Watchismo Vintage & Modern Horology - Our watches will improve your self esteem by 7% The Revolution Will Be Digitised: how Cablegate, Facebook, Google and the regulation will shape the future Mace-in-the-face NYPD officer "broke pepper-spray rules" at Occupy Wall Street. Punishment: "loss of vacation time." Scrap metal thieves steal entire 50-foot bridge in Pennsylvania By the light of the super full moon Russian space caves on the Moon Improv Everywhere wedding Cuttlefish tricks How cats obey the laws of physics S#*@ scientists say HOWTO avoid a copyright shakedown legal threat: be famous, a politician, a cop, a soldier or a corpse Gweek 022: The Fishbone Documentary Folding utility knife that fits in your wallet Why are more people opting for legal name-changes than ever before? I, Steve: Steve Jobs In His Own Words -- exclusive preview Advice to the 1% from Lemony Snicket Laser-cut papercraft niftiness from the geared fidget-ring guy Wireless junkbot sculptural mice Subway station decorated with pixelart inspired by 8-bit games Harry Belafonte not snoozing, rather "meditating," on air Amazing "quantum levitation" superconductivity video Revised Monopoly space EU vs Facebook: Facebook's dossiers on Europeans breach EU privacy laws Trailer Tuesday: The Astro-Zombies (1968) The Willat Effect - hedonic change caused by side-by-side comparison of similar things Survivor of LRA atrocities replies to Rush Limbaugh: "My Heart Breaks" #OccupyWallSt: Luke Skywalker is the 99% Anonymous and Occupy Wall Street Proposed Australian law makes it an offense to insult Gaming Minister Michael O'Brien DHS says Anonymous wants to hack America's critical infrastructure A Duet with Siri The Revolution Will Be Digitised: how Cablegate, Facebook, Google and the regulation will shape the future
By Cory Doctorow on Oct 19, 2011 06:54 am Heather Brooke is the American-trained "data journalist" who upended British politics when she moved to the UK and began to use the UK's Freedom of Information law to prise apart the dirty secrets of power and privilege, most notably by exposing the expense cheating by Members of Parliament. Brooke's latest book is The Revolution will ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 19, 2011 04:27 am Remember Anthony Bologna, the New York police officer seen on videos pepper-spraying female Occupy Wall Street demonstrators at close range? An internal NYPD review finds that he violated departmental standards on the of pepper spray. His punishment: he will lose 10 vacation days. (via Warren Ellis)
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 19, 2011 04:18 am Construction material and indoor plumbing are common targets for scrap metal thieves who re-sell copper and steel for quick cash. But a group of scrappers in PA dared to think big: they're blamed for stealing an entire 50-foot steel bridge. More at WFMJ news. (via Ethan Zuckerman)
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Oct 19, 2011 03:46 am This photo was taken last March 19 in Cordoba, Spain. Photographer Paco Bellido captured a particularly special full moon—it appeared larger than any full moon had in 20 years. NASA explains: Full Moons vary in size because of the oval shape of the Moon's orbit. It is an ellipse with one side (perigee) about 50,000 ...
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Oct 19, 2011 03:34 am Some Russian scientists want to build a space colony inside a network of caves on the Moon. No, really. It's hard to tell, from the Reuters story, how much support this plan actually has from the people who hold the purse strings.
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By David Pescovitz on Oct 19, 2011 03:29 am What happens when the founder of Improv Everywhere marries his girlfriend, another Improv Everywhere provocateur? See above. Congrats, Charlie Todd and Cody Lindquist! "Pro Wrestler Wedding"
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Oct 19, 2011 03:08 am Marine biologist Roger Hanlon is king of the color-changing cephalopods. I've talked about him here before. In this video, narrated by NPR's Robert Krulwich, Hanlon demonstrates how much fun his job really is. Via Robert Krulwich's blog, which has more background on the camouflage gymnastics that cephalopods are capable of. Video Link
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Oct 19, 2011 02:49 am The science of adorable kitties is actually really fascinating, and more than a bit weird, says Marc Abrams, editor of the Annals of Improbable Research and the man behind the Ig Nobel prizes. In an article at The Guardian, he writes about some great moments in cat physics research. In 1969, TR Kane and MP ...
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Oct 19, 2011 02:36 am How do you define "aerosol", or "manipulation"? What about "organic", "mutant" and "confidence"? The truth is that scientists often say words that do not mean what the general public thinks they mean. And that's a problem. If you're not speaking the same language, miscommunication is inevitable. There's a new paper up in Physics Today, which ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 19, 2011 01:43 am TorrentFreak looks at the sleazy mass lawsuits brought against alleged BitTorrent users by pornographers and compiles a list of the criteria that lawyers use for deciding who to let off the hook. Your best strategy for avoiding one of these suits is to be a politician, a cop, a soldier or a corpse Besides undercover ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Oct 19, 2011 12:24 am [Video Link] In this episode of Gweek, I interviewed Chris Metzler, the co-director and co-producer of the new documentary Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone. Chris co-directed another terrific documentary a few years ago called Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea, and I interviewed Chris about it here for Boing Boing's Get Illuminated podcast. ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 19, 2011 12:09 am The CardSharp 2 from Iain Sinclair is a folding utility knife that turns into a credit-card object when it's not in use, suitable for storing in your wallet. It's a clever little design, unlike a lot of credit-card tools that leave you with a rectangle of plastic in one hand and a tool in the ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 18, 2011 11:27 pm The BBC reports that record numbers of Britons are legally changing their name by deed-poll, and speculates on the factors that account for this (escaping your past, reverting to maiden names after divorce, merging names for marriage), but they miss the big one: the fact that you can't just change what you call yourself anymore. ...
