[weekly linkdump, somewhat edited]
#watch and
Scarlett Johansson Nudes – the exact same thing happened to me… no! just joking.
Children's medium used for dissemination of truth – "Guest written by David O'Reilly."
Faces – "This is a technical demo for face substitution technique. The application works in real time and it's developed using the opensource framework for creative coding openFrameworks"
Urbanized: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit – a trailer for the new gary hustwit documentary
Vicki Bennett "The Doors Of Perspection" [2011] – "The work is created using a technique that expands film scenes beyond the conventional screen ratio. The finished result reveals beautiful panoramic views of the background landscapes as captured by the panning camera, effectively allowing film scenes to be seen as never before."
Toward a Peer-to-Peer Economy – "Toward a Peer-to-Peer Economy is a talk from Hello Etsy in Berlin, given and recorded on September 18, 2011."
morgan freeman explains the universe :: auto-tuned – Lololol
#learn
Slavery Footprint – Made In A Free World – Find out how many slaves work for you – as soon as the servers are back up
We are the 99% – Occupy The Nation – new website trying to become a central hub for the occupy movements around the US
Interview with Plaid – "Over the past three years Andy Turner and Ed Handley AKA Plaid have been working on their new album ‘Scintili’. During this time they’ve also produced the soundtrack for Michael Arias’ feature film Heaven’s Door and have been performing closely with Felix’s Machines, hence why it’s taken almost five years for their album to be released."
Where Graffiti Met Old Masters, Under Riverside Park – Slide Show – NYTimes.com – "Chris Pape, 50, recently revisited the abandoned freight train tunnel under Riverside Park where he began painting huge murals on the walls in 1980. Back then, he armed himself with 40 cans of spray paint and created his first image, a re-creation of the “Mona Lisa.”" he was known as freedom and the tunnel named freedom tunnel after him
In All Our Decadence People Die – "An NYC exhibit displays 3,000 works from English punk band Crass' seven-year reign – Preserved for posterity are 3,000 fanzines, flyers, posters, manuscripts and original works of art sent to the band between 1977 and 1984."
The Time I Turned a Poetry Slam Into A Riot – "It’s important for me to convey exactly how much insanity took place in such a short amount of time. People living in the US then will remember that we were also being told that we were under a major Anthrax attack." finally someone, my old friend diana, who feels the same way I do regarding poetry slams.
replaceface – celebrities painted as generals
Scientists Reconstruct Brains' Visions Into Digital Video In Historic Experiment – "UC Berkeley scientists have developed a system to capture visual activity in human brains and reconstruct it as digital video clips. Eventually, this process will allow you to record and reconstruct your own dreams on a computer screen."
▶ Mr Scruff "Feel It/Bounce" 12" by Mr Scruff – "Here is my latest 12" release on Ninja Tune, two new tunes, “Feel It" & "Bounce”, In similar bass-heavy slo-mo 4/4 territory to the last single "Wobble Control".. late night, heads down, eyes closed business.. just don't bump into anything while you are dancing!"
New poll claims young people more likely to condone offensive language – "Seventy-one percent say that people are more likely to use slurs online, and 51 percent encounter discriminatory words and images on social networking sites. "
PAX Primer – "Every year, tens of thousands of gamers descend on Seattle to attend a convention that began as a webcomic, and has grown into the epicenter of gaming culture. An account from this year’s event, which encompassed nearly every imaginable game genre—and a few never before imagined."
At My Funeral – choose the music you want played at your funeral. still thinking …
Food allergen detector – "There are eight types of food that account for around 90% of allergic reactions: milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy and wheat."
Yahoo Appears To Be Censoring Email Messages About Wall Street Protests (Updated) – "ThinkProgress has reviewed claims that Yahoo is censoring e-mails relating to the protest and found that after several attempts on multiple accounts"
Samuel L Ipsum | Alternative Lorem Ipsum Generator – Motherfucking Placeholder Text Motherfucker
De DJ Mobile 1999 – an art car that doubles as a DJ setup and 14 speaker sound system.
How You Can Help #OCCUPYWALLSTREET – "Be subversive against the big money interests wherever you are and encourage others to do the same. Don't give the banksters 4 percent of every purchase you make with a credit or debit card – use cash."
Drop at Teufelsberg – "Volounteer agents of the Dead Drop network just installed a Dead Drop* at highest point of the Teufelsberg in Berlin, a former U.S. NSA “listening” aka spy station (Echolon)."
Italy Proposes Draconian One-Strike Anti-Piracy Law – "Building forth on this tough stance, lawmakers are now proposing several new measures that will put Internet users at risk of losing their connection after one alleged infringement."
Tim O'Reilly – Google+ – I just went down to check out the scene at the https://occupywallst.org/ rally. – "Second, the people who were there were the wrong people."
Gingers Get Rejected at the Sperm Banks – "but if you’re a ginger… nobody wants your seed!"
Visiting Berlin, Pope Benedict Faces a Combative Homeland – "After landing Thursday at Tegel Airport in Berlin, he will be officially welcomed at Bellevue Palace by President Christian Wulff, a Catholic who divorced and remarried, and can therefore be barred in some cases from Holy Communion. His host during his stay in Berlin will be the gay Catholic mayor, Klaus Wowereit. "
Comparing The New Aggregators: Flipboard, Pulse, Zite, Float And More – a pretty helpful list
A Message From Troy Davis – "I can’t wait to Stand with you, no matter if that is in physical or spiritual form, I will one day be announcing, “I AM TROY DAVIS, and I AM FREE!”"
Ernie takes a crack at "Scarlett Johanssonning". – rather very funny
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