May 2008
27 posts
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Apes & Androids — “Hot Kathy”
The fat man →
The Chris Farley Show—a new biography by Farley’s older brother, Tom, and a former biographer of Belushi, Tanner Colby—shows that Farley’s simplicity was in fact a tremendously complex construct.
“Nobody messes with anyone in the tech industry the way Apple has messed with...”
– Analyst Rob Enderle on Apple’s “I’m a Mac, You’re a Dork” campaign
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China's All-Seeing Eye →
With the help of U.S. defense contractors, China is building the prototype for a high-tech police state. It is ready for export.
TED Talks | Joshua Klein: The amazing intelligence... →
Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he’s come up with an elegant machine that may form a new bond between animal and human.
WatchThe Day There Was No News
Cath... (Live - Acoustic) →
Death Cab for Cutie
Horny robot poems →
“As you read this, a robot-human consortium is hard at work composing a verse epic on the Internet.”
Best Scenic Drives in the U.S. →
One Step Closer to Iron Man →
“The prospect of slipping into a robotic exoskeleton that could enhance strength, keep the body active while recovering from an injury or even serve as a prosthetic limb has great appeal.”
Glasnost: Test if your ISP is manipulating... →
CCTV boom has not cut crime, says police chief →
Billions of pounds spent on Britain’s 4.2 million closed-circuit television cameras has not had a significant impact on crime, according to the senior police officer piloting a new database.
The 50 Greatest Commercial Parodies of All Time →
All of Inflation’s Little Parts →
An interactive graphic representing how much the average American spends in different categories (via Matt)
Rockstar Games’ Dan Houser on Grand Theft Auto IV... →
