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online video killed the …

L's chicken walking robot costume - "A chicken walking robot" trick or treat me like this, kids, and you might get candy ^^ [via bb]

revolution x - "this is the trailer for the upcoming documentary about the 2008 presidential campaign." not sure, but interesting.

Paul Steel 'Honkin On My Crack Pipe' - "This is stop motion music video for singer/songwriter Paul Steel I directed and animated. It is for the song 'Honkin' (On Your Crack Pipe)' from his album 'April & I'. " muppets.

One man + 64 vocal tracks = Thriller acapella - "It took this guy two and a half months to complete this… so enjoy." alot of work to mildly amuse me for a minute. no! very impressive, man. [via b3ta]

Tetris A Theme on Glass Bottles - "Our bottle band (Cuyler, Kyle, and Laura) performs the tetris A theme as arranged in the dr. mario & tetris SNES video game."

Space Invader- Binary Code Street Art- Part 1 - "One of our favorite street artists, Invader, came to LA from France recently and took a minute to explain his new Binary Code street art." oh boy, this invader guy is really full of himself. but he does have nice ideas.

INVADER- Rubix Cubism- Indoor- Part 2 - "Here's Part 2 of the enigmatic and elusive Frenchman; Invader. In this part he describes the nature of his indoor work, how its made, and some of the ideas behind what hes putting into the hands of collectors nowadays"

Synchronized Presidential Debating - "Did watching the 2nd and 3rd debates give you a feeling of déjà vu? This montage of synced-up footage from all three presidential debates confirms our deep-seated belief that every debate was exactly the same." nailing the “didn’t i hear that one before” feeling we so often get these days.

Paris For President Paris Hilton Official Video - spoof paris hilton running for president video, that's (kinda) hot [via neatorama]

WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN - "The sky is falling, the sky is falling."

twittered

Cursebird: What the f#@! is everyone swearing about? - “cursebird is a realtime feed of people swearing on twitter” at least i think that’s the claim for this website that i had to type (!!!!) here because it was in an image.

R.I.P. @MarsPhoenix: The Twitter Epitaph Contest - "To mark this exciting, crowd-pleasing, Tweeting trip to the Martian north pole, we thought it'd be fun to mark the occasion with a Mars Phoenix Twitter-style epitaph contest. That means that these particular virtual headstones must be under 140 characters. Beyond that, it's up to you how you want to memorialize the mission." all i came up with was a lame “R.I.I. (Rest In Ice)” that i didn’t even bother to post.

US Army warns of Twitter danger - "US intelligence agencies are worried that terrorists might start to use new communication technologies like the blogging site Twitter to plan and organise attacks." newsflash, they already are. and???

schmooze and abuse

Google Now Lets You Text Message from Gmail - "Because we can't get enough new Gmail features, Google today rolled out a Gmail Labs feature that lets you send text messages from your Gmail chat window." only available in the US atm. but very very cool.

Opera Sings an Ode to Browsers Everywhere - "Mr. von Tetzchner said that Opera’s engineers have developed a version of Opera Mini that can run on an Apple iPhone, but Apple won’t let the company release it because it competes with Apple’s own Safari browser." sigh.

Untitled-1 - "A funny thing happens when you copy and paste this character into a text editor:" go ahead try it, it’s nothing dirty.

Home is where the controller is - "I went cross stitch crazy this weekend. Here is what I made!" well, my home won't be where the xbox controller is, but uhm …

Disaster Girl! - "She loves starting fires, but this devilish girl is responsible for other disasters, too!!" i am only half-exited about this meme.

A Melting Economy - "In downtown Manhattan, two artists, Marshall Reese and Nora Ligorano sculpted the word "ECONOMY" from a block of ice to symbolize the economic downfall." *melt

8 Things to Expect in the Next iPhone Update - "We don't know exactly when the next version of the iPhone operating system (v2.2) will arrive, but the leaks are springing fast, and the new OS looks like a useful update — full of new toys."

iPhone Apps Are a Trojan Horse for Music Pricing - "One artist has already managed to sell a song for twice the price Apple normally insists on; Sony Music is hawking David Cook's "Light On" through Apple's App Store for $1.99"

Girl Talk's Feed the Animals: The Official Sample List - "Last month, I dissected Girl Talk's Feed the Animals using the list of samples lovingly collected by hundreds of Wikipedia users. But that was totally unofficial, a crowdsourced attempt to find musical needles in a giant mashup haystack."

