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online video killed the …

Fiat Cinque Tank - 500 tank ftw. i want one! gotta love the smirk on the drivers faces.

Jason Jones: Behind the Veil - The Complete Saga - "Jason Jones's reports from Iran taught us so much about Persia and its people. For example, I'd been under the impression that Iran was a Scandinavian nation where the citizens traveled everywhere on pogo-sticks and subsisted solely on bumblebee pie. Turns out at least half of that is untrue." in case you missed this, watch it now.

Video: 8-bit arcade classics are back, in Lego form - "Lego Arcade, by YouTube user MlCHAELHlCKOX, whose Lego/game obsession goes back several years to his original Lego Marios"

Origins of the Moonwalk - "As some people already know, a dance move called the moonwalk (a.k.a. backslide) had been existed before it became the "moonwalk". The video features the ancient moonwalkers and other greats who possibly influenced MJ's style of dancing." wer hats erfunden?

Operation Midnight Climax - Episode 1- What's In The Bottle? - "The year is 1953 and the CIA has just been formed. We meet Jake Kowalski (Quinton Flynn) and his Army buddy Reed Spencer (Todd Cahoon) in an undisclosed location where Jake, now a CIA spook, tells Reed about the government's MKULTRA campaign and the covert plans to administor LSD to unsuspecting brothel patrons while they are "filmed for research purposes", behind two-way mirrors." cia lsd wtf

Winston Churchill backed by band from the future - "Churchill gives a dazzling rendition of his 1941 proclamation, aided by wayward time travelers."

Gay Geeks Stage WOW Pride Parade - "Judging from this video of a well-attended gay pride parade set in "World of Warcraft" land, when avatars get down, they don't always get down opposite" i dont think i know one gay wow player… sadly.

Dancing Inmate's Michael Jackson tribute - "A tribute performed by 1,500 CPDRC Inmates on June 27, 2009 in memory of Michael Jackson."

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Celebrities Upside Down Pictures - "Photoshop celebrities and politicians upside down while their face stays intact"

You've been Tangoed: Ginger tom upstages David Dimbleby on BBC Question Time - "As David Dimbleby and the panel yakked on about political issues, proceedings were suddenly enlivened by the unexpected arrival of a cat. And no one was more surprised than the ginger tom's owner Jackie Ellery, who was watching at home when her missing pet appeared."

TweetCraft - "TweetCraft is an in-game Twitter client for World of Warcraft." PC only as far as i can tell.

Giving up my iPod for a Walkman - "When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a Walkman for a week." and 30 years from now, a teenager will review the ipod with just as many questions.

Get tooled up for guerilla gardening - "Next time you see a well-heeled couple stopping to dig through their bags, look again – things might not be what they seem. You could be witnessing a pair of guerilla gardeners engaged in their covert battle to plant flowers and vegetables in neglected urban spaces. It can be illegal, so campaign members are often forced to hide their work."

Michael Jackson First Artist to Sell Over 1 Million Downloads in a Single Week - "As Michael Jackson’s body is being prepared for transport to a public viewing at the Neverland Ranch, his music rules the charts once again."

Pirate Bay to sell to private company, go legit - "OK, that's weird. - OK, that's kind of ominous and interesting."

Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde Discusses the Site’s Future - "On the day that The Pirate Bay announced that they will be sold to a commercial company for $7.8 million, Tomas Wennström secured an audio interview with TPB spokesman Peter Sunde." everything has been said about this. i just shut up and sulk.

My dirty weekend in Glastonbury's Hippy Land - "We sent the most anti-festival (and anti-music, anti-mud, anti-dancing) writer we could find to Glastonbury. Did the Green Fields work their magic?" please dont miss the hilarious photo set.

Taking the Michael Jackson thing a bit too far… [PIC] - "This is actually disturbing if real."

laboratory tests of vegan restaurants in la - "Is your vegan food really vegan? We pull out all the stops to test 17 LA area vegan restaurants for non-vegan ingredients, and to find out why seven of them failed miserably." i worked in a “vegetarian” restaurant once where they used gelatine.

Stweet - "Stweet is a mix of street and twitt, offering a real new way to discover geolocalised twitts from Twitter on a Google Street View panorama."

James Barnett - Paintings of Video Games - "A series of landscapes painted from video games. These aren't from screenshots I found online; I navigated around inside of each of the games until I found a composition I liked, and then made a painting of it."

Orioto - Mikaël Aguirre - same as above, but better.

