Updates from March, 2010

  • ruff linkage 201009 + 10

    Jan Zup[ping]er 08:40:20 on 6.3.2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    [weekly linkdump, somewhat edited]

    online video killed the …

    OK Go – This Too Shall Pass – Rube Goldberg Machine version – fischli/weiss-esque music video

    Emission du 5 mars 2010 | nouvo.ch – nouvo est de retour sur la tv suisse romande, very nice. weekly tv show on gadgets, advertising and technology. in french.

    ride, rise, roar :: – "Ride, Rise, Roar, is a David Byrne concert film that weaves intimate interviews with really great concert footage."

    Tokyo/Glow – japanese short film

    Pittsburgh International Airport after hours – girl having fun in an empty airport, while waiting for her flight.

    Cabrini-Green – 660 W. Division Time Lapse Demolition – "Time lapse animation of the demolition of 660 W. Division, one of the last remaining buildings within the Cabrini-Green housing projects in Chicago."

    I have something great to reveal! – swedish broadcast company creates "viral" to convince people to pay their fees. so why do i link to this, i hate these companies? well, i love murlocs.

    schmooze and abuse

    Helveticaca – "Infant one-pieces and tees available in white."

    If you blog unauthorized "Daily Show" or "Colbert" clips, Viacom will sue your ass – "What a big steaming pile of epic fail." oh come on. and how about all the many times stewart and colbert quote blogs, should they sue them back?

    I'm just sayin' – very cute

    I miss you… Tęsknię – "These are the photographs made by me or the "I miss you…" project taking photos in places in Poland where Jews used to live.

    Street View in Bergen – “When Google’s Street view came to the streets of Bergen, Norway, some locals gave it a traditional viking welcome.”

    the Movie title stills collection – "I've seen a lot of movies over the years, and to prove I've sat through at least the first ten minutes of them I started making screenshots of the titles. Then my computer crashed and I almost lost them all. To save them for future generations I created this little website." presistence makes project.

    [delicious.com/pieceoplastic or subscribe to this RSS feed - with all the typos]


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  • ruff linkage 201008

    Jan Zup[ping]er 08:46:05 on 20.2.2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    [weekly linkdump, somewhat edited]

    online video killed the …

    Papierkrieg – imagination knows no limits in this german animation project.

    A Babelgum Original: Banksy Vs. Robbo – video documenting the "war" between team robbo and banksy, this conflict does raise some interesting question about the dircetion banksy has been taking. but! zes queenz should get a hotel room…

    Keynote: Bruce Sterling (us) on Atemporality – "If progress is to go beyond the banal indulgences that give rise to a never-ending array of car shell designs then we need to analyse our present time with regard to its aesthetics and its media. The second conference session is being introduced with Bruce Sterling's Keynote on Atemporality." snide as usual, but just as brilliant.

    Roy Ayers- Can't You See Me? – one of the greatest feel-good tracks evar. has saved my life a few times already. and counting.

    schmooze and abuse

    This Just In: Not All World of Warcraft Players Are Deadbeats – "You there, sitting on the couch in your parent's basement, next to the Doritos, playing World of Warcraft for hours on end. Yes, YOU! What have you done to better mankind lately? More than 200,000 of your kind just donated $1.11 million to charity." i did buy that pet, yet i am still a deadbeat.

    How and Why BitTorrent Works, a Visualization – "Millions of people use BitTorrent to share files every day, but only a small percentage actually understand how BitTorrent works and appreciate why it is such an efficient way to share large files. A simplified but insightful visualization helps to shed some light on the inner workings of the BitTorrent client."

    Bovine Bombing – "Ron English and his crew found a new canvas for street art in south Texas, cows!"

    naughty shop challenge – "Go into a shop and rearrange objects to make it say something naughty. Take a photo." lolololol

    Full IN THE LOOP Screenplay Now Online – With a Special Note from Armando Iannucci – IN THE LOOP is a truely fantasic film, the whole screenplay is available to download here.

    Google Buzz Trick – “Try this at home… And we wanna see it.”

    Glasnost: Test if your ISP is manipulating BitTorrent traffic – "Glasnost creates a BitTorrent-like transfer between your machine and our server, and determines whether or not your ISP is limiting such traffic. This is a first step towards making traffic manipulation by ISPs more transparent to their customers."

    Wi-Fi Turns Arizona Bus Ride Into a Rolling Study Hall – "Wi-Fi access has transformed what was often a boisterous bus ride into a rolling study hall, and behavioral problems have virtually disappeared. “It’s made a big difference,” said J. J. Johnson, the bus’s driver. “Boys aren’t hitting each other, girls are busy, and there’s not so much jumping around.”"

