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Virginia Tech, Suicide And World Of Warcraft - “The only warning signs that he was on the edge came in the form of emails sent to the university from various WoW players who were concerned for his safety. Unfortunately, little action was taken from the warnings and as we all know, Daniel Kim is now de

Chomsky on World Ownership - “The Bush administration is way out at the extreme. In fact, so far out at the extreme that they’ve come under unprecedented attack from the mainstream.”

Transformer Dress Gets Ladies Naked - “British clothes designer Hussein Chalayan has made dresses using microchip technology that transform into other dresses or disappears while on the model.”

Eight things I think I think - “1. Celebrity will soon be perceived as a disease. 2. Google rank will become a political argument. 6. Somebody will get stabbed for speaking too loud with his mobile phone in a public place.”

Untangle - yet another fantastic puzzle game, be warned though: it could take hours [via ze frank]

The sleeveface Pool - flickr pool of self-portraits with album covers, i wish my records were already unpacked.

Teabagging In Our Schools - “A group of boys has been involved in bullying others, and officials said their actions have included physical attacks, taunting and sexually harassing victims by making their crotches touch other boys’ heads while fully clothed — something apparently inspired by the Halo video game series, in which players can perform a posturing move over a defeated enemy.”

BBC Worldwide Videos - “This week sees the launch of the BBC Worldwide MySpaceTV Channel, bringing you the best of British TV.”

DJ Shadow says: Happy MLK Day - “In recognition of today’s MLK holiday, I thought I’d reup a DJ Shadow goodie posted back in a 2005 Rosa Parks memorial post and a 2006 MLK and the Dreamers post.”

STICKER AWARDS 2007 - Die Gewinner - very deserving winners to the 2007 sticker award.

With friends like these … Tom Hodgkinson on the politics of the people behind Facebook - “I despise Facebook. This enormously successful American business describes itself as “a social utility that connects you with the people around you”. But hang on. Why on God’s earth would I need a computer to connect with the people around me?”

Peter Callesen - paper cut art [via wooster]

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not much time to surf the web when moving house, i guess …

Is the Right Side of the Bed the Wrong One? - “A bad day is often attributed to “waking up on the wrong side of the bed.” But most of us haven’t figured out which side is supposed to be the “right” one.”

Level 1 Human - poor kid, his tshirt is already featuring WoW stats.

Saul Williams Sunday, Bloody Sunday - saul williams plays a homeless guy in his latest video.

The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism - “Did three high school kids who remixed Nazis into Smurfs in the 1980s change the future of the video game industry? Can hip-hop really bring about world peace?” some interesting questions this promising book attempts to answer.

The Pirates Dilemma » SlideShare - “A short talk on my book The Pirate’s Dilemma, which looks at how youth culture can gives clues about new ways to share information, and why competing with pirates is often better than fighting them.” [via de-bug also, shame on me]

Для любимых друзей =) - brilliant ascii animation [via de-bug]

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zügeln ist tatsächlich ein riesenstress … das wird einem erst wieder bewusst, wenn es ansteht. doch endlich ist es geschafft. wir wohnen zwar immer noch in bergen von kisten, aber wenigstens ist alles gezügelt, am richtigen ort, die alte wohnung abgegeben, die neue klobürste gekauft. fast alles prima. doch hier einige gedanken zum thema:

- mit einer neuen wohnung kauft man die sprichwörtliche katze im sack. dies wurde uns grausam bewusst am letzten samstag, unserem zügeltermin. nach einem langen tag material rumschleppen liessen wir uns total erschöpft auf unser sofa sinken, gerade in dem augenblick kam unser nachbar nach hause. minuten später dröhnte lauter technobeat durch den boden zu uns hoch. die alte wohnung hatten wir aufgeben müssen, weil uns der lärm der nachbarn fast zum wahnsinn getrieben hatte. autsch … das kann ja heiter werden. eigentlich sollte man neue wohnungen irgendwie testen können. oder ein bewertungssystem der anderen bewohner im haus sollte zugänglich sein. jedenfalls steht für uns wohl sehr bald ein erneuter umzug an.

- ein grosses lob an die mail-to-form. ich hatte alle meine adressänderungen per online-formular vorgenommen, und es hat tatsächlich prima geklappt. die post kommt an, das telefon funzt, selbst die zeitung lag vor der türe (mit der vorwurfsvollen, handgeschriebenen notiz “bitte BK anschreiben”). doch gerade bei telefon und zeitung hat das ganze eine tragische note. handelt es sich um ein letztes aufbäumen vor dem untergang? sowohl zeitung wie telefon wird es in dieser form nicht mehr lange geben. haben sie dies endlich gemerkt und nun in einem letzten verzweifelten effort den service am kunden verbessert?

