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SF flash fiction from Gaiman, Moorcock, Westerfeld, Ann Vandermeer, Gene Wolfe and others US Marines' "SS" flag Whitney Houston dead at 48 Marvel/Disney wages petty, vicious war against Ghost Rider creator Pictures from Berlin's anti-ACTA protest Video explains cricket Functional bathtub made from books Walt Disney's "secret" Disneyland apartment Google Book Scan glitches as accidental art Faithfully replicating a World of Warcraft realm in Minecraft at 1:1 scale Casting call for the video of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit Republican in Washington State legislature delivers emotional address in support of gay marriage SF flash fiction from Gaiman, Moorcock, Westerfeld, Ann Vandermeer, Gene Wolfe and others
By Cory Doctorow on Feb 12, 2012 01:00 pm Greg sez, "Check out this collection of all-new flash fiction from some huge names -- Neil Gaiman, Lev Grossman, Scott Westerfeld, Michael Moorcock, Gene Wolfe, N.K Jemisin, IO9 contributing editor Ann VanderMeer, and tons more -- based around a fantastically monstrous illustration by Las Vegas artist Jeremy Zerfoss. It's fun, quick to browse through, combines ...
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By David Pescovitz on Feb 12, 2012 05:33 am Probably not the best choice of font for the flag of the US Marine Corps Scout Snipers. From CNN: The Marine Corps said it became aware of the photo last November and the local command investigated, but found it not to be racially motivated, according to a statement released by a Marine Corps spokesman, Lt. ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Feb 12, 2012 02:15 am Reuters reports that the most award-winning songstress of all time died today: "A Beverly Hills police officer told reporters at a briefing that emergency assistance received a call from the Beverly Hilton at around 3:20 p.m. PST, and the singer was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m."
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 11, 2012 10:17 pm This much is certain: Gary Friedrich created the Marvel comics character Ghost Rider. Freidrich sued Marvel (and its new owners, Disney) because he claims that he never signed away the rights to his character, and thus the feature film based on the comic was illegal. Freidrich also apparently launched his own, rival line of authorized ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 11, 2012 09:29 pm Walt74 sez, "Today about 10.000 people protested the ACTA treaty in Berlin, people in whole Germany went on the streets, 50.000 altogether. Here are my pics from the protests in Berlin." Did you get pics at your local ACTA march? Post them to the comments! ACTA-Demo Berlin, 11.2.2012 (Thanks, Walt74!)
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By Rob Beschizza on Feb 11, 2012 08:21 pm I've never seen anyone fringe the ring quite like that before. [Jiskefet via Reddit]
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 11, 2012 07:17 pm Back in 2008, the blog Who Cares About That? wrote about Vanessa Mancini's project to build a functional sculpture: a bathtub made from deconstructed books fitted together and then sealed so that one could "bathe in knowledge." It's a beautiful artifact, though I can't find any evidence that it was ever finished. If you know ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 11, 2012 06:13 pm Walt and Lilian Disney's daughter Diane talks to the Huffington Post about her parents' "secret apartment" over the firehouse on Disneyland's Main Street, USA. The apartment, decorated by a film production designer called Emile Kuri, was a private haven for the Disneys during the construction of Disneyland, and remained so after its completion. The apartment ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 11, 2012 05:02 pm The Art of Google Books is a Tumblr devoted to "Captured mark of the hand and digitization as rephotography" -- that is, collecting examples of accidental art generated by scanning glitches from the Google Books program. Shown here: "Digitally severed maps, half in color and half in black and white. From various pages of
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 11, 2012 03:55 pm Here's a MMO-Champion thread in which Ramsesakama sets out to recreate the World of Warcraft realm of Kalimdor in the maker-friendly game/environment Minecraft, in faithful 1:1 scale. Using procedural tools and a lot of skull-sweat, the task is undertaken, with awfully fabulous results. I'm trying to create a replica of Kalimdor in Minecraft, and I ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 11, 2012 02:50 pm Here's the casting-call poster for Samuel Bayer's video for Nirvana's iconic 1991 anthem, Smells Like Teen Spirit. It asks (unpaid?) extras to be prepared to "adopt a high-school personna (sic), i.e. preppy, punk, nerd, jock..." Here's a link to the finished product, though it's not working for me at the moment. Nirvana Video Casting (via ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 11, 2012 01:44 pm Here's Washington State rep Maureen Walsh, a Republican, explaining to her colleagues why her she was breaking with the party line and voting in favor of same-sex marriage. It's an emotional, moving address, and Walsh, together with one of her GOP colleagues, helped carry the motion, paving the way for legalizing same-sex marriage in Washington ...
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