WTF BROCCOLI PART DEUCE. - "The tradition of hiding names or faces on Cascadian Farm packaging began over a dozen years ago. It was unspoken tribute by the package design department to the friends & family of Cascadian Farm. The faces won’t be included on our redesigned packaging."

10 iPhone Apps We Wish Existed - "CoryCaddyTM A voice sample of blogger Cory Doctorow continually reminding you that your iPhone is a pathetic piece of DRM-riddled crippleware. (Also works as a ringtone.)" this one made me LOL.

Paul Virilio on the crisis - "He sees in the current financial crisis the most accomplished example of his theory, a catastrophe where the victims do not actually die, but lose the roof above their heads by the thousands." one of the many i-told-you-so guys, but with him it really is true.

Yes We Can! - "Pick up this mp3 to start your Tuesday night victory party off right."

ascii deep throat - ascii deep throat, midly nsfw i guess [via sex-and-blogs.com]

The Awesome Cultural Power of WE MAKE MONEY NOT ART - "*This is scary. On my FlickR set, there are NINE (9) eager views of a snapshot of Regine Debatty *before I can even type a caption for her photograph.* How does she do that?"

Manuel Uribe’s Big Fat Mexican Wedding - "Some people get a limo ride to their wedding, but not Manuel Uribe. The world’s heaviest man (who once weighed in at 1,230 lb or 560 kg) went to his wedding in a specially decorated bed on top of a flatbed truck"

IPhone 3G Unlock Coming - "Get ready, because the iPhone 3G unlock is coming to an iPhone 3G near you. The iPhone Dev Team have been able to break in the baseband processor. As you may remember from the first-generation iPhone unlock, this is big news because it means they have access to the core of the system, which gives them the ability to fully manipulate the iPhone 3G hardware and, therefore, unlock it"

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teh glorious interweb as it got stuck in my camino tabs this past week - the edited version. motherfucking week 43 already? and what i do this whole year? besides losing my job???? ffs

Obama!

McCain Campaign Volunteer: Attack Story Snowballed Out Of Control - "A campaign worker who claimed she was the victim of a politically-motivated attack in which she was beaten, kicked and cut, now admits that she made the whole story up."

Science is for Faggots - "Leaked promotional material from Sarah Palin's upcoming ad council campaign."

In Quotes
"What did they say about: [ ] [search]” google collects and presents quotes by the candidates in this presidential race.

Sarah Palin: The Wink Heard Around The World: A LEGO® creation by Ochre Jelly - "Palin winked quite a few times. Rather cheekily. To mark this moment in history, here is one of her trademark winks, captured in LEGO."

street art

Herzampel - lovey-dovey traffic light hack.

40+ Streetartists You Should Know Besides Banksy - "Everyone knows who Banksy is– but the international streetart community has hundreds of other great artists that deserve your attention. Here's a selection of the very best." Blu is missing, among others, but the list is decent.

Banksy: Let Them Eat Crack - "Urban art legend Banksy – at least we think it’s him – offers up his take on the recent finance fiasco. Trust him to say it how it is. "

online video killed the …

little boots READY FOR THE FUN!!! hot chip tenorion cover - "ok are you ready for the FUN?!? here is cover of hot chip's ready for the floor, its not exactly perfect but best i can do on the amazing tenorion!!!" [via waxy]

Wassup 2008 - "Its been eight long years since the boys said wassup to each other." wassahhhhhh.

バンダイ　『ツッツキバコ』　動画 - odd yet sexy gadget pokeage.

Best Man Fail - epic fail.

schmooze and abuse

Skiving Aussie fingered on Facebook - "An Oz call centre employee has become an overnight net celeb down under after an email exchange between him and his firm's workforce manager regarding a "sickie" escaped into the wild yesterday." his last email response is the best part of it.

A visual history of 11 successful blogs - "Many of the blogs that have a huge following today go back to much more humble beginnings. This post is a look at how they got started and what they looked like in their early days, compared to today." all of them did change their layout but nothing extremely fundamental.

