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Meet Japanese "human beatboxer" Hikakin (and prepare to be blown away by his video game theme remakes) Was Jesus intersex? AOL quits Rush, "working on" removing ads Two more Tibetan women die in self-immolation protests against Chinese rule eBook review: Half Way Home Video: What's it like to go face-to-face with a lioness? Copyfighting rapper Dan Bull to record industry: Bye Bye BPI Underwater dog photographer's non-profit TOM THE DANCING BUG: The Lorax Speaks for the Trees, and Now the SUVs Video: 93yo gentleman plays "As Time Goes By" on harmonica Video: dog plays piano, sings Hand-designed wild-west whiskey bottles need a home Behold! FWD, a new tech blog at Buzzfeed Canadian music labels demand keys to the Internet Sony Xperia S reviewed Woman treated after pop tart attack Stolen bench found in shed Woman jailed after "dressing as boy" for sex and fraud UK police/spies colluded with giant construction firms to build illegal blacklist database of whistleblowers, trade-unionists Argentine bamboo bikes Advertiser: we won't reinstate our ads with Rush Limbaugh, even though he's apologized Handbook explaining your electronic privacy rights at the Canadian border from the BCCLA Unusual spare tire cover What it's like to wear a brain-stimulating "thinking cap" Meet Japanese "human beatboxer" Hikakin (and prepare to be blown away by his video game theme remakes)
By Xeni Jardin on Mar 05, 2012 12:48 pm Video Link to a short feature on the very popular "human sound machine" Hikakin, who has a growing following within and beyond his native Japan. His YouTube channel is here, and well worth a subscribe. Below, his take on the Donkey Kong theme song.
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By David Pescovitz on Mar 05, 2012 12:43 pm Was Jesus intersex? Dr. Susannah Cornwall of Manchester University's Lincoln Theological Institute suggests this in a paper titled "Intersex and Ontology: A Response to The Church, Women Bishops and Provision." The Telegraph wrote about the paper and, shocker!, a controversy ensued. The Telegraph followed up the article with a blog post by Rev Dr. Peter ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Mar 05, 2012 12:40 pm AOL is the latest advertiser to bail on radio host Rush Limbaugh following his description of activist Sandra Fluke as as a "slut" and "prostitute". Reuters' Anthony De Rosa cites an AOL source as saying it's "working on" removing Rush-linked promotions from the site. It's strange to think of website so vast and operationally complicated ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Mar 05, 2012 12:31 pm The deaths this weekend of two Tibetan women bring the total number of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire in western China since March 2011 to at least 24. More than 16 are said to have died, in desperate acts of protest against oppression by Chinese authorities. On Sunday, Rinchen, 32-year-old widow and mother ...
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By Jason Weisberger on Mar 05, 2012 12:20 pm Last week, in the comments for a review of the Wool 1-5 Omnibus, commenter Jon recommended Hugh Howey's full length novel Half Way Home. Jon described it as: "Fantastic author. If you like Wool, make sure you read his full length novel, Half Way Home. He describes it as Lord of the Flies meets Alien." ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Mar 05, 2012 12:19 pm [Video Link] National Geographic wildlife photographer Mattias Klum tells a funny story about the day a lioness got a little too close. He was lying on the ground near her in an effort to get a good shot. "I like the perspective, it's like, in her realm," Klum recalls, "I'm not in a platform, or ...
Read in browser Copyfighting rapper Dan Bull to record industry: Bye Bye BPI
By Cory Doctorow on Mar 05, 2012 12:13 pm Copyfighting nerd rapper Dan Bull's latest track is "Bye Bye BPI." He created the video by asking his musician Facebook fans to submit photos of themselves holding messages to the British Phonographic Institute (the UK equivalent of the RIAA or IFPI). Here's Thomas "CommandLine" Gideon commenting on Bull's astonishing production process: It is astonishing how ...
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By David Pescovitz on Mar 05, 2012 12:13 pm Seth Casteel, the photographer of the fantastic "underwater dogs" photo series that went from viral sensation all the way to Good Morning America, says he's delighted that the attention has driven donations to his nonprofit, Second Chance Photos. The org's goal is to improve the photos of animals at shelters to increase adoption rates. Seth ...
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By Ruben Bolling on Mar 05, 2012 12:11 pm RECOMMEND: Visit the TOM THE DANCING BUG WEBSITE, and follow RUBEN BOLLING on TWITTER.
