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• Mash me the head of Stephen Colbert
• Iran: Blogger Hossein Derakshan's appeal denied for 19.5 year prison sentence
• Libya: Gaddafi used rape as a weapon, gave troops Viagra, says ICC prosecutor
• Why we secretly love @LulzSec
• Libya: welcome, Maya Mohamed Nabbous (newborn daughter of slain internet journalist)
• Funny random tweets inserted into apt Peanuts panels
• Bad idea for a custom Visa card
• Datamancer accepting steampunk laptop pre-orders
• Credibility, anonymity, and Andrew Breitbart
• Lower Merion student learns his school-issued MacBook took 8K+ images of him and his screen
• Think Fast Mr. Spock!
• Interview with Mark
• Kickstarter: Parsec, Ink's annual science fiction anthology
• My brushbots workshop at TEDxKids in Brussels
• Commencement speech: how to run your life as a creative professional
• The World's Most Exclusive Website
• Cultural Revolution Dinner Theater: weirdest dinner in Beijing
• Contortionist thief hid in luggage checked on airport shuttle bus
• Comprehensive list of honorifics
• WSJ and Al-Jazeera whistleblower sites offer terrible, dangerous terms-of-service
• Top universities a 'breeding ground' for Tories, warn Islamic groups
• Collection of the intros to my ebooks
• Nick Mamatas and Lisa Goldstein at SF in SF, June 11
• TEDxLibrariansTO: A TEDx for librarians, Jun 25, Toronto
• 3-Way Street: visualization of the uneasy dance of pedestrians, bikes and cars at a busy intersection
• Copyright extremist RIAA lawyer confirmed as America's Solicitor General
• Interview with Dan "Robopocalypse" Wilson
• Scot-free millionaire playboy's lawyer was judge's depute campaign treasurer

Mash me the head of Stephen Colbert Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:11 AM PDT During last night's Stephen Colbert segment on MakerBot 3D printers, Bre Pettis revealed that the MakerBot Industries had made a high-quality 3D scan of Stephen Colbert's head and posted it on Thingiverse for remixing. Here's the official announcement, along with a swell Colbert/eagle mashup and several others for your pleasure (shown here: Colberthulhu by tbuser). And, if you're running short of ideas or want to see what other people have done with their 3D printers, don't forget to check out Thingiverse.com - an free online website for sharing designs. That's where you'll find Stephen Colbert's head, which you can print your own copy of, or, better yet, add on to another design! We call these mash-ups, just like when a musician combines two songs into one. This is a great way to get started with 3d modeling, and we want you to do it. Grab Stephen's head and paste it onto something else! If it's related to bears, bald eagles, America, or Freedom, all the better. We've had a few friends get the ball rolling, but there's plenty to be done yet. What, you're not watching? It's time to mash up Stephen Colbert! « MakerBot Industries:

Iran: Blogger Hossein Derakshan's appeal denied for 19.5 year prison sentence Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:29 PM PDT A court in Iran has denied Canadian/Iranian blogger Hossein Derakshan's latest appeal of his 19.5 imprisonment sentence. In 2010, he was charged and convicted of "conspiring with hostile governments, disseminating anti-Islamic propaganda, disseminating anti-revolutionary propaganda, blasphemy, annd operating and managing obscene pornography websites." (via Cyrus Farivar)

Libya: Gaddafi used rape as a weapon, gave troops Viagra, says ICC prosecutor Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:21 PM PDT (A Libyan woman holding a Kingdom of Libya flag walks past a caricature of Muammar Gaddafi near the court house in Benghazi June 8, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori ) The ICC's chief prosecutor told journalists gathered at the UN today that he has gathered evidence which shows that Libyan leader Col Muammar Gadaffi ordered military agents to "punish women" with rape to spread terror and silence dissent. Human rights groups and journalists working in the region have reported this for months, and the case of Iman Al-Obeidi brought such allegations to international attention (she has since sought refuge in Romania). But this new validation, and the possibility of charges being brought against Gadaffi in the International Criminal Court, are significant. "It was never the pattern he used to control the population. The rape is a new aspect of the repression. And that's why we had doubts at the beginning but now we are more convinced," he said. "Apparently, he decided to punish, using rape." He said it was difficult to know how widespread the use of rape was. "In some areas we had a number of 100 people raped. The issue for us was, can we attribute these rapes to Gaddafi himself, or is it something that happened in the barracks," he explained. Mr Moreno-Ocampo also said some witnesses had confirmed that the Libyan government was buying containers of Viagra-type drugs to carry out the policy, and to "enhance the possibility to rape". "We are trying to see who was involved," he added. Libya: Gaddafi investigated over use of rape as weapon (BBC News)   Libya: Woman struggles to tell foreign journalists of kidnapping ... Iman Al-Obeidi: "Every Day I Am Beaten" (NPR audio) - Boing Boing Two photojournalists killed in Libya - Boing Boing

