Watchismo Vintage & Modern Horology - Our watches will improve your self esteem by 7% Gweek podcast episode 025: Michael Kupperman Bug report: "Simultaneous cat and external keyboard input causing kernel panic" Any Chevrolet Volt Drivers Out There? Korg expands monotron lineup Smash TV's Skinemax Insanity Best Buy was worst buy for Brits Cyborg yeast Codex Seraphinianus: semi-licit copy of a semi-legendary book of the weird Occupy Wall Street: "Don't Worry" (sign in Brighton, UK) In Stereo banners from LPs Free nerdy crochet patterns: Nerdigurumi! 3D printed exploratory spiders Slicing stuff with a sword, the modern samurai way Pirate Party mysteriously barred from exhibiting at Sweden's Gamex Highrise: a documentary built with WebGL and other open standards Gweek podcast episode 025: Michael Kupperman
By Mark Frauenfelder on Nov 07, 2011 01:00 pm In this episode of Gweek, Ruben Bolling and I are joined by the cartoonist and illustrator Michael Kupperman, who has a hilarious new book out, called Mark Twain's Autobiography 1910-2010. Ruben interviewed Michael about his work and then the three of us went on to talk about the folllowing things: I got rid of my ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 07, 2011 12:51 pm From the annals of epic bug reports, "Simultaneous cat and external keyboard input causing kernel panic": I encountered a kernel panic with the 3.1.0 kernel on a Dell Latitude E6410 while inputting simultaneously from the integrated keyboard with a cat and from the external keyboard myself. I was trying to type my password with the ...
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By Advertiser on Nov 07, 2011 12:48 pm ADVERTISEMENT The Chevy Volt is getting a lot of attention these days, and if you drive a Volt, you are, too! Volt drivers say they're constantly getting stopped at grocery stores and cornered in parking lots by curious onlookers wanting to know how the Volt works. Surely, you can relate. What is your Volt story? ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Nov 07, 2011 12:45 pm Korg, maker of miniature synthesizers such as the Monotron and Monotribe, have two more analog pocket-synths for me to noodle around with for 20 minutes then put in a drawer: the Monotron Duo and Monotron Delay. The Delay (above) is great for spacey 1970s-style explorations, while the Duo (below) has two oscillators. Play both videos ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Nov 07, 2011 12:32 pm Skinemax, described as "Koyaanisqatsi for a generation raised on late night television and B-movie VHS tapes," stars Kurt Russell. [Video Link]
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By Rob Beschizza on Nov 07, 2011 12:26 pm Google Books' scan of Edward Spitzka's book, "Insanity", includes this interesting page concerning involuntary constriction of the pupils, disturbances in the flow of words, and how patients distort letterforms when writing insane documents. [Thanks, Joel!]
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By Rob Beschizza on Nov 07, 2011 12:10 pm Best Buy Europe, jointly owned by Best Buy and the U.K.'s Carphone Warehouse, is to close all its "big box" stores in Britain: "Since 2008, the consumer electronics marketplace has changed substantially." [Digital Spy]
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By Rob Beschizza on Nov 07, 2011 11:59 am From Jason Palmer at the BBC: "a comparatively simple means to take control of fantastically complex biochemical processes."
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 07, 2011 04:04 am Codex Seraphinianus is a much-sought-after, very weird book, now available as a free (slightly dodgy) scanned (low-rez) download via the Internet Archive: "The Codex Seraphinianus is a book written and illustrated by the Italian artist, architect and industrial designer Luigi Serafini during thirty months, from 1976 to 1978. The book is approximately 360 pages long ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Nov 06, 2011 09:34 pm via Bob Jaroc: "Spotted in an alleyway over the road from my flat in brighton."
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 06, 2011 08:56 pm From How to Be a Retronaut, a "Stereo Stack" anthology: 4,000+ pixels of "In Stereo" logos from LP jackets, ganked from the Stereo Stack site. Stereo Stack
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 06, 2011 02:52 pm Mneptok sez, "Nerdigurumi offers up free amigurumi crochet patterns for whimsically serious alpha geeks." Nerdigurumi - Free Amigurumi Crochet Patterns with love for the Nerdy (Thanks, Mneptok!)
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 06, 2011 02:48 pm Fraunhofer's 3D printed exploration spiders are intended for use "as an exploratory tool in environments that are too hazardous for humans, or too difficult to get to." They use hydraulic bellows to execute advanced maneuvers, including jumping: With its long extremities, the spider has a range of ways to get around. Some models can even ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 06, 2011 02:45 pm In this clip, a "modern samurai" called Isao Machii efficient slices a large variety of challenging objects in twain with his sword, including a round fired from a nearby pellet-gun. It's pretty astounding stuff. Modern Samurai Isao Machii - Japanese (english edit) (via Reddit)
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 06, 2011 02:43 pm Sweden's Pirate Party says it was avidly courted by the sales staff for Gamex, the largest games conference in the country. The party bought a booth and went to some expense arranging to have it decorated and staffed. At the last minute, Gamex mysteriously banned the Pirate Party from exhibiting at the show, saying the ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 06, 2011 02:39 pm Brett sez, "What does citizenship mean in a transnational, globalised context? One Millionth Tower, the latest strand of the multi-media, multi- award-winning HIGHRISE project from National Film Board of Canada, teams a group of highrise residents in Toronto with architects and animators to re-imagine their surroundings and transform their dilapidated highrise neighbourhood into a vibrant, ...
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