Calling All WordPress-loving Icon Designers - "Well, here’s a golden opportunity. Want to design the new WordPress icons?"

Gmail’s Newly Launched Emoticons Feature a Pile of Shit - "Gmail recently launched emoticons for their gmail service and they have added some fun emoticons to set themselves apart from the crowd. One thing that is quite notable is the pile of shit with 2 flies flying around it." that’s just .

2008/9 Wikipedia Selection for schools - "This 2008/9 Wikipedia DVD Selection is a free, hand-checked, non-commercial selection from Wikipedia, targeted around the UK National Curriculum and useful for much of the English speaking world." wikipedia dvd for offline usage.

The Stink in Farts Controls Blood Pressure - "The new research found that cells lining mice’s blood vessels naturally make the gas and this action can help keep the rodents’ blood pressure low by relaxing the blood vessels to prevent hypertension (high blood pressure)." see? farts are great and i hate to say i told you so.

Real Ad Men Talk About Mad Men - "Looking for a little fact in the fiction of Mad Men, Wired.com is asking some real-world ad executives to talk about the show’s realism and relevance to the advertising industry today."

Online divorcee jailed after killing virtual hubby - "A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband's digital persona has been arrested on suspicion of hacking” arrested?

Please fix the iPhone - "Sure, nothing is perfect, but this site brings together little musings and lustful tech haiku about the finest phone and how to make it even better."

10 Very Good Reasons Why You Should Grow a Giant Beard - hmm, tempting. what do you think honey?

The women addicted to Facebook friendships - "FACEBOOK is to blame for "friendship addiction", a leading psychologist warned today. Women are particularly vulnerable because their self-worth stems from relationships with others and Facebook compels them to "acquire" hundreds of friends”

zip file quine - a zip file in a zip file in a zip file, the geek version of the matryoshka doll.

Holographic Interface - "this short feature demonstrates the simple of the possibilities of having the holographic shadow instead of a pda or a cell phone, or a computer for that matter. " [via sis]

Swiss roll over keyboard security - "Swiss researchers claim they have worked out ways to remotely sniff what you're typing on a wired keyboard. They've not yet published full details, but do have two videos online which they say demonstrate that they can monitor electrical pulses from up to 65 feet away and work out what you've typed." sshhhh, don’t tell em.

What’s your internet? - "Just came across a great post from Noisy Decent Graphics about his internet. I have nothing to add but a copy + paste the whole thing"

My Internet - "1. My Internet doesn't use flash, evahhh. Unless it's a video, and then only for video. 2. My Internet prefers html text wherever possible. 3. My Internet lets me use my email address or my usual username as a username. It doesn't give me one or make me create a new one. etc. asf.” i happen to agree with most of it.

Run - missnamed game. only run? you have to jump as well, or die a miserable falling death… [via neatorama]

Job seekers warned over CV theft - "Job seekers have been warned to be particularly careful when sending their CVs to employers' websites or online recruitment agencies."

Switzerland Places Ban on the Humiliation of Plants - "A law protecting the dignity of plants? Laugh if you will. I’m down on my knees in respect and awe. At last the Western World is realizing the dire importance of taking other species into account. Recently, the Swiss Parliament asked a panel of philosophers, lawyers, geneticists and theologians to determine the meaning of dignity when it pertains to plants." don’t insult broccoli, bitch, plants have rights too.

Video Game Skills - "We all know that video games make for really awesome murder simulators and serial killer training programs. That's why we love them so much. But what if you could learn other skills from them that didn't involve shooting people with guns? I know, it sounds absurd"

Fuzz Crime Scene Scarf - "Create your own crime scene with this extra-long, extra cozy knit scarf. The Fuzz by Fred is acrylic wth a touch of spandex for extra oomph" love the name “the fuzz”. if i owned one, hint hint, xmas soon, i would prolly think of it that way. “the fuzz”

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economic crisis

There's one way to get people using Banks again… - I suppose this creative solution would only work for men though.