Why we secretly love @LulzSec Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:45 PM PDT Patrick Gray of the Risky Business security podcast wrote a funny rant about why many who work in computer security are secretly chuckling at the antics of hacker/cracker/prankster entity Lulzsec. "They're posting proprietary developer code. They're bringing back Tupac and Biggie. They're advising Nintendo on more secure httpd configurations. And they're issuing funny press releases via Twitter and Pastebin," Patrick writes. But more to the point, professional consultants have been trying to teach the I.T. world these fundamental lessons about security for ages—now, thanks to LulzSec, the world is finally listening. It might be surprising to external observers, but security professionals are also secretly getting a kick out of watching these guys go nuts. I wrote my first article on information security around May 2001. It was about the Sadmind worm and it ran on the letters page of the IT section of The Age newspaper in Melbourne. "Geez," I thought to myself. "If awareness isn't raised about the unsuitability of these computamajiggies for srs bizness, we could encounter some problems down the track." So for the last ten years I've been working in media, trying to raise awareness of the idea that maybe, just maybe, using insecure computers to hold your secrets, conduct your commerce and run your infrastructure is a shitty idea. No one who mattered listened. Executives think it's FUD. They honestly think that if they keep paying their annual AV subscriptions they'll be shielded by Mr. Norton's magic cloak. Security types like LulzSec because they're proving what a mess we're in. They're pointing at the elephant in the room and saying "LOOK AT THE GIGANTIC FUCKING ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM ZOMG WHY CAN'T YOU SEE IT??? ITS TRUNK IS IN YR COFFEE FFS!!!" There is no security, there will be no security. The horse has bolted, and it's not going to be the infrastructure that's going to change, it's going to be us. "Why we secretly love LulzSec: Elephant in room visible. Cans open. Worms everywhere." (risky.biz)   PBS hacked in retribution for Frontline Wikileaks episode - Boing ... Sony hacked again: 1m compromised, claims LulzSec - Boing Boing PBS Hack and LulzSec: Xeni on The Madeleine Brand Radio Show ... LulzSec claims FBI affiliate hacked, users and botnet use exposed ...

Libya: welcome, Maya Mohamed Nabbous (newborn daughter of slain internet journalist) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:56 PM PDT An update to the tragic story of Mohammed "Mo" Al Nabbous, founder of the Benghazi webcast "Libya Alhurra TV," killed in a firefight this March at age 28: his baby daughter was born this week. Mo's widow writes, This is dedicated to the Loving Father who never got to see his First and Only baby. He would have been the proudest Dad on the world. After the baby was born and the first time I held her in my arms, she had the biggest smile on her face. I was amazed and so sure that her daddy was with us at that moment. He will remain with us and in our hearts forever. [Video Link] (via Blake Hounshell)

Funny random tweets inserted into apt Peanuts panels Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:53 PM PDT @PEANUTWEETER is a Tumblr blog that pairs individual frames from golden-age Peanuts strips with random, funny, out-of-context tweets. The results are surprisingly wonderful. Peanutweeter (via Underwire)

Bad idea for a custom Visa card Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:51 PM PDT This aptly titled, unsourced Internet image suggests a truly bad idea for your custom, upload-your-own-design CapitalOne Visa: graphical text reading THIS IS A ROBBERY/I HAVE A GUN/EMPTY YOUR REGISTER. (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)