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red currants are in season. our tree is going nuts and has produced tons of berries. its a lot of work, but hey, so worth it. besides syrup and jam this is our favorite recipe.

red currant tart w. meringuage

the crust

200 g flour
pinch of salt
100 g cold butter
2 - 3 spoons of sugar
lemon peel
1 egg

pour flour and salt into a bowl. add the butter in small flakes. knead this until the paste gets smooth. add the sugar and the lemon peel. beat the egg and add it into the dough. mix it quickly. put the dough into the fridge for 30 m.

spread the dough on a baking tray. with a fork punch wholes into it. at 220 degree celsius bake it for 20 min. or till golden brown. let cool for a moment.

meringuage

2 egg whites
pinch of salt
100 g. sugar

(we usually do it with 1 egg, just half all ingredients, which is perfectly fine)

beat the egg white with the salt until it holds itself up in the form. add half of the sugar and continue mixing till the mixture gets a shiny texture. then add the rest of the sugar quickly.

500 g red currants

mix half the meringuage with the berries. spread onto the crust. bake this for a few minutes. then design the top of the berries with the meringuage. bake for another few minutes or until light brown. done.

teh glorious interweb as it got stuck in my camino tabs this past week - the edited version.

MJ R.I.P.

24hourbilliejean - “The image above is 24 Hour Billie Jean, an animated gif of Michael Jackson doing the dancey bit on the flashy pavement in the video for Billie Jean. Except really really really stretched out so it lasts for 24 hours.” someone watched it for 24 hours.

moonwalk burial - his burial has to happen like this.

How Michael Jackson's death shut down Twitter, overwhelmed Google… and 'killed off' Jeff Goldblum - "The internet came alive like never before as people around the world logged on to follow the stunning news of Michael Jackson's death."

5 Year-Old Twins Sing Michael Jackson - "Bad" karaoke video recorded at Disney MGM Studios in July of 1987."

online video killed the …

Horrible and Yet Wonderful Local Commercial - "I want you to understand the bigness of our store"

Police officer caught on camera dancing, hilarious!! - "even cops need to let their funk out!"

Five People - another brilliant ze frank video — i say that just about every week, don't i?

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The rise of Hate 2.0 - "The number of hate and terrorist websites has increased by a third in the past year, according to the Simon Wiesenthal Center."

Culture Jamming On The London Tube - i like the one, that says "Caution: Don't Despair"

Habitat sorry for Iran Tweeting - "Furniture store Habitat has apologised for causing offence after accusations it exploited unrest in Iran to drive online Twitter users to its products."

Court Orders Rapidshare To Proactively Filter Content - "The Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany, has ruled that file-hosting service Rapidshare must proactively filter certain content. Music industry outfit GEMA asked the court to ban Rapidshare from making 5,000 tracks from its catalogue available on the Internet. The court estimated the value of the tracks at $34 million."

EU Wants Tighter Privacy on Social Networks - "Are social networks such as Facebook (Facebook) and MySpace (MySpace) doing enough to protect their users’ privacy? In the European Union, they might need to do more." EU are the new sowjets.

Mac Dock Icon Spelling! - "This literally popped up on my desktop and I thought it was too good not to share. I’ll try and come up with a few more, but here are a few get started." i spell FAP with icons on my iPod, not a joke.

Funemployed - tempted to get one or two of these buttons, but then again… nah.

Personal - "Please reply with a picture of your face. Or your breasts. Or both. Preferably both. And maybe a name. And maybe your phone number. Please have most of your teeth or at least dentures."

Bodies in Urban Spaces by Willi Dorner - "Austrian artist Willi Dorner squeezes human bodies into nooks and crannies for his Bodies in Urban Spaces project. Groups of dancers, climbers and performers wearing brightly coloured clothes run through busy malls and high streets and cram themselves into doorways, alcoves and any gap they can find in public buildings."

Wikipedia : Rob Matthews - "What would Wikipedia look like if it were printed out as a traditional encyclopedia?" love it. visualizes the quantity of information wikipedia gathers. [via neatorama]

This is why we protest. - "even if a ballot is silenced, the voice behind it cannot be."

swiss focus

Round-the-world solar plane debut - "Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard has unveiled a prototype of the solar-powered plane he hopes eventually to fly around the world."

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miserable green git - "here's your guide how to to be green, selfish and win" [via b3ta]

HardTimes :: Art Hour - “call 1 800 our art errr …” saying this fast gives ze frank hard times

What is a browser? - "What is a browser? was the question we (Google) asked over 50 passersby of different ages and backgrounds in the Times Square in New York. Watch the many responses people came up with." wel, if google asks the question, it might be quite obvious why many say a browser is a search engine.

Super Keyboard Cat Bros. - he admits it was not the first to do this, but, "I do think I spent a great deal more time on mine, recreating the game play from scratch instead of using video capture from the game and the cat is a bit more "8-bit"."