I'm ready to make a deposit - another rather creative b3ta solution to the banking crisis

Strike, Collapse, Rethink - "Taking the lessons of Buy Nothing Day one step further, many culturejammers began advocating a General Consumption Strike as the appropriate tool for reshaping the basis of our economies"

crime

Man killed wife in Facebook row - "A man has been jailed for life for stabbing his wife to death over a posting she made on the social networking site Facebook." and we always think the danger will come from elsewhere…

Caught on camera: The 'Artful Dodger' aged eight who stole thousands… but is too young to face charges - "He stuffs the loot in his pockets and darts out from behind the desk just in time to escape the notice of security guards who have entered the store. With astonishing cheek, the boy approaches them and horses around - firing an imaginary gun - before strolling out."

zocken

world of goo - "This will get you the Windows version right away and access to Mac / Linux versions when they are ready (they are currently in beta). The Wii version is available on WiiWare. " this game looks very nice.

Why LittleBigPlanet Is Web 2.0 For Games - "I have seen the future of user-generated content on consoles, and it is the Beta version of Media Molecule's much-awaited LittleBigPlanet" shut up and give it to me already.

Preview: Gomibako (Trash Can) - "MAKUHARI–Think Tetris, but with garbage. That's the simplest description of Gomibako, a PlayStation Network puzzle game" iPhone/iPod Touch version, please.

Q&A: World of Warcraft Lead Producer J. Allen Brack - "We are interested in making WoW the most fun game that we can make it and that’s sort of been our philosophy for the last four years, it’s going to continue to be our philosophy. So, as far as Warhammer, I’m excited to see more games come out, I’m a gamer, I love playing games …"

online video killed the …

RiP: A remix manifesto - "In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers." and where can i download it?

La Pequeña Sarah Palin - "… a small candidate" muy disturbing.

Head Over Heels: Literal Video Version - "Ever wish songs just sang what was happening in the music video? Well now they do, in this second installment of literal videos!"

A Shared Culture's Web - "We were fortunate to have renowned filmmaker Jesse Dylan (director of the Emmy Award-winning "Yes We Can" video) offer to create a short film explaining the ideas behind Creative Commons."

Cute Monkey waiters in Japan - at the end of the video, which incidently made me kinda sad, the monkey seems to eat some edamame.

John Cleese on Sarah Palin - "The former Monty Python star shares his unsparing thoughts and views about vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin." good point, Sarah Plain is so absurd, monthy python could have written it. oops typo, nvm.

art & design

imbue - Drug Vend - "imbue takes his controversial 'Drug Vend' sculpture to Brighton Pier… "

Reset Cups for when you need to Ctrl/Alt/Del - "The ultimate in geek chic porcelain comes from MOD Design in Taiwan, whose little cups and circuit board saucers offer a tea break for those moments when you need to reboot or force quit your computer." [via neatorama]

TRANSFORMERS Guillaume Reymond - "l'artiste franco-suisse Guillaume Reymond présente un nouveau projet incroyable. Cette série de performances TRANSFORMERS rassemble divers types de véhicules, qui, assemblés selon des chorégraphies précises, font apparaître de gigantesques robots vus du ciel."

Porter x Buzz Rickson x William Gibson - "Porter, the famed Japanese bag makers, are back with a new collection of vintage military-styled bags"

The Art of the Brick: Life Size Replicas - "What would be better than another you made completely out of LEGO bricks?" [via neatorama]

schmooze and abuse

TAG A DUMMER - Howto turn Hummers in to Dummers. Upload Gallery and more.

McCain Photoshop contest! - "Thanks to Reuters for the excellent fodder! We're too lazy to photoshop this pic, but you might not be…" excellent material, terrible photoshoppery, but kinda worth it to scroll down to the LOLcats one.

Queen has fit of Google giggles - "Internet giant Google was given the royal seal of approval when the Queen had a fit of the giggles during a tour of its London headquarters." apparently that laughing baby video caused the fit of giggles

Internet use 'good for the brain' - "For middle-aged and older people at least, using the internet helps boost brain power, research suggests." pheew.

Tell McCain to End the Politics of Hate - "We urge you to join people of conscience from all races and backgrounds to reject the politics of division and fear, and come together to uplift the country and create a more equal and just society."

