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By Mark Frauenfelder on Mar 08, 2012 12:59 pm [Video Link] Here's a new PES stop-motion video, called "Fresh Guacamole." I love the magic of PES' videos. New PES videoFireworks stop-motion animation by PESPES animations: Human Skateboard and FireworksNew stop-motion short by PESStop-motion battle film by PesFireworks animation by PesFunny yule log screensaver from PES filmsStop motion film by PES: Western SpaghettiStop motion film ...
Read in browser Los Galgos Guapos ("The Handsome Hounds"): photo-essay on greyhound rescue in Tijuana
By Xeni Jardin on Mar 08, 2012 12:56 pm Photojournalist (and author) Erin Siegal has a wonderful photo-essay up on the The Reuters Photographers Blog about "Fast Friends," a group that adopts/rescues "retiring" greyhound dogs that have been used in racing in Tijuana, Mexico. On Erin's personal blog, there are more photos that didn't fit in. What beautiful creatures.
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By David Pescovitz on Mar 08, 2012 12:47 pm These lovely conjoined tortoises are on exhibit in Kiev, Ukraine. From the Los Angeles Times: Dmitry Tkachev, who organized the Kiev exhibition where the tortoise is on display, told Russian state media that the two heads cannot see each other. "Each has its own character, so they often want to crawl in different directions," he ...
Read in browser Man busted at grocery for "criminal mischief with the cheese"
By David Pescovitz on Mar 08, 2012 12:41 pm This gentleman, Blake Oren Robinson, was arrested at a grocery store for "committing criminal mischief with the cheese," according to an Iowa City police criminal complaint. Robinson was apparently caught on video stealing beer, chips, and a jar of Tostitos Salsa Con Queso Medium Cheese. He reportedly went into the restroom to enjoy his snack ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Mar 08, 2012 12:33 pm Via ComicsAlliance blog, news that 'Life With Archie' features a character with breast cancer in this month's new issue. "That character is Cheryl Blossom, the redheaded spoiler in Betty and Veronica's love triangle with Archie." More in an Associated Press item here. As an authority on the subject, I can tell you the artist definitely ...
Read in browser Shark cartilage may contain toxin linked to Alzheimer's, ALS
By Xeni Jardin on Mar 08, 2012 12:13 pm If the cruelty involved in obtaining it isn't reason enough: Shark cartilage, a supplement hyped for purported use as a cancer preventive, joint-health aid, and other unsubstantiated health claims, "may contain a neurotoxin that has been linked with Alzheimer's and Lou Gehrig's disease."
Read in browser Nurse's Aide in Oregon convicted of Facebooking photos of patients and their bedpans
By Xeni Jardin on Mar 08, 2012 12:11 pm A nurse's aide in Oregon has been convicted of taking photos of hospital patients, and their bedpans, and posting them to Facebook. Her sentence includes an order from the judge to write a thousand-word "insightful" apology to a patient.
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By Xeni Jardin on Mar 08, 2012 12:06 pm Use Twitter? Don't give a crap about the annual shindig in Austin? Eliminate references to SXSW from your Twitter stream.
Read in browser Your tax dollars at work: Afghan Air Force used as "flying drug mules"
By Xeni Jardin on Mar 08, 2012 11:57 am Spencer Ackerman at Danger Room on reports (utterly shocking reports!) that Afghanistan's military uses its US-bought aircraft to transport drugs throughout the country. At a cost of nearly $2 billion for two years' worth of building the Afghan Air Force, the U.S. inadvertently purchased a more convenient mechanism for trafficking opium and weapons than Afghanistan's ...
Read in browser Anonymous rocked by revelation that top LulzSec hacker was FBI snitch
By Xeni Jardin on Mar 08, 2012 11:48 am Quinn Norton has an excellent piece over at Wired:Threat Level on the reactions within "Anonymous" to the news that LulzSec frontman "Sabu" (photo above) was collaborating with the FBI. Kim Zetter's take on the arrests and secret plea deals is here. LulzSec frontman Sabu was FBI informant, fed Stratfor docs to ... Report: LulzSec members ...
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By Jason Weisberger on Mar 08, 2012 11:40 am Saturday March 10th presents an SF Bay area tradition: the 2012 Run for the Seals. Starting at Rodeo Beach, in the Marin Headlands, and making a 4 mile loop around the lagoon and through some very picturesque sea-side former military base. I am pretty sure you'll find me there with my daughter, 3 dogs and ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Mar 08, 2012 11:21 am Rush Limbaugh wasn't the only one who had something to say about Georgetown Law School student Sandra Fluke's testimony before Congress. Here's a sampling of the conservative media's persuasive and reasoned arguments against Fluke's testimony, courtesy of Alternet: -Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin denounced Fluke as a "femme-agogu tool." -The right-wing site Jawa Report illustrated ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 08, 2012 11:14 am Reminder: tickets are going fast for ORGCon 2012 in London on March 24: speakers include Larry Lessig, Wendy Seltzer, Ross Anderson, Tim Lowenthal and me.
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Mar 08, 2012 11:07 am In about 45 minutes, this embedded video will come to life with a live stream from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where researchers and staff are celebrating International Women's Day with a series of discussions about women in the space program. There is several hours of programming planned. You can see the full schedule on ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 08, 2012 11:02 am Colombian Redditor nhg92 created this robotic Metroid arm-cannon that can be used as a Wii controller and a costume accessory. The underlying components are "big glue containers, balsa, polystyrene and foam sheets," and the game functionality was an afterthought inspired by the visual success of the prop. How I like to play Metroid Prime (imgur.com) ...