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One shot: the littlest big billboard in Union Square - "the best little/big ad campaign we never knew existed in the heart of NYC's Union Square park." cute idea.

Eclectic Method Remixes the Future of Open Video - "Eclectic Method’s kinetic live shows splice music, film, TV and videogames into a body-rocking audiovisual concoction that gets clubbers hopping and synapses popping."

The Cheap Plastic Camera That Could: Lomo Turns 25 - "In Bangkok they’ll be wearing bows and fake tattoos. Food and drinks are promised in Tokyo and in Seoul there will be cake. Revelers in Hong Kong will drink shots of vodka while listening to Russian music and in New York the ’80s will return for an evening of karaoke."

Twittern mit Richie Hawtin - "Der Hawtin wieder. Hat voll den Technologie-Koller. Hat jetzt Twitter in sein Traktor Pro integriert. Damit alle, die nicht im Club mit dabei sein können und unbedingt wissen müssen, welcher geile Track das denn eben war, also der vor dem Klonk und nach dem Zisch." dj richie hawtin has started to publish his dj set playlists using traktor dj software and twitter.

Bobbie Johnson meets Douglas Rushkoff, who helped to shape the internet in the early 90s - "In the early 90s he helped to shape the internet. Now Douglas Rushkoff is back - with a plan to wrest control from our big corporations."

Nazi Petting Zoo / Der Streichelnazi - "But it's time to embrace history.
It's time to remember the feel-good days of 1938.
It's time to let our real feelings out!
It's time to hug the Nazi, Austria!
Finally!"

The Dawning of Internet Censorship in Germany - "Germany is on the verge of censoring its Internet: The government – a grand coalition between the German social democrats and conservative party – seems united in its decision: On Thursday the parliament is to vote on the erection of an internet censorship architecture."

Why Facebook Turned Down Millions To Give Away Vanity URLs For Free - "Facebook's new officeWe heard that instead of giving Vanity URLs away for free, like it did last weekend, Facebook originally planned to auction them off to the highest bidder."

the world is an apple - he did forget madagaskar. [via neatorama]

Mullets - a Worldwide Phenomenon - "Business in the front, party in the rear - the mullet is a hairstyle that is seen the world over." in switzerland mullets are called VoKuHiLa = vorne kurz hinten lang.

swiss shizzle

BDIII Book Announcement - “All good things are three! We are happy to post the 3rd BD book will hit the bookshelfs in October 2009, 10 years after the first one also published by Gestalten.”

«Resignation bedeutet den Tod auf Raten» - "«Tages-Anzeiger»-Reporter Jean-Martin Büttner hofft auf Aktionen seiner KollegInnen gegen die Massenentlassung, stellt ein gewisses Misstrauen des Verlags gegenüber der Redaktion fest und ist dennoch weiterhin mit Begeisterung Journalist."

Herzlich Willkommen | Piratenpartei Schweiz - "Gründungstreffen - Am Sonntag, 12. Juli 2009 wird die Piratenpartei Schweiz gegründet!" i might go, i might… or i might just join by sending an sms ;)

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must-have of the week

Warp20 (Box Set) - Details and Preorder - "To commemorate our 20th anniversary, we will release a deluxe special-edition of music and art, titled Warp20 (Box Set)." this, my dear friends, is what is called a must have.

online video killed the …

DEADLINE post-it stop motion - "Where my idea comes from is that every time when I am busy, I feel that I am not fighting with my works, I am fighting with those post-it notes and deadline."

Hardcore Tetris Orgy - Uncensored! - "You'll never look at Tetris the same way again!"

The Simpsons Minus The Simpsons - with all the characters of the simpsons family edited out frame by frame. [via waxy]

End Times - "Jason Jones visits the the New York Times' offices to find out why the last of a dying breed prefers aged news to real news." as usual jason jones delivered one of the highlights on last weeks daily show.

The Best Christopher Walken Impressions on YouTube - "The actor, who was born in Queens but sounds like as if were raised on Planet Flooboort (where, of course, all citizens speak in a stuttered, vowel-heavy drawl) has earned him plenty of admirers, especially since his ubiquitous hosting gigs on SNL, the most famous of which made "More Cowbell" a treasured national utterance."

Star Trek Meets Monty Python - kinda funny but not too sure.

Shooting Twats - "Fuck politics, let's dance!"

Nobody - "A Korean guy dancing to the song Nobody by The Wonder Girls. Stay with it- it gets better. "

Jonathan Harris: the Web's secret stories - "Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the emotional world of the Web. With deep compassion for the human condition, his projects troll the Internet to find out what we're all feeling and looking for."