2008 - Poverty - Blog Action Day 2008 - "In 2008, the Blog Action Day theme is Poverty. Bloggers are free to interpret this as they see fit. We invite bloggers to examine poverty from their own blog topics and perspectives" drawing a blank, and hey, i guess that's poor

Poolga. iPhone and iPod Touch wallpapers for the rest of us. - "We love our iPhones and we love customizing them. But we hate the standard wallpapers and cheesy nature themes available everywhere. That's why we create our own" [via swissmiss]

mccain flags - "while i was putting flags in poo around venice, people stopped, and smiled, and took photos and chatted and overall, became happy. maybe it was the message, or maybe it was the act."

Swiss town converts nuclear bunker into 'zero-star hotel' - "Tourists in Switzerland can soon sleep in the world's first "zero-star hotel," a former nuclear bunker several yards below the ground." looks very cozy.

Employees, not hackers, cause most corporate data loss - "According to a new study from Compuware, IT departments should take a bow—only 1 percent of corporate data losses this past year were due to hackers."

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streetart/art

banksychickmc.jpg - "New Yorkers don’t care about art, they care about pets. So I’m exhibiting them instead. I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming"

STICKERAWARD 2008 - Die Gewinner - and the winners are … i like the work of 2nd place winner best. INDOCHINA, CZ. his work is very simple, he seems to just be using masking tape, but very effective.

iPod touched

sneak peek at South Park's sweet, yet-unreleased iPhone app - "What hasn't been announced yet is this: The South Park guys have cooked up a killer iPhone application. It's not yet available in the iTunes App Store, but I visited the South Park headquarters recently for a sneak peek" gief.

Solar Powered Leather Case for iPhone 2G/3G - hah.

Why I can't wait for the iPod to die - "Steve Wozniak said it best in his exclusive interview with the Daily Telegraph earlier this week: "The iPod has sort of lived a long life at No. 1," he said. "Things like, that if you look back to transistor radios and Walkmans, they kind of die out after awhile."

zocken

Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start - "Video game rivals Sony and Microsoft are going head-to-head in virtual worlds for their home consoles later this year. Both companies announced their services, which use graphic images that represent players called "avatars," Thursday at the Tokyo Game Show."

The Superstruct Game - it's live

The Tuttuki Bako box needs your finger to play with virtual characters - "The so-called Tuttuki Bako, Tuttuki Box, features a display that shows a digital replica of your finger once you put it into the hole in the right side of the device and start moving. Users can then play with a panda bear or a small figure, explore a “virtual” lake and touch a girl’s face or a slime ball." [via waxy]

What if Sarah Palin Was In … - "Now that Vice President nominee Sarah Palin has been battle tested with the debate, why not put her in some video game battles too?" fuck off, keep that dumb cow out of MY games, ffs.

upcoming swiss festivals

shift electronic arts festival - “following its successful launch last autumn, the Shift festival of electronic arts is kicking off for a second edition”

Illustrative 2008: Illustrative 08 - "The main exhibition features over 400 works by 35 artists and gives an international overview which represents the various facets of illustrative art." the clubbing part of the festival focuses on VJs.

FUTURE IS NOW - "ISOLÉE LIVE (D) / CHARLES WEBSTER (UK) / KHAN OF FINLAND LIVE (D) / PÉPE BRADOCK (FR)"

online video killed the … star

You Fell Asleep Watching a DVD - pick from a choice of shows and movies, to hear the end credits as if … (see title) [via waxy]

YouTractor.com - Welcome - “100% Tractor Videos” and the site really lives up to its claim, i did not find one non-tractor video.

Little Big Computer - "i have made an "electronic" 8bit calculator (not "mechanical" calculator) with the Beta LBP demo.it do decimal/binary conversions and it can do Add and Sub." i almost can’t wait for this game, why am i never beta testing these things???

All Your Base Are Belong to Us Presidential Election Edition - "Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama take on Sarah Palin in the classic "All Your Base" video from Zero Wing." the “what say” by obama is cracking me up.

30-Second Sarah - "Sarah Palin's debate performance, reduced to its essence."

schmooze and abuse

Welcome - SoundCloud - “SoundCloud lets you move music fast & easy. The platform takes the daily hassle out of receiving, sending & distributing music for artists, record labels & other music professionals.” re-plug! it’s the public launch this sunday.

Rose wants key Diggers to keep influence - "We have to lower the barrier to Digging," explains Rose. "At the moment you might see a button on a remote site, click it which opens up a new window, then you have to log into your Digg account and then you fill in the details.”