Datamancer accepting steampunk laptop pre-orders Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:46 PM PDT Crummet sez, "Datamancer, aka Richard Nagy, is offering his most primo steampunk laptops for sale, finally! A little pricey ($5500) but hey! Steampunk laptop!" Datamancer is one of the most skilled, detail-focused steampunk makers out there; I have one of his famous keyboards, which I love to pieces. This looks like a smashing laptop indeed. These new versions will be better and faster than my original prototype, featuring cutting-edge internal components capable of running any of today's games and other software. They will also be much lighter and slimmer, so as to actually still be "portable" and as convenient as a standard laptop, and have a much more refined and professional design while retaining the elegant Victorian styling of my other work. Several customizations will be available including a few different options for the design on the LCD lid including clockworks as seen on the original (except these will be semi-functional and spin), recessed gold foil maps, brass plates with a variety of designs engraved or photo-etched into them, and any other ideas I can think up along the way. I also plan to include a key-shaped USB flash drive with every laptop that will also open a brass lock on each machine. Why not add a little analog security to your digital device? You will also have several options as to the color of the wood stain from light oak to a dark red mahagony and anywhere in-between as well as key fonts, metals, LED colors and styles, etc, etc. Victorian / Steampunk Laptop Pre-orders (Thanks, Crummet!)

Credibility, anonymity, and Andrew Breitbart Posted: 08 Jun 2011 08:51 PM PDT Dan Gillmor's Guardian column, "Andrew Breitbart and the unwilling suspension of disbelief," explains his theory of online credibility and talks about how to be appropriately skeptical of different sources. Gillmor is dubious about anonymous comments, though he's careful to defend the value of anonymous speech. Breitbart will never rate as low as some people on my BS scale, because he stands behind his own words. I respect him for that much, unlike the anonymous commenters who hide in the virtual bushes to snipe at others. Anonymous sources in journalists' stories are generally contemptible for the same reason, especially when their role is to attack. Our disdain should extend in those cases to the journalists who grant this favour; they are doing their own reputations no good at all. This is not an attack on anonymity, incidentally. We need to preserve people's ability to speak without being personally identified in many cases. Without anonymity, for example, many whistleblowers will not expose the crimes of governments and large enterprises - just one reason to preserve it. I will discuss this more fully here soon. But my bias in discourse is that we should stand behind our own words, and that we should encourage others to do the same. Credibility is a hard-won asset, and all too easy to forfeit. Breitbart's credibility has improved in the wake of the Weiner affair. Will it move into positive territory? I will not hold my breath, but I will hope so. Andrew Breitbart and the unwilling suspension of disbelief

Lower Merion student learns his school-issued MacBook took 8K+ images of him and his screen Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:33 PM PDT The FBI agents investigating the use of covert webcam-activation software in student laptops in Pennsylvania's affluent Lower Merion School District have alerted a student that they've uncovered 4,404 webcam photographs and 3,978 screenshots taken without his knowledge from his school-issued laptop. The student describes himself as "shocked, humiliated and severely emotionally distressed," and has filed a federal invasion of privacy suit seeking unspecified damages. As part of an FBI investigation and a lawsuit brought by a different student, a judge had contacted the boy's parents informing him of the breach, and invited them to view the pictures. The youth's parents were shown 4,404 webcam photographs and 3,978 screenshots captured with the Lower Merion School District-issued MacBook. The amount of photos represents the largest publicly known number of images secretly recorded in the webcam scandal. School Webcam Spy Scandal Resurfaces (Thanks, Marilyn!)   School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and ... FBI investigating Lower Merion School District over laptop spying ... Spying school took "thousands" of photos of students with covert ... School spying: infected laptops mandatory, jailbreaking grounds ... Webcam spying school settles with students, pays $1.2M in fees and ... Vice-principal denies using laptop to spy on student - Boing Boing School district admits installing covert webcam activation ... ACLU and EFF on school where spy-laptops were mandatory - Boing Boing Laptop webcam stickers remind you of the snitch inside - Boing Boing

Think Fast Mr. Spock! Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:06 PM PDT Comixology is selling digital copies (for iOS and Android) of the old Gold Key Star Trek comic book for 99 cents. How cool is this logo design? Gold Key Star Trek comic books

Interview with Mark Posted: 08 Jun 2011 05:53 PM PDT A website called In the Mo came to my house about six months ago and interviewed me. I forgot about it, but today the producer told me that they just added the video to their site. Here it is. Mark Frauenfelder -- In the Mo

Kickstarter: Parsec, Ink's annual science fiction anthology Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:12 AM PDT Sarah sez, "For the last four years, Parsec, Ink has been publishing the Triangulation anthology of speculative fiction. This year's theme is "Last Contact" and I fully expect the anthology to be awesome. Unfortunately, their primary donor died. To make up the difference, they've started a Kickstarter campaign Basically, you can pledge any amount (US$20 gets you a copy of the anthology when it's out, more will get you... more.). We're really close! If you can't donate, then please spread the word."