HardTimes :: Hole [VIDEO] - "show me your hole." i'll show you mine.

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three frames - animated gifs using just 3 frames from movies to stunning effect. [via b3ta]

Mind-Melting Demo Disasters - "We're an indie label digging through years of demo backlogs day by day. These are some of the choicest gems we've received." [via b3ta]

Banksy pulls off his most audacious stunt yet… a secret exhibition in Bristol museum - "Banksy has pulled off his most daring stunt yet by staging his biggest-ever British exhibition in complete secrecy. The covert graffiti artist snuck into Bristol's City Museum and Art Gallery and replaced many of the artefacts on display there with 100 pieces of his own work, including a burnt-out ice-cream van."

Experts warn of porn Mac attacks - "Security experts have discovered two novel forms of Mac OS X malware. OSX/Tored-A - an updated version of the Mac OS Tored worm - and a Trojan called OSX/Jahlav-C were both found on popular pornographic websites." luckily i never ever visit porn sites. no really.

Thank you Mr. Schwarzenegger. Or why the Internet is a medium, not a vacuum cleaner - "Sometimes I get the feeling that normally intelligent people are disconnected from their brain if you mention to them the word „internet“. Like the internet is a red cloth you wave in front of a bull. Intelligence? Gone. Logic? Vanished. Aggression? Here we go." mercedes bunz as lucid as ever. and in english mind you.

A Whole New World? On the 53rd Venice Biennale - "Perhaps art can be one way out of a world ruled by leveling impulses and dull sameness. Can each artwork be a principle of hope and an intriguing plan for escape? Behind the immediate surface we are many – together and individually, through the multiplicity of imaginative worlds we hold within." spolier alert, nah, just joking.

'DJs buy music on stolen cards' - "It's alleged the gang put their own music on Apple iTunes and Amazon and spent about £459,000 buying it back - claiming nearly £200,000 in royalties." brilliant idea, sorry they got caught.

Rushkoff on "The Great Facebook Land Grab of Aught-Nine" - "At one minute past midnight Eastern Time this Saturday, Facebook users will be permitted to claim a unique user name, which may well spark a virtual vanity landgrab the likes of which we've never seen. Author and former BB guestblogger Douglas Rushkoff says this is the moment when Facebook becomes obsolete" but! i haz http://www.facebook.com/jan.zuppinger, nah nah nah nah. but, i also haz gay name, huh.

Online communities, etc. - "I will be tuning out of the social networking sites because at the end of the day it's now doing more harm than good in the bigger picture and the experiment seems to have yielded a result. Idiots rule." been there.

Largest Bankruptcies - visualizing huge bankruptcies via neat infographic.

The Cure for iPhone Envy: The story behind the doubleTwist ad - "For our “The Cure for iPhone Envy” ad campaign we leased the window on the BART exit outside the SF Apple Store. Our contract with BART’s ad agency specified that the ad would go up on Monday morning, the day of the WWDC keynote. However, the ad agency jumped the gun and our ad went up on Friday the weekend before. Shortly after the ad was put up, it was ripped down by a BART employee." [via bb]

The G2 weekly recipe: Rhubarb and apple turnovers - "Perfect for tea time, or as a pudding with ice-cream … "

Top 10 Ways to Provoke a Geek Argument - "1. “I don’t see what’s so bad about DRM!”" that’s the one that finally launched me into nerd rage.

World record for most people dressed as Smurfs in Swansea - "The world record for the largest number of people dressed as Smurfs has been smashed in Swansea." well, that sure puts swansea on the map, innit.

ASCII-O-Matic : SUBPOP RECS - "Sub Pop Cybersex Digital Sampler (2009) Toon HandSAMPLER.exe.zip <– (cool! not a virus)" i dare you.

On Twitter, Most People Are Sheep: 80 Percent Of Accounts Have Fewer Than 10 Followers - "Let’s face it, most people are sheep. It is much easier to follow than to lead, and on Twitter it is no different." oh good, i am not alone.

Sweden's Pirate Party wins EU seat - "The Pirate Party isn't related to the Pirate Bay torrent site, but it wants to legalise internet file-sharing and protect people's privacy on the net"

german

etoy ohne CEO: Wildnis in- und extern - "Die Kunstaktiengesellschaft hat ab sofort keinen CEO mehr, stattdessen wird ein Triumvirat die Geschäfte führen: Dazu gehören Ex-CEO Zai sprich Agent Zai, Agent Monorom und Agent Haefliger. Die andere Neuigkeit: etoy geschäftet weiter." etoy no longer has a CEO but now has 3 agents leading business officers.

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