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Fan video for Jonathan Coulton's "Down Today" made from public domain ballooning footage When human beings are asked to monitor computers, disaster ensues Steampunk Lego dino, with a backstory 2012 Hugo Award nominees announced How to sell Nokia Lumias Playing a delightful tune on teacups The death of arcades Fan video for Jonathan Coulton's "Down Today" made from public domain ballooning footage
By Cory Doctorow on Apr 08, 2012 12:53 pm Craig sez, "This is a music video I've edited for the song 'Down Today' by Jonathan Coulton (from his 2011 album, 'Artificial Heart,' produced by John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants) using footage from public domain films mostly found on Archive.org. 'No! No! A Thousand Times No!! - a 1935 Fleischer Studio animated short ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Apr 08, 2012 11:36 am Ashwin Parameswaran's "People Make Poor Monitors for Computers" is a fascinating look at (and indictment of) the way we design automation systems with human fallbacks. Our highly automated, highly reliable systems -- the avionics in planes, for example -- are designed with to respond well to all the circumstances the designers can imagine, and use ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Apr 08, 2012 09:15 am Mark Stafford's "Steam-Dinos" is a Lego fantasy with its own backstory: "A spiffing way to go to war I decided as we powered through the veldt. Mr. Roberson's patented Triterrortops steam powered terrible lizard replica was performing above the expectations it has been set by His Majesties Royal Calvalry Corp. My report to the Generals ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Apr 08, 2012 01:24 am Last night saw the announcement of the 2012 nominees for science fiction's prestigious Hugo Award. It's a particularly fine ballot, reflecting a record number of nominating ballots (wisdom of the crowds and all that). Included on the ballot are our own moderator Avram (as part of the team that publishes The New York Review of ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Apr 07, 2012 10:55 pm Here's the iPhone upgrade "choose model" page AT&T just gave me. Oh, carriers!
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By Cory Doctorow on Apr 07, 2012 03:00 pm There's not much detail in the description for this video, but the performance speaks for itself. The Professional Tea Boy (Thanks, myiosprinter!)
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By Rob Beschizza on Apr 07, 2012 01:44 pm Kyle Orland traces the long, slow decline of the American arcade, from cultural phenomenon to background noise at pizza parlors and movie theater lobbies—a fate that may be compared to the thriving scenes abroad. [Ars]
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