My brushbots workshop at TEDxKids in Brussels Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:32 PM PDT Last week I went to Belgium to give a presentation at TEDxKids and to conduct a "brushbots" making workshop with over fifty 10-year-olds at an English-speaking school in Waterloo (near Brussels). I wasn't the only one who gave a workshop. The kids were busy all day, learning how to solder from London-based Technology Will Save Us, learning how to customize webpages from the Mozilla Foundation's Hackasaurus project, learning how to program an Arduino microcontroller from Modk.it, figuring how to make a chair out of nails and slats of wood from Gever Tulley, learning how to make music from Mysto & Pizzi, and learning about 3-D printers from i.materialise. A brush bot is simply a toothbrush head that has been removed from the toothbrush handle and has a button battery and mobile phone vibrator attached to it. They are easy to make, and you can buy a brushbot kit with enough materials to build four brushbots from the Maker Shed. Because the brushbots require no soldering and are pretty simple, it didn't take long for the kids to complete them. I was pleased to see that after the kids built two brushbots each, they started experimenting with the construction of the brushbots, adding the leftover materials as stabilizers, or taping two or more brushbots together. The kids had a fantastic time, and at the end of a long and very busy day, they seem to be excited and energized from their experience. I wish every school was like this all the time. Congratulations to Walter De Brouwer, the CEO of One Laptop Per Child Europe, for organizing this successful event! P.S.: When I was leaving Belgium I noticed this Coke machine at the airport with a funny picture of one of Belgium's most famous attractions, the Urinating Youngster Statue. "Taste the Coke side of Belgium," indeed!

Commencement speech: how to run your life as a creative professional Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:07 AM PDT JC Herz sez "Ringling College of Art & Design, the #1 art school in the country for computer animation and game art and design (grads go to Pixar, ILM, and EA), just posted their 2011 commencement speech, delivered by yours truly. The speech is about how to run your life as a creative professional - hints, tips, and tricks for techie artists staffing the dream factory. Food for thought for anyone whose career requires coming up with new great stuff all the time." Habits are powerful - people don't realize how powerful habits are, and how much of their success or lack of success in life is attributable to sheer habit. Be aware of your habits, and what is turning in from an occasional to a regular thing, and what are the regular things that you don't even think about any more, because they are so habitual that they have become invisible. Down to the very basics: how much and when do you sleep, what you eat, how you sit, whether you walk or bike or drive. When and where do you get your best ideas? What sorts of activities and conversations leave you feeling happier and smarter? What do you continually do that leaves you feeling demoralized. Be mindful of your habits. Make them intentional. Ringling College Commencement Address (Thanks, JC!)

The World's Most Exclusive Website Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:58 PM PDT BB collaborator Joe Sabia points us to theworldsmostexclusivewebsite.com, an art-prank of sorts built by Jeff Greenspan, Chris Baker with Michael Lacher of wonder-tonic. There is a surprise for all who opt in, a non-harmful one, but I won't spoil it here.

Cultural Revolution Dinner Theater: weirdest dinner in Beijing Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:09 AM PDT Andydeemer sez, "One of the weirdest dining experiences in China involves reliving the pain, poverty, and political madness of the Cultural Revolution. I just posted some video of this weeping, singing, flag-waving bizarro eatery..." "Some people remember those years fondly," said Reverb. "Our mothers had a very nice time during the cultural revolution. They traveled all over the country because the trains were free to ride. They walked to Beijing to see Chairman Mao. It took a month to get there. All the people would walk arm in arm down the street, singing revolutionary songs, and E.T.'s mom even saw Chairman Mao. They are happy when they remember these times." And remembering was going on. The waitresses all wore braids and bangs, the mandatory haircut of the day, and were dressed as red guards, the student army force run by Mao's psychotic wife. The walls were smashed, representing perhaps the years of war, or -- more likely -- the destruction of the four olds (the red guard were urged to smash anything old.) Revolutionary posters, some depicting big-nosed Americans being jammed with a bayonet, plastered the walls. And red flags, made of chopsticks taped together and a ripped shred of red cloth, were distributed to every table. Relive the Cultural Revolution (aka The Weirdest Dinner Theater in Beijing) (Thanks, Andydeemer!)