HULGER EU - "The solid walnut and brass PAPPA*PHONE mixes old and new with profound simplicity. This luxury phone, hand crafted in Montreal Canada works as a Skype phone with MAC + PC (via the USB adaptor included)" i got wood just from seeing that.

Tweethearts: blogger proposes to nerd girlfriend over Twitter, she tweets back acceptance. - "A nice way to end the week. Congratulations to Boing Boing pals Sean Bonner and Tara Brown." why does this disturb me a little? i must be old-schoolish.

Sweetest Tweet Ever? Man Proposes Via Twitter - "I thought it was the most romantic proposal ever!" writes Sullivan. "And he surprised me with the ring when we met on my layover in PHX (on our way to SXSW to speak)." see comment above.

Firefox users gain location tool - "Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, has released technology that helps websites detect the physical location of computers."

US debt clock runs out of digits - "The US government's debts have ballooned so badly the National Debt Clock in New York has run out of digits to record the spiralling figure."

Unicode Snowman for You - awww [via waxy]

Beautiful Plastic - "Brad Adkins' Plastic Water Bottle is far simpler: a water bottle drilled through, over and over, with a Dremel tool. With a diameter designed to fit in your hand—and you'll want to touch it—the drinking cylinder has become a sculpture composed of tiny holes, all the size of a thumbtack's tip." but of course plastic can be beautiful.

The 8 Phases of Dating - the fart thing betrayed me. [via neatorama]

.: Sumo Paint - Beta :. - impressive flash-based photoshop that runs in a browser window. [via swissmiss]

languageenglish.jpg - english epic fail

The Long Tail - "First, the logo of Belgian supermarket chain Delhaize, and the England football team's badge. Now, the lions from those graphic images with their tails straightened out." cute literalism.
Stop sending mail you later regret - "When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you're really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you're in the right state of mind?"

Who needs money?! - "who needs money? If it is in fact a mere apparition of its former green self, then let's put it to rest and make our own economy. Raw trade was o' so popular before banks stepped in to mess things up, so let's take a walk on the non monetary side and find our inner art student self (i.e poor)." i quite like this rant.

The Measure of a President - "During the Presidential campaign, much has been made of Barack Obama’s slender physique, with some commentators going so far as to argue that he is too thin for most Americans to relate to him. Does candidate height and weight play a role in electoral success? With Mr. Obama and John McCain set to square off in the second of three presidential debates tomorrow, it seemed worth taking a look through recent history.”

Mini Beamer, Projektor: Divistar Portabler Pocket LED Beamer für Computer - "Beamer sind groß, laut und teuer? Vergessen Sie das alles! Der portable Mini-Projektor von Divistar ist enorm handlich, extrem leicht und überzeugt auch in Sachen Lampen-Laufzeit: Mit bis zu 20.000 Stunden brauchen Sie sich über einen Lampenwechsel keine Gedanken machen." tiny ass beamer. and even quiet. a mate of mine has ordered one and will let me know how it works as a beamer for the iPhone/iPod Touch ^^^ think of the possibilities.

Flickr: Panda - flickr explorer adds the rainbow puke panda. erm, sure.

The Man Who Stuck His Head Inside a Particle Accelerator - "So with all the recent news about the Large Hadron Collider, many of you may have this nagging question: what, exactly, would happen if you stick your head in the particle accelerator?
Well, actually, we know the answer to that because someone did stick his head into a particle accelerator." well, somebody had to do it.

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the track that made my week

Smiley Culture - Shan-Ah-Shan - me love this track becoz this track is so radicoooooo….

apple schmäpple, iPöd töch etc. and what not

steve jobs is still not dead part …erm… lost count - “The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the origin of a false report on a CNN citizen journalist Web site that Apple’s chief executive, Steven P. Jobs, left, had a heart attack and was hospitalized.”

fring iphone - "fring is now available on the App Store making it easy for anyone to use fring on the original iPhone, iPhone 3G or iPod touch. All you need to do is download fring on the App Store and within minutes you can make free calls with other fringsters™ or via fring using Skype, Skype-out or any SIP providers you choose." wait, voip on the iphone is possible after all? still testing…

Obama uses iPhone to win support - "US Democratic candidate Barack Obama is set to turn the iPhone into a political recruiting tool with an application aimed at getting the vote out."