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  • ruff linkage 201006

    Jan Zup[ping]er 09:21:01 on 6.2.2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply

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    online video killed the …

    Live Webcast Fail – oh my gawd. feedback!!!!

    Stewart to O'Reilly: Fox News a 'perpetual emotion machine' (video) – "You have become the most reasonable person on Fox News," Stewart said to O'Reilly. "Which is like being the thinnest kid at fat camp." john stewart in the lion’s den.

    Jon Stewart on The O’Reilly Factor: Part II – contd.

    schmooze and abuse

    Nigerian Stars Fight 419 Scams With Pop Music – "'Maga No Need Pay' is the latest pop song to make its way around West African radio waves, and the message behind it is clear: just say "no" to cyber-crime." and a catchy fucking tune it is.

    Art History Poster – been contemplating about “Manzoni owns shit” and what an achievement that is.

    Has headline hyperbole gone too far online? Stewart "obliterates" blogosphere – "Last night, in a segment titled "The Blogs Must Be Crazy," Jon recapped the ongoing war between reality and the headlines used throughout the blogosphere to recap said reality." Jon actually skullf#@ks the Blogoshpere. outch. brain hurts now.

    Shapeways interviews Bruce Sterling – "Spimes are pieces of technology that know where they are and can reveal their entire history to you." mkay then…

    San Francisco’s Answer to Westboro Baptist Church – "Westboro Baptist Church showed up to protest in front of Twitter’s San Francisco office on Thursday, but found themselves severely outnumbered by a crowd of absurdist pranksters, including guest blogger EDW Lynch above." i quite liked “God hates retweets”.

    Celebrities with Short Legs Pictures – "Let's not allow Hollywood fool us any more with their visual tricks, and expose how short celebrity legs really are. Photoshop celebrities and politicians with really short legs." awww, ponies. [via b3ta]

    Gaming Junkie Kills Mother For Not Paying Internet Bills – "Lonut Silviu Savin, a Romanian Counter-Strike gamer, was devastated when his mother attempted to stop his addiction to the game by simply not paying the internet bill. The adoptive mother paid alright; with her life. After Lonut was unsuccessful logging onto the internet to play Counter-Strike, he stabbed his adoptive mother 17 times, which ultimately, lead to her death." shocking, but really that surprising?

    Blogging: Not for the young? – "With the increase in micro-blogging applications like Twitter and Facebook, traditional blogging has declined amongst young adults and teens since 2006 with only 14 percent of teens now saying they blog, compared to 28 percent in 2006."

    ‘Don’t Be Evil,’ Meet ‘Spy on Everyone’: How the NSA Deal Could Kill Google – "That’s a lot harder to swallow, when Google starts working cheek-to-jowl with the overcollectors. The company pinkie-swears that its agreement with the NSA won’t violate the company’s privacy policies or compromise user data. Those promises are a little hard to believe, given the NSA’s track record of getting private enterprises to cooperate, and Google’s willingness to take this first step." Don’t Be Spying on Everyone.

    Torrent Sites Blamed For Twitter Attack – "Twitter alleges that a torrent script developer has installed backdoors into his software, allowing it to gain login credentials of users. These credentials have been abused to boost the follower count of unnamed Twitter accounts." kinda blah but interesting.

    Johnny Rotten Settles Suit Alleging He Punched a Woman in the Face – "Lydon, who lives in Los Angeles, denied any wrongdoing." is punk now dead then?

    GC-SUNDANCE-Four-Lions.mp3 – interview with chris morris regarding his latest movie four lions, that i must see asap.

    Geek graffiti in bathroom – “downloading… please wait. 25%”

    The new iPad. – “Now with over 300 cameras. Happy?”

    pain pack – very impressive ze frank project, using phone message from people in emotional pain, he then asked musicians to create first samples then pieces of music.

    Anger Release Machine « Urban Prankster – "Are you stressed out and feeling the need to break something? Just pop a few coins in the Anger Release Machine and choose a porcelain item to smash." smart.

    [delicious.com/pieceoplastic or subscribe to this RSS feed - with all the typos]


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  • ruff linkage 201002

    Jan Zup[ping]er 08:48:35 on 9.1.2010 | 1 Permalink | Reply

    [weekly linkdump, somewhat edited]

    dude!!!!

    Two Gentlemen of Lebowski – what if … william shakespeare wrote the big lebowski

    The Church of the Latter-Day Dude – "Come join the slowest-growing religion in the world – Dudeism. An ancient philosophy that preaches non-preachiness, practices as little as possible, and above all, uh…lost my train of thought there." joined!