Contortionist thief hid in luggage checked on airport shuttle bus Posted: 08 Jun 2011 01:15 PM PDT A contortionist thief hid in a piece of luggage that was checked in the hold of a shuttle bus that ran from Girona airport to Barcelona; he'd rifle the other bags in the hold in transit and fill his own suitcase with the booty, zipping himself in before arrival. One victim became suspicious when she saw the apparently anxious accomplice rushing to retrieve his suitcase, and then proceed to have a conversation with it. A few days later on June 3, a bus driver noticed a passenger struggling with a heavy suitcase and called in the cops. Officers opened up the bag, which they said felt unusually warm. Inside was a sweaty man, nearly 6ft tall, equipped with a headlamp, a sharp tool and a cell phone. Contortionist Thief Hid In Suitcase to Raid Baggage On Board Spanish Airport Bus (via The Awl)

Comprehensive list of honorifics Posted: 08 Jun 2011 01:09 PM PDT Mr Mrs Miss Ms Dr Professor The Rt Revd Dr The Most Revd The Rt Revd The Revd Canon The Revd The Rt Revd Professor The Ven The Most Revd Dr Rabbi Canon Dame Chief Sister Reverend Major Other Cllr Sir Rt Hon Lord Rt Hon The Lord Viscount Viscountess Baroness Captain Master Very Revd Lady MP King of Kings and Lord of Lords Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah Elect of God and Light of this World His Own Divine Majesty First Ancient King of Creation King Alpha Queen Omega Beginning with Our End and First with Our Last Protector of All Human Faith Ruler of the Universe Dude Seb produced this "really comprehensive (and bizarre) class-laden list of titles for a drop-down list for a booking form." (Thanks, Seb!)

WSJ and Al-Jazeera whistleblower sites offer terrible, dangerous terms-of-service Posted: 08 Jun 2011 01:34 PM PDT The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Hanni Fakhoury has analysis of the legal language in the Wikileaks-like services for whistleblowers launched by The Wall Street Journal and Al-Jazeera. The technical demerits of the WSJ's offer have been well documented, but EFF's analysis of the legal jeopardy that both publishers represent to whistleblowers is sobering too: Despite promising anonymity, security and confidentiality, AJTU can "share personally identifiable information in response to a law enforcement agency's request, or where we believe it is necessary." SafeHouse's terms of service reserve the right "to disclose any information about you to law enforcement authorities" without notice, then goes even further, reserving the right to disclose information to any "requesting third party," not only to comply with the law but also to "protect the property or rights of Dow Jones or any affiliated companies" or to "safeguard the interests of others." As one commentator put it bluntly, this is "insanely broad." Neither SafeHouse or AJTU bother telling users how they determine when they'll disclose information, or who's in charge of the decision. Whistleblowing by definition threatens "the interests of others." Every time someone uploads a scoop to SafeHouse, they jeopardize someone's interest in order to inform the public of what's actually going on. That's the whole point. In the United States, submitting documents to journalists is protected speech under the First Amendment. But people in totalitarian countries cannot expose the secrets of their governments without breaking those governments' laws. And neither news outlet acknowledges that governments might abuse their police power to find out who leaked damaging information -- even here in the good old U.S. of A. WSJ and Al-Jazeera Lure Whistleblowers With False Promises of Anonymity

Top universities a 'breeding ground' for Tories, warn Islamic groups Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:01 AM PDT From NewsThump, a British parody news-site, a pitch-perfect reversal on the screaming tabloid headlines about Islamic extremism on UK campuses: "Top universities a 'breeding ground' for Tories, warn Islamic groups" The Federation of Student Islamic Societies has identified 40 English universities where there could be a "particular risk" of people being recruited to the youth wing of the UK Conservative Party. National Union of Students president Aaron Porter echoed the concerns raised by Islamic groups. "The problem of conservatism at universities has been apparent for some time, I think we've seen a steady increase in incidents on campus," He said there had been numerous cases of "people wearing barbour jackets", as well as "hate incidents directed towards the unemployed, the sick and foxes". Top universities a 'breeding ground' for Tories, warn Islamic groups (via Making Light)

Collection of the intros to my ebooks Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:46 PM PDT Jon Bard and Lauren Backes have assembled the introductions to the free ebook editions of my novels and collections into one free electronic volume they call "the problem isn't piracy. the problem is obscurity." It's fun to see these little essays I wrote as ephemeral forematter take on a life of their own.

