[teh glorious interweb what got stuck in my camino tabs this past week]
creative protests in heiligendamm
Foriginal Media Hack No. 2, UBERMORGEN.COM – cops beat up a handicaped person in rostock. or did they? “Pure Media Hacking: No ethics, no content, no message.”
Foriginal Media Hack No. 2 – G8 2007 – “The beating took place in Rostock during the night of the major riots, June 2, 2007, Saturday. The involved police officers beat up a demonstrator in a wheelchair.”
G8 leaders – Oxfam photo stunt – “The stunt shows the G8 leaders gambling away Africa’s future; the poker chips heavily stacked against just one African player who emerges with no money, from an unfair game.”
Art & Activism in Heiligendamm III – rebel:art lists some of the creative forms of protest that happend in heiligendamm.
the london 1012 logo
olympiclogo.gif – b3tan logo remix 2
2012_logo_invoice.gif – b3tan remix 1
Goatse on BBC – the video has already been removed from youtube, so watch it here quick.
vaguely swiss
On the road again – “Nicolas Bouvier was Switzerland’s answer to Jack Kerouac. Rory MacLean heralds the translation of his cult travelogue – 40 years after publication – as the most important event in travel literature this year” (thx michael)
Man sues over permanent erection – “A NEW York man has sued the makers of a health drink, saying it has given him a permanent erection for the last two years.” why swiss? he got the permanent errection by drinking novartis’ vitamin drink Boost Plus.
software lists
Top 10 “Single Purpose” OS X Programs – “Have you ever installed a large program only to use just one of its features? I’m a big fan of programs that only do one thing, but does it well.”
Top 10 Ubuntu applications – a great list of geeky linux apps (thx sis)
zocken
The Lost Arcade Games of the Soviet Union – a wired slideshow.
First PS3 MMO Announced – “The Agency allows players to join one of two factions of James Bond -like operatives, and offers “action, adventure and intrigue” and “betrayals… the stuff that hasn’t been tapped yet in the genre.” mmmmhhkkay, not sure i like the premise for a mmo.
blueprint – amazing online flash game, place objects to divert the ball to meet its target.
schmooze and abuse
Parallels Desktop 3.0.4124 – “Version 3.0 features SmartSelect, a new built-in integration tool that allows users to open any file from Windows or OS X with any program from either OS.” this truely was TEH missing bit, i’m buying.
tagesspeigel redesign – nice redesign, but what else to expect with mercedes bunz, chefredakteurin.
Just add water – students invent alcohol powder – “Dutch students have developed powdered alcohol which they say can be sold legally to minors.” and exactly why would selling alcohol to minors be a goal?
Seen On The Seaside of Brighton – jesus sighting in brighton, england!!!! he is wearing a barbed wire crown.
London Book Project – de-bug (=via) described this as P2P in the real world, which is quite accurate.
Sk*rt: Can you Digg it? – “For web wandering women — a.k.a. any chick with a desk job — who want to read about stuff they are interested in there is now sk*rt.” sk-rt.com – et voila
Pirate Bay founders host paedophilia site – “A Swedish company owned by the founders of controversial torrent tracker site The Pirate Bay is hosting a site that defends paedophilia.” gasp.
850,000 phones meet death by toilet yearly in the UK – “our friends across the pond literally flush an astounding 850,000 phones down the crapper each year. 850,000. Down the toilet.”
PlayStation 1: The audiophile’s dream? – “So wait, the old beatup PS1 that I gave to my friend is a high-end audiophile machine?” erm, is this really true?
70% of Women Fake Orgasms – “Sit down. I’ve got some bad news for you. She fakes it. Maybe not all the time. Maybe it’s only happened once or twice. But it’s happened. Sorry, bubba,”
Anger over DRM-free iTunes tracks – “The launch of music tracks free of digital locks on iTunes has been overshadowed by the discovery that they contain data about who bought them.” and that would be why the mp3s cost more drm-free?
Exklusiv: Fatih Akins “Gegen die Wand” im Internet – fatih akin’s gegen die wand as a free video online [via rebel:art]
you say humour, i say humor
he can’t get enough of it – dino can’t stop playing with his the london gherkin.
LolWtfOmgBbqM8 – zomfgwtfkkthxbye
have a seat! – domokun chair. must have.
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