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By Xeni Jardin on Mar 05, 2012 12:04 pm Video Link. A medley of great songs, played in the kitchen. (thanks, Joe Sabia)
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By Xeni Jardin on Mar 05, 2012 12:02 pm Sergei Barkmaninoff. (thanks, Joe Sabia)
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 05, 2012 11:50 am Marty Halpern sez, "Help me find a home for my father's (he passed away in 1998, my mother passed away this past October) hand-designed Wild West whiskey bottle collection. By 'hand-designed' I mean my father designed the bottles himself. The home would hopefully be in Southern California to avoid packing and shipping these 30-odd full-size ...
Read in browser Behold! FWD, a new tech blog at Buzzfeed
By Rob Beschizza on Mar 05, 2012 11:33 am Matt Buchanan and John W. Herrman started a new tech blog, FWD. Early delights include Herrman on why we sound so dumb when we talk about communications; Buchanan on the ever-increasing importance of software; and Mike Hayes on Sam Spratt's fantastic Facebook Timeline banners. Also, did you know that the secret to successful consumer technology ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 05, 2012 10:16 am Michael Geist sez, "Last week I wrote about the astonishing demands of the Canadian music industry as it seeks a massive overhaul of Bill C-11, the copyright reform bill. The Canadian Independent Music Association is seeking changes to the enabler provision that would create liability risk for social networking sites, search engines, blogging platforms, video ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Mar 05, 2012 09:38 am Vlad Savov reviews Sony's Xperia S for The Verge. With a 1280x720 display, 12 megapixel camera and a dual-core CPU, it's the company's first major new design since buying out Sony-Ericsson. How does it do? The Xperia S isn't a bad phone, it's just not particularly good at any one thing. I find this disappointing ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Mar 05, 2012 09:24 am A Lycoming County woman was treated recently for injuries sustained from being slapped with a pop tart. The Muncy resident, 51, was involved in a "verbal altercation" with her 11-year-old son, during which he struck her with the rectangular, pre-baked toaster pastry. [hyprstryke via Copyranter and This Isn't Happiness]
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By Rob Beschizza on Mar 05, 2012 09:11 am Anders Larsson of Pulman's Weekly News reports that a park bench recently missing from its usual spot in was found in a shed in Colyton, England. A local man launched a private investigation and ultimately located the seat "not too far from where it had been stolen from," said parish council clark Liz Berry. Locals ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Mar 05, 2012 08:48 am Autistic Gemma Barker, 19, dressed as a boy to seduce other girls, one as young as 15. She was charged with sexual assault and jailed for nearly three years. If only she'd been a teacher raping students—she'd have only gotten 16 months.
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 04, 2012 09:26 pm Today's lead story in the Observer is a maddening and excellent investigative piece revealing that for three decades, the UK's biggest construction companies worked with British police and spy-agencies to build illegal dossiers on whistle-blowers who complained about unsafe working conditions and trade-unionists. The victims of these investigations -- thousands of them -- were economically ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 04, 2012 07:14 pm krusty_ar sez, "This guy on my town (Rosario, Argentina) is selling hand made bamboo bicycles. He claims the process uses 10% the energy used to make a regular bike."
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 04, 2012 05:09 pm David Friend, CEO of the company Carbonite (which makes backup software), explains why his company won't be reinstating its advertising on the Rush Limbaugh show. Carbonite was one of the advertisers that pulled its Limbaugh dollars after the radio host described a law student a "slut" and a "prostitute" for testifying on the cost of ...
Read in browser Handbook explaining your electronic privacy rights at the Canadian border from the BCCLA
By Cory Doctorow on Mar 04, 2012 03:48 pm Greg from the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association sez, "The BCCLA is releasing its 'Electronic Devices Privacy Handbook' (PDF) on Monday. It's a know-your-rights guide and a how-to manual designed to help you keep your data and devices secure when you cross the border into Canada. If you're in Vancouver, BC, handbook author Greg McMullen ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Mar 04, 2012 02:37 pm I didn't hang around to ask.
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 04, 2012 01:20 pm Science writer Sally Adee provides some background on her New Scientist article describing her experience with a DARPA program that uses targeted electrical stimulation of the brain during training exercises to induce "flow states" and enhance learning. The "thinking cap" is something like the tasp of science fiction, and the experimental evidence for it as ...
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