Crisis Averted: Apple to Keep iTunes Store Open - "iTunes devotees will today breathe a sign of relief after a ruling that could have forced Apple to close the iTunes store is rejected." see bellow.

Apple Hears Developers Nixes iPhone NDA - "iPhone developers are free at last to talk about their applications. Apple has officially dropped the nondisclosure agreement that prohibited developers from discussing the iPhone’s operating system, application code and development kit."

Apple threatens to shutter iTunes over proposed royalty hikes - "Apple has threatened to close down its iTunes Store should regulators approve a royalty hike that would grant artists a 66 percent increase in commission for each song sold through online download services." pay the artists more? apple says hell no and threatens to throw a tantrum.

Last.FM Releases Highly Anticipated iPhone App Update - "Last.FM has finally released the highly anticipated update to their iPhone application. Initial App Store reviews for the debut of the Last.FM app weren't very high."

street-, [f]art and dissign

lifeclock - "Life Clock. Clock Mecanism Slowed down 61320 Time. Each number represent Year"

Michelle Brand’s Stunning Plastic Bottle Chandelier - "One of the most stunning pieces at this year’s 100% Design was this gorgeous recycled plastic bottle chandelier by Michelle Brand. Composed entirely from cut-off bottle bases [...]"

Send a quick txt to the pigeons - From next month, you can watch your words go up in smoke as part of an art installation in London's Trafalgar Square. Called Memory Cloud, the work by architects/designers Stephen and Theodore Spyropoulos will, over three evenings in October, create a huge cloud of smoke on to which the artists will project messages sent by members of the public via text message.

"Failure Takes Practice" from Vinchen - i sooo agree with the sentiment, this would have kinda made my day, if the implication of the saying wasn't so depressing.

Roadsworth at Urban Prankster - "Initially motivated by a desire for more bike paths in the city and a questioning of “car culture” in general, he continued to develop a language around street markings and other elements of the urban landscape using a primarily stencil based technique."

Mark Jenkins: homeless polar bears art prank - "We made a series of human-like homeless polar bears and installed them around DC to get people to think about the issue (of melting arctic ice) with more empathy."

zocken

Future football stars start here - "If you ever had the desire to live the life of a top football player both on and off the pitch but lack the real world ball skills, then Football Superstars might be able to help. The online game combines a football simulation with a virtual world and lets players work their way up towards superstar status, earning money as they go."

ugh…got addicted to this little game - "click below for a time suck ::"

Blizzard wins Warcraft bot payout - "World of Warcraft creator Blizzard has won $6m (£3.36m) in damages from the makers of a software 'bot'." yay, more money for blizzard.

snurkbeddengoed.nl - sleep in a cardboard comforter for a cause

What is Pest Control? - "Banksy has a casual attitude to copyright and encourages the reproduction of his work for your own personal amusement, so it's with regret that he finds himself having to deem pieces either
'real' or 'fake'."

Play light-Bot, a free online game on Kongregate - brilliant AI bot game, lots of fun that made me joyfully waste a good half hour.

online video killed the …

Peaches - Fuck the Pain Away, sung by Miss Piggy - "There was an assignment in my class in which we were to give a short presentation on pretty much any subject. I decided to make a music video."

John Lydon Country Life Commercial - let’s hope the butter ain't Rotten, Johnny.

Couric / Palin Open - "Couric / Palin Open - Gov. Palin and Katie Couric get real and adorable" [thx f]

Google homepage back - google timewrap video pasting together screenshots from 2007 to 1998, gotta love the title.

Mobiles and the urban poor - "Bruce Sterling, science-fiction and tech journalist talks about the implications of money digitization. His though-provoking presentation dealt with how virtual money systems are the financial services for the new urban poor." bruce has this knack for adressing whole countries, you koreans have to. i heard him do it to you swiss. is there such a thing as the swiss? still amazing tho.

XXX Party Clip Video - "they tossed together the most NSFW yet SFW clip we have ever seen." this is a commercial and we don't usually endorse commercials, but!

caduta modella - - model stmbles and falls in milanos prada catwalk

Borat irrompe in passerella - "Uno dei protagonisti del prossimo film di Sacha Baron Cohen, forse lo stesso interprete di 'Borat', è stato fermato dalla polizia dopo aver fatto incursione sulla passerella di Agatha Ruiz De La Prada."