    The Big Lebowski goes literary – "For some, The Big Lebowski represents a lifestyle choice more than it does a piece of cinema: take the followers of the internet-based religion Dudeism who emulate the attitudes of the film’s main character; or the fans that attend the annual Lebowski Fest."

    Lhasa R.I.P.

    Lhasa – Rising (Official Video) – and another lhasa de sela video.

    CON TODA PALABRA – the very talented lhasa de sela has passed away much too young, aged 37, a few days ago.

    schmusic

    Prepare for Gucci… – "If you don’t think you’ll last till Monday check out below, I’ve got a nice little exclusive bonus track for you AND the official tracklist…" monday it is.

    BO MARLEY – Masters Of The Universe – "After their undying classic album from 2007/09 Bo Marley are finally back with a vengeance – and a massive ghettoblaster! Always ready to rock your backyard, street corner or..er..local super market the Harlev homeboys are once again powering up their Chariot Of Fire (aka. the Bo mobil) and drop a floor-devastating cassette" yup, you read that right … cassette! digital dowload also available, cc-licensed.

    online video killed the …

    Best FAILS Of 2009 (VIDEO) – "Everyone is good at something. These people just happen to be good at failing" be warned, some are hard to watch.

    Sesame Street: Celebrity Lullabies – w. ricky gervais. wait for it …

    Usher/Goat – "This is Olympic Quality tech + humor! Great Job!!"

    parkour motion reel – "Illustrated with technical pen,frame by frame. I admit it might not be the best, or the quality isn't perfect, just a shot at animating the old flip book whatever-you-call-it way. =D" another flipbook-type stopmotion animation.

    A Heavy Metal Baby to Remember – gotta love the pacifier!

    Angry Hot Chick Destroys Boyfriends PS3 – i lol'ed when he asked her to get him a drink …

    schmooze and abuse

    The 50 Best Protest Signs Of 2009: Pics, Videos, Links, News – "We saw some really great protest signs in 2009. Thanks to our President for being a socialist, gay people for being gay, and Kanye West for interrupting Taylor Swift." loves the one saying “NO Pubic Option …”

    How Terry Gilliam Weathered Loss of Heath Ledger to Finish Fanciful Imaginarium – "But all those obstacles pale next to the tragedy Gilliam (pictured) faced in January 2008, when his star actor Heath Ledger died halfway through production on The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, the director’s latest cinematic flight of fancy."

    my thoughts on Banksy / Robbo – "By incorporating Robbo’s piece into his own , Banksy was in fact preserving Robbo’s history since people like to preserve Banksy. Now, what Robbo did in return was pretty great as well. That’s what I got." street mashup.

    Banksy: I don’t believe in global warming – "Übrigens wurde der eBay-Banksy, über den ich hier vor Weihnachten berichtet hatte, jetzt für 10.994 € verkauft." omg. banksy sold for 10K on ebay.

    Matt Frei's diary: Dangerous minds – "They are all the products of relative prosperity and higher education. After all, Osama Bin Laden and his deputy also came from a privileged background." asks how people from wealthy backgrounds fall into terrorism.

    Do minaret yourself – "N'hésitez pas à télécharger, imprimer, découper, plier et coller votre propre minaret d'appartement! , plier et coller votre propre minaret d'appartement! Ou passez directement à l'atelier retirer votre exemplaire sérigraphié sur carton gris." best DIY minaret yet.

    You Drive What? – "Youdrivewhat.com is here to show the rest of the world what (for some reason) you feel is an awesome ride. You decided to paint your car like a child’s cereal character; you may find yourself on youdrivewhat.com." created by “the people of walmart” guys.

    The WELL: Bruce Sterling: State of the World 2010 – "For the eleventh time, Inkwell rings in the New Year with a visit from Well member Bruce Sterling, to address the State of the World and Things Various and Sundry. Bruce used to write novels when there were bookstores, and used to write for magazines and newspapers when magazines and newspapers existed. Nowadays he travels a lot when trains are running and when airports aren't clogged by security theater." always a great read.

    Adidas Turns the Sneaker Into an Augmented Reality Device – "Adidas has created a virtual 3-D world that can be accessed using an upcoming line of five men’s sneakers in an idea that ties into one of the technology trends of the year: augmented reality."

