[teh glorious interweb what got stuck in my camino tabs this past week]
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The Pirate Party – “The Pirate Party of the United States, a sister organization to the Swedish Piratpartiet, has officially announced that it is forming a state party in Utah.”
Dongwook-Lee_Sailor.jpg – sailor anchovies, wee… [via sexblo.gs]
75% of the people who download Firefox don’t become active users | Technology | Guardian Unlimited – outch. “In order for Firefox to reach our market share goals, we need to improve our ability to retain users. Currently, approximately 50% of the people who download Firefox actually try it and about 50% of those people continue to use it actively.”
Apple Product Announcement Tuesday 10am – the new iMac revealed, on wired: “We’re going to turn to two elements from our professional line. Aluminum, and glass. We build our most professional products out of aluminum. it’s professional durable, and recyclable.”
Droste Effect Tutorial – “Here is a tutorial on how to do the droste effect using Mathmap- For Windows (also works for Linux and even Mac, but this tutorial specifically for Windows users).”
Artist Amber Hawk Swanson’s complicated relationship with her look-alike sex doll. By Kelly McClure – “An artist’s complicated relationship with her look-alike sex doll” “Swanson, a video and performance artist, had ordered her bride online: Amber Doll, a lifelike sex doll, was specially made to look just like her.” [via bb]
What the hell is smexting? – “Orange suggests England’s banned smokers are turning to ‘smexting’. Yes, it is OK for you to roll your eyes.”
Behold! The Feariodic Table! – *shiver
Damn, I am so busted, yo – “Forbes Senior Editor Behind Fake Steve Jobs Blog”
Axis of Evil Toy Series by Plastic God – “Los Angeles pop culture artist and notorious satirist Plastic God has been working with Glendale based vinyl art toy company Super Rad Toys to create his LEGO-like series of Axis of Evil toys”
Wenger Giant Swiss Army Knife – “As awesome as it is ridiculous, this incredible triumph of engineering is packed with 85 fully functional implements and is said to have over 100 functions. Why? Well, why not?”
Top 10 Songs Stuck in Your Head – “No, it’s not an invasion of jungle insects. It’s worse. Earworms are those songs, jingles, and tunes that get stuck inside your head.”
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PISS-SCREEN.COM — // An interactive urinary experience – “The Piss-Screen – a pressure-sensitive inlay set within urinals, enabling users to play while they pee … The game itself was displayed on a screen above each urinal, and would automatically start as soon as someone began to pee.”
GameBulge – Paintball The Game – “Draw your way to the finish, get through level after level of mazes with this addicting paint ‘ball’ game.”
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Atheism: Jonathan Miller’s Brief History of Disbelief – Shadows of Doubt – “sincere and moving in this attempt to explain and understand the origins of the truth of disbelief of religious superstition and faith.”
Man vs. Kids – the story of how 2 itsy bitsy ninjas pwned a big one.
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frisch notiert! – das hochwasser via citizen journalism erleben. statt gaffen gehen
pong.mythos Kornhausforum | Programm – “Pong – das simple digitale Ping-Pong-Spiel – schaffte 1972 als Spielautomat von Atari den kommerziellen Durchbruch für das neue interaktive Unterhaltungsmedium Computerspiel.”
pong.mythos – Ein Ursprungsmythos und seine Geschichte – “An exhibition about one ball, two bats, a playing field and our situation in a digital world” exhibit starts in bern 17.8.2007.
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