Dance Floor Dale - "WE'VE HOSTED THE VIDEO HERE AS IT KEEPS GETTING BANNED ELSEWHERE DUE TO SOME EXPLICIT SCENES (ALLEGEDLY)."

schmooze and abuse

How Now Busted Cow? - “Meet Michele Allen. The Ohio woman, 32, was arrested Saturday night after she got liquored up and began chasing kids and blocking traffic in her Middletown neighborhood. Allen was wearing a cow costume at the time of her arrest…” [via b3ta]

Music stars unite to seek control - "UK pop and rock stars are taking action to try to gain ownership and control of their work from record labels. Robbie Williams, Radiohead, Kaiser Chiefs and The Verve are among the acts who have signed up to a new pressure group, the Featured Artists' Coalition." a noble cause.

Ninja Tuna Album USB Memory Stick - "Want it on a limited edition tuna shaped USB key? Well you're in luck!" must-have.

MC Frontalot :: Final Boss - nerdcore star mc frontalot has a new CD out, it’s called Final Boss and - you guessed it - it’s about gaming.

A Look at the Clickjacking Web Attack and Why You Should Worry - "There’s a nasty new security threat making waves on the web. Actually, clickjacking, as this attack is known, isn’t entirely new, but because no one has yet come up with an effective solution, it remains a serious threat. And clickjacking is the worst sort of security risk — it’s transparent to the unwitting user, simple to implement and difficult to stop." as usual we should worry. and then we kinda just don’t.

Huge System for Web Surveillance Discovered in China - "A group of Canadian human-rights activists and computer security researchers has discovered a huge surveillance system in China that monitors and archives certain Internet text conversations that include politically charged words." sigh, china.

CBS Gets a Rude Lesson in Citizen Journalism - "Network's iPhone App Turns Up Some User-Generated NSFW Pics to Mobile Site - Like a lot of news networks, CBS jumped on the citizen journalism bandwagon with a free iPhone app, Eyemobile for iPhone, to make it easy for users to upload news to its user-generated news site, CBSeyemobile.com. Interesting, though, the citizens' definition of "news." "

wordpress-cli - Google Code - "Welcome! This theme provides a bash-like interface to your WordPress blog." seriously geeky wordpress theme. find some examples here.

head conference hub at Liip Fribourg - "<head> web conference is coming to Switzerland. From the 24th to the 26th of October we'll host a so called hub at our office in Fribourg where attendees can gather, exchange ideas and knowledge and, of course, watch life streams of the conference sessions."

Rososo, the peaceful newsreader - "Rososo shows you which bookmarks have updated, and hides the rest. It is a good alternative to newsreaders, which, like your email inbox, tend to accumulate obligation and guilt."

419 The Nigerian Scam- "Inspired by his best friend's ordeal but having only $180 to spare, a Canadian student created a movie that won a film festival last week, in Virginia, and had the worldwide premiere at the West Hollywood International Film Festival. There is the trailer and more info about the movie - called "419: the Nigerian Scam". "

map of springfield .gif - ffs, springfield is huge.

Guide to Green Travel - "According to Terrapass, each passenger is responsible for 695 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions on a cross country flight. When you count up each passenger's carbon footprint after the flight, it equals a very dirty plane trip. So what's a responsible citizen of the earth to do? Give up traveling for good?"

The scariest thing about Sarah Palin isn't how unqualified she is - it's what her candidacy says about America - "Sarah Palin is a symbol of everything that is wrong with the modern United States. As a representative of our political system, she's a new low in reptilian villainy, the ultimate cynical masterwork of puppeteers like Karl Rove." [via bb]

MiniMotel makes airport campouts possible, still awkward - "The MiniMotel is a tiny, fold-up tent with everything you need to camp out in an airport or other transit station, including an inflatable air mattress, alarm clock, reading light, toothbrush and paste, and even earplugs." yay, earplugs!!!

Sacha Baron Cohen invades Milan fashion week - "Milan's prestigious fashion week has been hijacked by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in his alter ego of Bruno, the flamboyantly camp Austrian fashion reporter." i think he wore a toilet seat, seee video above.

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