    Teen and Transgender Comparative Study – "The series is a correlation of two stages of transformation, pairing teen girls (12-14) with like adult male-to-female transsexuals. The Teen and Transgender Comparative Study is currently showing at The Hammer Museum in Nine Lives, curated by Ali Subotnick." eerie matches. [via sex and blogs]

    Warwick High Girl Is Taking Chess World By Storm – "Google the name "Abby Marshall" and chess, in fact, and you'll discover a host of Web sites that cover her matches like those of a sports celebrity – with interviews, pictures and comments from fans, including one describing this "badass" devotee of the much-maligned King's Gambit opening move as a "chess hero.""

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  • ruff linkage 201001

    Jan Zup[ping]er 12:51:38 on 2.1.2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    [weekly linkdump, somewhat edited]

    online video killed the …

    Production process of the official 2010 FIFA World Cup match ball Jabulani – "Watch the production process of the official 2010 World Cup match ball Jabulani." you mean they arent stitched by nigerian children with bleeding fingers? awww…

    schmooze and abuse

    424. It's pronounced twenty-ten. – from 1001 rules for my unborn son

    New Year's Resolution Generator – generates generic new year’s resolutions, some are mildy funny.

    The Decade’s 10 Most Dastardly Cybercrimes – "Now that the zero days are behind us, it’s time to reflect on the most ingenious, destructive or groundbreaking cybercrimes of the first 10 years of the new millennium."

    Poly-Play – Der einzige Videospieleautomat der DDR (DDR Computer, DDR Arkade, game machine, gdr, Spielautomat) – "Der Poly-Play-Automat aus dem Kombinat Polytechnik und Präzisionsgerätewerke Karl-Marx-Stadt war der einzige in der DDR hergestellte Videospieleautomat." this was the only arcade game of the GDR, in communist germany developped by a team of 12 technicians. the games can all be played online here.

    Of The Treatment of Women in WoW, part 2 – “This is different from flirting. Flirting is flattering. This is an insult. The message here is “your role is not to give your opinion on this intelligent topic, your role is to be cute”.”

    Of the Treatment of Women in WoW, Part 1 – "Since I don’t exactly have what it takes to conduct a scientific study of wow life as a woman, I’ll stick to my own experiences, my opinion of them and how I deal."

    Demi Moore's lawyers threaten Boing Boing over photo analysis blog post – "Lawyers representing Demi Moore sent a threatening letter to Boing Boing over the holidays which demanded that we remove a post I published in November, or face legal consequences."

    Map of the Most Remote Places on Earth – "This map by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy is an attempt to demonstrate what areas of the world are comparatively accessible by land and water travel." pretty much no black spots.

    The Top 10 Most Important Tweets of 2009 – "Without further ado, here’s this year’s The Top 10 Most Important Tweets of 2009 and their importance for Twitter, the online landscape, media and journalism, and how we communicate."

    Running World of Warcraft in Ubuntu Linux – "Over my Christmas break, I decided to try out the latest version of Wine with my most frequently used Windows application, which is called World of Warcraft (or WoW). Just so that it's clear that I am not antisocial, this didn't take away much time spending with friends and family, as it actually took me less than an hour to do the whole thing."

    Twitter's List Of 370 Banned Passwords – "Twitter appears to have learned from its security scare earlier this year and seems to be taking password security more seriously than most Internet services." in other words, if you use one of these passwords change it nauuuu!!!

    Op-Chart – Picturing the Past 10 Years – history of the decade in neat lil icons.

    Vote for 2009’s Sexiest Geeks – and of course, moot is on top… or was when i checked.

    'Futurama' meets 'Fifth Element' fan art – "Flying cars? Check. A redhead lead named Leelo/Leela? Sure. A "Futurama" fan drew the Comedy Central series "Fifth Element"-style, pic below."

    Arrrr! The Top 10 Pirated Movies of 2009 – “10) The Knowing 9) X-Men Origins: Wolverine 8) State of Play 7) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 6) District 9 5) Twilight 4) The Hangover 3) Rock N Rolla 2) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 1) Star Trek”

    swiss focus

    HOT SQUAT CALENDAR 2010 – Kalender 2010 der bieler hausbesetzer LaBiu.

    Späte Rache an Werber? – "Mit Farbbeuteln haben Unbekannte in Dübendorf ein Bürohaus verunstaltet. Im Gebäude ist die Werbeagentur eingemietet, die die SVP-Wahlplakate gestaltet." these guys are responsible for the graphics for the racist/xenophobic campaigns for the swiss svp party, most recently with the minaret vote. now their offices were the target of a colour balloon attack.

    delicious.com/pieceoplastic or subscribe to this RSS feed – with all the typos.


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