Nick Mamatas and Lisa Goldstein at SF in SF, June 11 Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:39 PM PDT Rina sez, "Join SF in SF on Sat., June 11th, for authors Nick Mamatas and Lisa Goldstein. We'll be celebrating new book launches for both authors. Nick Mamatas has 'Sensation' out from PM Press, and 'Starve Better' from Apex. Lisa Goldstein returns to the top of her form with a new fantasy novel, 'The Uncertain Places,' out from Tachyon Publications. Each author will read a selection of their work; followed by Q&A moderated by author Terry Bisson. Booksigning and schmoozing follows; books for sale courtesy of Borderlands Books." SF in SF presents Nick Mamatas & Lisa Goldstein

TEDxLibrariansTO: A TEDx for librarians, Jun 25, Toronto Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:36 PM PDT A reader writes, "TEDxLibrariansTO is the very first TEDx event just for librarians, and has people speaking on slow reading, gaming and literacy, maker culture and class struggle in the library. The theme for TEDx LibrariansTO is Librarians as Thought Leaders."

3-Way Street: visualization of the uneasy dance of pedestrians, bikes and cars at a busy intersection Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:55 AM PDT Ronconcocacola's "3-Way Street" is an overhead visualization of the uneasy dance conducted by motorists, cyclists and pedestrians at a busy NYC intersection: "By summer 2010, the expansion of bike lanes in NYC exposed a clash of long-standing bad habits -- such as pedestrians jaywalking, cyclists running red lights, and motorists plowing through crosswalks. By focusing on one intersection as a case study, my video aims to show our interconnection and shared role in improving the safety and usability of our streets." NYC Goes Three Ways (via Kottke)

Copyright extremist RIAA lawyer confirmed as America's Solicitor General Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:52 AM PDT Marilyn sez, "The Senate late Monday confirmed former Recording Industry Association of America lawyer Donald Verrilli Jr.to serve as the nation's solicitor general. Verrilli, one of at least five former RIAA attorneys appointed to the administration, is best known for leading the recording industry's legal charge against music- and movie-sharing site Grokster. That 2003 case ultimately led to Grokster's demise, when the U.S. Supreme Court sided with a lower court's pro-RIAA verdict." Until recently, Verrilli also was leading Viacom's ongoing and flailing $1 billion copyright-infringement fight against YouTube. A court dismissed the case last year, a decison Viacom is appealing. Viacom claims YouTube committed copyright infringement because it did not police the video-sharing site for copyright works uploaded by its users. Meanwhile, Verrilli in 2008 told a federal judge in Minnesota that merely making copyright works available on file sharing networks amounted to copyright infringement -- and that no proof of somebody else downloading those files was required. Senate Confirms Former RIAA Lawyer for Solicitor General (Thanks, Marilyn!)

Interview with Dan "Robopocalypse" Wilson Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:51 AM PDT Rick Kleffel from The Agony Column podcast sez, "I've been talking with Daniel H. Wilson since his first book, How to Survive a Robot Uprising, came out. When I heard about his new book, Robopocalypse, I managed to wrangle a copy in advance, read it in a heartbeat and loved the heck out of it. I emailed him to congratulate him, and he told me he'd be in town before the book came out. Here's a link to our interview, which was a lot of fun... it had been a while, so it was nice to catch up with him." 06-06-11: A 2011 Interview with Daniel H. Wilson

Scot-free millionaire playboy's lawyer was judge's depute campaign treasurer Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:47 AM PDT A small followup to the story of the lying millionaire hit-and-run playboy who killed two British tourists in Florida and got off without a jail sentence: his lawyer was the judge's deputy campaign treasurer. (via Reddit)

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