Read in browser I, Steve: Steve Jobs In His Own Words -- exclusive preview
By Mark Frauenfelder on Oct 18, 2011 10:43 pm The following Steve Jobs quotes are reprinted with permission from the new book I, Steve: Steve Jobs In His Own Words, edited by George Beahm, Agate B2. Broad-Based Education Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country... I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 18, 2011 10:20 pm Lemony Snicket has contributed 13 sharp-eyed and well-worded observations to the Occupy Writers project -- I think anyone standing in a glass tower watching the demonstrators down in Liberty Park would do well to read all 13. 1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 18, 2011 09:11 pm Last weekend at New York Comic-Con, I had the pleasure of meeting Glen from Kinekt, who made the geared fidget rings we featured back in 2010 (one of my favorite gadgets of all time!). Glen's been doing lots of clever stuff lately, including a series of laser-cut papercraft gizmos you can buy from his Etsy ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 18, 2011 08:05 pm We've featured the works of Aaron Ristau, a talented mechanical sculptor, before; his latest whimsical mechanical found-object mice are sweet and odd and lovely.
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 18, 2011 07:00 pm A Stockholm metro station has been redecorated with pixel-art inspired by classic games. They're lovely -- what a nice way to start your daily commute. (via Neatorama)
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By David Pescovitz on Oct 18, 2011 06:41 pm According to Harry Belafonte's publicist, the 84-year-old was not dozing off while waiting for his TV interview. Rather, "His earpiece wasn't working, so he decided to take the the time to meditate before the rest of his Day-O." "Harry Belafonte meditating, not sleeping, during morning interview, says rep" (EW)
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By David Pescovitz on Oct 18, 2011 06:27 pm Here's a magical demonstration of superconductivity from Tel-Aviv University. Of course, superconductors are key to the future vision for high-speed maglev trains. (Thanks, Ariel Waldman!)
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Oct 18, 2011 06:23 pm Time to revise the Luxury Tax space in Monopoly. Resolution-independent PDF here
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 18, 2011 06:05 pm An Austrian student has kicked off a movement that pits EU privacy rules against Facebook's data collection practices. Max Schrems requested a copy of the data Facebook had collected on him (which Facebook is required to provide under EU law) and found himself with more than 1,000 pages of data that demonstrated several clear breaches ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Oct 18, 2011 05:48 pm [Video Link] This 1968 piece of schlock isn't John Carradine's finest moment, but the trailer is entertaining! "The Astro-Zombies are a strange, weird, unbelievable breed of living dead in human form. Their deranged transplanted brains could only lead them to murder... watch as the Astro-Zombies attack with maniacal fury!" Listen to the Misfits and Joan ...
Read in browser The Willat Effect - hedonic change caused by side-by-side comparison of similar things
By Mark Frauenfelder on Oct 18, 2011 05:46 pm After just having read Seth Roberts' blog post about The Willat Effect (the hedonic change caused by side-by-side comparison of similar things), it was interesting to see Xeni's post about the side-by-side comparison of video shot with the iPhone 4S vs the Canon 5d MKII. I discovered the Willat Effect when my friend Carl Willat ...
Read in browser Survivor of LRA atrocities replies to Rush Limbaugh: "My Heart Breaks"
By Xeni Jardin on Oct 18, 2011 05:35 pm Following up on yesterday's BB post: here's a Video Link to a testimony by 22-year-old Evelyn Apoko. A post with more on her story at Media Matters. Here is her statement. From the website for Ms. Apoko's group, which works to help other survivors: When she was just a little girl, Evelyn Apoko was abducted ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 18, 2011 05:29 pm Photoshopper unknown. Via Brandon Neely.
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 18, 2011 05:24 pm The Real Role Of Anonymous In Occupy Wall Street: "Anonymous has caught the attention of the media--and even Homeland Security--with its biggest contribution to Occupy Wall Street: hype. But, so far, the amorphous, leaderless hacktivist movement has disappointed anyone expecting full-on revolution from a Guy Fawkes-masked army or a massive cyber attack." (Fast Company)
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 18, 2011 05:09 pm The state of Victoria, Australia is considering legislation making it an offense to "assault, obstruct, hinder, threaten, abuse, insult or intimidate" the state's Gaming Minister Michael O'Brien or his staff. Laws against insulting government ministers are not customary in liberal democracies, a fact that has not escaped the opposition in Victoria's Parliament: State Labor has ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 18, 2011 04:41 pm At Wired Threat Level, Kim Zetter parses a recently-leaked DHS memo that effectively brands Anonymous as a domestic terrorist organization.
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 18, 2011 04:37 pm [Video Link, by Jonathan Mann, via Sean Bonner.]
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