Read in browser iZombie books 2 and 3: stylish comedy-horror comic goes from strength to strength
By Cory Doctorow on Mar 08, 2012 10:33 am Last March, I reviewed the first iZombie collection, a new series of stylish, fun horror/comedy comics from Chris Roberson and Michael Allred. The series' premise is that Gwen Dylan is a recently risen zombie who isn't a mindless revenant, but rather is in full possession of her faculties, and will remain so, for so long ...
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Mar 08, 2012 10:33 am Good news! You can now earn a certification in piracy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One of the first crop of official pirates, Jacob Hurwitz, showed up for his interview with the Boston Globe "wearing a pirate hat, eye patch, earring, knickers, and a stuffed parrot on his shoulder." So you know it's official. ...
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By Avi Solomon on Mar 08, 2012 10:18 am Timothy Pachirat, Assistant Professor of Politics at The New School for Social Research and the author of Every Twelve Seconds, is not the first to see industrialized violence and political analogues in the slaughterhouse. But rather than write an exposé, he took a job at one to see how it works from the perspective of ...
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Mar 08, 2012 10:16 am Here's a sentence I never expected to type: You should really read the Grand Forks Herald's review of The Olive Garden. This is in North Dakota, for those not familiar. With almost 100,000 people in the metro area, it's the third-largest city in the state. It recently got its first Olive Garden and critic Marilyn ...
Read in browser Django Django - "Default" (MP3 download)
By Amy Seidenwurm on Mar 08, 2012 10:14 am Sound it Out # 20: Django Django - "Default" I'm just nuts about Django Django. I could give you a bunch of biographical facts about them meeting at a Scottish art school and writing songs in apartments, but really what I want to say is THIS BAND IS SPECIAL and THEIR RECORD IS WORTH YOUR ...
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By Jason Weisberger on Mar 08, 2012 10:06 am As I've been reading a lot of eBooks lately, one thing I've noticed is that there are certainly themes in the type of eBook it seems popular to write and publish. "WHOA! I've got magical powers!" seems to be a popular one and there are not as many variants on it as I might like. ...
Read in browser Disturbing and poignant video about a self-aware robot tests game-engine's limitations
By Cory Doctorow on Mar 08, 2012 09:55 am Kara, a disturbing short film about a self-aware robot, was made by games studio Quantic Dream to demonstrate the "expressive power" of the PS3's graphics. In order to sidestep the limitations of animating human characters (the so-called, contentious "uncanny valley"), the creators made a story about a newborn, intelligent robot -- a character that is ...
Read in browser James Cameron will ride this submersible to the deepest point in the ocean
By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Mar 08, 2012 09:51 am Meet the Deepsea Challenger, a one-man submersible craft capable of withstanding pressures at the deepest point in the ocean—Challenger Deep in the Pacific's Mariana Trench. Sometime in the next few weeks, this sub will carry filmmaker James Cameron into the Challenger Deep. He'll become the third human to visit that place, and the first since ...
Read in browser Danish trade minister and ACTA booster apologise for bogus piracy numbers
By Cory Doctorow on Mar 08, 2012 05:16 am Here's a clip of a Danish TV show discussing ACTA, which Denmark has fiercely advocated in favor of. It starts with the head of a rightsholder society and the Danish trade minister quoting dodgy statistics about the extent and cost of piracy, and then demonstrates that these statistics are patently false, and finally, brings out ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Mar 08, 2012 02:07 am Louis Vuitton is well-known for its abusive trademark enforcement, but its latest legal adventure is unbelievable. The luxury goods company threatened the University of Pennsylvania Law School after a student group parodied the LV monogram on a poster for a trademark law symposium. "This egregious action is not only a serious willful infringement and knowingly ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Mar 08, 2012 01:24 am This philanthropic grantspeak generator will help you celebrate humanitarian advisory committees. [via Felix Salmon]
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 08, 2012 12:27 am Jaroslaw Lipszyc sez, "Modern Poland Foundation organizes crowdfunded contest for the best work on the Future of Copyright. Idea is simple: the bigger the prize, the more attention contest will get and more participants will be attracted. All works participating need to be published on the web under free license, so we can all use ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 08, 2012 12:23 am Maher Arar, a Canadian who was rendered to Syria for years of brutal torture on the basis of bad information from Canada's intelligence agencies, writes in Prism about the revelation that Canadian public safety minister Vic Toews has given Canadian intelligence agencies and police the green light to use information derived from torture in their ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Mar 07, 2012 11:40 pm After all the fuss about Lytro's 'focus in post' camera—and the bathos of its low-quality results—Canon's EOS 5D Mark III is something of an antidote. It has a 22.3 megapixel full-frame sensor, 61-point autofocus (like the 1D), 6fps burst shooting and an ISO range of 100 to 25,600. Dual memory card slots (Compact Flash and ...
Read in browser Kony 2012: a viral mess
By Xeni Jardin on Mar 07, 2012 11:25 pm (Photo: The Kony 2012/Invisible Children guys posing with SPLA soldiers on the Sudan-Congo border in April 2008. Photograph by Glenna Gordon.) Mark Kersten at Justice in Conflict on the Kony 2012/Invisible Children video everyone's going crazy over today: It is hard to respect any documentary on northern Uganda where a five year-old white boy features ...
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