- luxus macht süchtig. wir haben neu eine waschmaschine in der wohnung und bereits nach 4 tagen kann ich mir nicht mehr vorstellen, wie wir je ohne leben konnten.

- die schweiz ist verdammt noch mal zu teuer! die umzugfirma hat 2600.- kassiert. cash. ich denke in keinem anderen land der welt wären menschen bereit soviel zu brennen.

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robots

Military Machines do Robot Yoga - “you can see Souliere twist the FasTac into poses that are straight outta kundalini.” om namaste.

25 Coolest Robots That You Can Have Sex With - you can, but do you want to? “there are a number of robots and robotic products out there that can satisfy sexual desires, and we’ve profiled a number of them here.”

The Three Laws Of Robotics - “Robots do not want to have sex with you. Are you listening, Japan?” tell us, warren.

schmooze and abuze

Kaugummi-Kunst: Maurizio Savini - art made from chewing gum by an italian artist. don’t show this to kids!

Radiohead Finds Sales, Even After Downloads - “In a twist for the music industry’s digital revolution, “In Rainbows,” the new Radiohead album that attracted wide attention when it was made available three months ago as a digital download for whatever price fans chose to pay, ranked as the top-selling album in the country this week after the CD version hit record shops and other retailers.” well, it’s radiohead. dunno if an other band would be equally succesful.

Two views from an airplane window - “One of these might be fake. Can you guess which?” the shadow gives the giraffe away, but what about the other? [via boingboing]

This was a triumph - account of how one guy to beat cybersquatters. nice one.

The Best 19 Movies You Didn’t See in 2007 - “This is about those movies that were phenomenal yet hardly anyone saw, so now we’re giving them one final moment in the spotlight.”

Steal This Wi-Fi - “To me, it’s basic politeness. Providing internet access to guests is kind of like providing heat and electricity, or a hot cup of tea.” more like offering them a free download spot for their kiddie pr0n. nah, just kiddin. silly me. i wanted my wifi open. in theory. but then got cold feet. wimp.

Stickeraward 2007 - “Top 150 nominated Stickers for the international Stickerawards in 2007.”

15 Minutes of Fame: Noor the pacifist - WOW Insider - a guy is leveling two pacifist charctersin WoW. without ever actively killing anything. “what’s the concept behind Reinisch, your first pacifist character? - I started him from a roleplaying point of view, based very loosely on a real German priest, Franz Reinisch, who refused to serve in Hitler’s army and was executed. My undead priest’s back story is basically the same, and he still refuses to kill.”

Vegetarian Survival Kit - “what to include in a vegetarian survival kit”

EFF’s 17th Birthday Party | Electronic Frontier Foundation - “join EFF in celebrating our 17th year of defending digital rights! Since 1990, EFF has been there fighting for freedom and civil liberties.”

David Lynch on iPhone - “David Lynch talks about watching film on a cell phone. Clip from special edition of Inland Empire, with music and graphics by the super awesome xmas.” he seems grumpy.

Confessions of a technophobe - “Why are so many dramas and thrillers now set in the past? Is it because, in a world of mobile phones, satnav and Google, suspense is impossible?” yeh, well 24 is full on in cell-phone, pda land.

How to Read Wired Revisited - “How To Read Wired. In short, his advice was to take a hearty dollop of irony and then rip out all the back-to-back ads.”

Photos from the decapitator - very impressive, if rather gorey adbusting in london.

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online video killed the …

AMERICAN SPIRIT - a new hillmann curtis film … happy new year.

WRATH OF THE 1337 KING - “I, Merciless Gladiator Athene, who am also the best World of Warcraft player in the world, am now documentizing my life as a pro-gamer in a real movie (like Hollywood), for you guys, for free.” i am still not sure if i find him funny or sad, but oh well, he went ahead and produced a movie anyway.

Illegal Danish 2: Escape from Orgrimmar - quite hilarious machinima movie using the WoW engine. especially enjoyed the music.

schmooze and abuze

Official Sneaky Website - sneaky, the double bass player of fingathing, has moved to berlin and produced a solo album, free sample track available on his site.

The Day Today - September 11th - “The Day Today 24 news report covering the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York.” easter egg on The Day Today dvd.

Finally, Freedom from Your Phone - “The Freedom phone was designed by Vadim Kibardin and aims to take away all the inconvenience of traveling with a cellphone. ” spiffy design.

all of linz - polizei - one particulary impressive photo of last years ars electronica all of linz project. [via hannes]

The Face of Age - portraits of people who have lived in 3 centuries. [via bb]

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