly do you go about trying to find bin Laden?”You don’t. You let the spirit guide you and unless you have the spirit of God, not the Mother Mary or some Mohammad or something like that. God almighty has to put his hand on you. I’ve been protected.” Spirit Quest via Talking Points Memo by Josh Marshall on 6/24/10 Gary Faulkner, the American who got arrested...
Congressman Slammed For (Not Really) Saying...
http://gawker.com/5572155/congressman-slammed-for-not-really-saying-minorities-arent-good-american-people?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gawker%2Ffull+%28Gawker%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
Use #Twitter, #Facebook To Get Better Service At...
Use Twitter, Facebook To Get Better Service At Hotels via Technology on HuffingtonPost.com by wsj.com on 6/24/10 Hotels and resorts are amassing a growing army of sleuths whose job it is to monitor what is said about them online—and protect the hotels’ reputations. These employees search social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter for unhappy guests and address complaints. They...
#Senator introduces legislation to shift tax...
Senator introduces legislation to shift tax burden back to billionaires via Raw Story by John Byrne on 6/24/10 Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is sick of the super-rich avoiding estate taxes. On Thursday, he made good on his word: he today introduced legislation to restore the estate tax on the wealthiest Americans, which he says would bring in at least $264 billion in the next ten years...
Making Connections (preview) #sciam
Making Connections (preview) via Scientific American - Mind & Brain on 6/24/10 Many people wish their memory worked like a video recording. How handy would that be? Finding your car keys would simply be a matter of zipping back to the last time you had them and hitting “play.” You would never miss an appointment or forget to pay a bill. You would remember everyone’s birthday. You would ace...
Man Drifts a Mile Into Gulf Off #Fla. On Pool...
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/06/24/us/AP-US-ODD-Pool-Float-Rescue.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&ref=news&adxnnlx=1277388076-Lj/q7PSVoAufYgDviuKUKg Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
Congressman calls #Obama-Hitler comparison...
Congressman calls Obama-Hitler comparison ‘brilliant’ via Raw Story by John Byrne on 6/24/10 A Texas Republican congresswoman told colleagues on that House floor Wednesday that a columnist who accused Obama of planting the seeds for a Nazi state is a “brilliant man.” The little noticed quip was picked up by the liberal blog ThinkProgress late Wednesday. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX)...
#Texas Getting Its First #Drone [Flying Robots]
Now all the govs are gonna want one too, Texas Getting Its First Drone [Flying Robots] via Gawker by Jeff Neumann on 6/24/10 Texas, a state run by a secessionist governor, is getting an unmanned drone to patrol the border with Mexico. More » Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
A Fond Farewell to Candy Cigarettes [Bittersweet]
A Fond Farewell to Candy Cigarettes [Bittersweet] via Gawker by Maureen O’Connor on 6/23/10 Today is the first day of an America without candy cigarettes. Banned by a smoking prevention law prohibiting candy and “fruit-flavored” cigarettes, the badass big brother of the Pez dispenser is officially contraband. More » ...
#ATT #apple brick the 3G #iphone iOS #fail
I’m getting a replacement soon to be brick by Fedex, still no service…grrrr Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
The Longest #Tennis Match in History Will Continue...
The Longest Tennis Match in History Will Continue on Third Day [Update] via Gawker by Maureen O’Connor on 6/23/10 Stuck at 58-59, the world’s longest tennis match calls it a night. They’ll finish tomorrow. More » Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
Road Sign Suggestion #Fail
Road Sign Suggestion Fail via FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Funny Pictures and Funny Videos of Owned, Pwned and Fail Moments by Cheezburger Network on 6/22/10 Picture by: dunno source Submitted by: dunno source via Fail Uploader Recreation - United States - Roads and Highways - Photography - Signs and Signals Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
Copyright Czar Backs IP Enforcement, ‘Fair Use’ |...
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/06/copyright-czar-report/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
#Bush blasts North Korea’s #Kim for wasting...
Bush blasts North Korea’s Kim for wasting resources via Raw Story by Agence France-Presse on 6/22/10 Former US President George W Bush on Tuesday accused North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il of wasting his country’s precious resources on personal luxuries and nuclear weapons programmes. North Koreans have been suffering since the Korean War ended, Bush told a prayer meeting to mark the 60th...
Jacques Vallee: Of Crop Circles, meme wars and...
Jacques Vallee: Of Crop Circles, meme wars and web-based flypaper via Boing Boing by Jacques Vallee on 6/21/10 From “Pentagram Papers: Crop Circles” Based on the three earlier posts I have made on this subject, an objective reader might be justified to conclude either that crop circles are the product of hoaxes or the result of experimental military developments. In both cases he...
The ThinkGeek Blog - Officially our best-ever...
http://www.thinkgeek.com/blog/2010/06/officially-our-bestever-cease.html?cpg=fb Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
Buzz from Dainis Graveris
Link to this post: http://www.google.com/buzz/100576450009388698493/1p6GWfpftnK/1stwebdesigner-New-at-1STWD-How-to-Create-a-Tumblr 5:23 am Dainis Graveris: 1stwebdesigner: New at 1STWD: How to Create a #Tumblr Theme (Code Structure) http://goo.gl/fb/PAiFZ #tutorials #development #themeing Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
Watchismo giveaway winner: Photos of you guys...
Watchismo giveaway winner: Photos of you guys doing something very quickly via Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza on 6/21/10 A few weeks back, we asked you to upload shots of yourself doing something very quickly and put it in our flickr pool; the winner would receive a spiffing Under Pressure designs and timepiece from Watchismo. Particularly in the spirit of the show was Ed McMullin’s...
Modern gadgets made in 1977 #art
Modern gadgets made in 1977 via Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza on 6/21/10 Alex Varanese’s sunset-hued walnut burl wonderland is a place I’d be happy to spend my evenings. From a blog post announcing his latest trip to the old-school: This project is undoubtedly my most conceptually ambitious work to date. It comprises 14 full-sized, 18x24” prints that explore the awesomely...
Public Opinion #xkcd
Public Opinion via xkcd.com on 6/20/10 Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
#humorous ramble from Paul #Carr of #TC
NNSFW: A Column Written In Five Minutes About Stuff That Mattered Years Ago via TechCrunch by Paul Carr on 6/20/10 “Billy is spastic in time, has no control over where he is going next, and the trips aren’t necessarily fun. He is in a constant state of stage fright, he says, because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next.” - Kurt Vonnegut Jr, Slaughterhouse...
#Lieberman tells Web users to ‘relax’ about...
Even China can’t block all the internet, they’re trying…the fundamental design of the internet was to survive in the event of any catastrophe(nukes). The network(ers) interpret blockages as errors and route around them. Lieberman tells Web users to ‘relax’ about ‘kill switch’ via Raw Story by David Edwards on 6/20/10 China has the power to shut down its Internet, so why...
Pakistani pilgrims seek good luck from crocodiles...
Not exactly the way most people would celebrate Father’s Day… http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/06/19/pakistan.crocodile.sect/index.html?hpt=C1 Posted via email from Out of my Mind | Comment »
#Barton apology to #BP for #shakedown #CNN agrees...
OK I Went To Lunch via Open Left - Front Page by DaveJ on 6/18/10 I just got back from lunch with a guy from France, who is just astonished at the things we let the rich get away with here. I think Congressman Joe Barton demonstrated this week the conservative viewpoint: Companies are supposed to tell government what to do, not the other way around, not even when the company destroys the...
