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#watch and

anderson cooper has a giggle fit over depardieu's public urination – and now wait for the remixes

Graffiti Wars on Vimeo – king robbo vs. banksy – the documentary (video was taken down…)

What does being two look like? – it may seem a little cruel, but it's pretty great

Raw Video: French Bread From a Vending Machine – "French baker Jean-Louis Hecht has rolled out a 24-hour automated baguette dispenser, promising warm bread for hungry night owls, shift workers or anyone else who doesn't have time to pick one up during their bakery's opening hours."

Birmingham Riots 2011 | How it all began… – some interesting insights how the riots in birmingham might have started

#learn

Ulric Collette | Portraits génétiques – "Un travail de recherche photographique sur les ressemblances génétiques entre membres de même famille"

Getting High for Less: Easier Access to Better, Cheaper Heroin Cripples Small Towns – "Black tar dealers employ what is referred to as a "Pizza Hut/Domino" delivery model. After a phone order, dealers will come to you at your preferred drop-off location – be it at home or an undisclosed parking lot. After the hand-off is complete, the dealer follows up with a phone call to ensure users received a satisfactory high." finally. state of the art drug dealing.

Slavoj Žižek · Shoplifters of the World Unite – "Slavoj Žižek on the meaning of the riots" the smart analysis are slowly showing up

Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisations, say scientists – "Rising greenhouse emissions could tip off aliens that we are a rapidly expanding threat, warns a report" Not a The Onion Headline? omg zomfg

The Lives of Hitler, Jesus and Michael Jackson in Pictograms – "… neat minimalist pictrogram timelines of historical and pop culture villains and heroes, dig ‘em hard. Sabine Troisvallets of design house H-57 has creatively illustrated seven noteworthy fates."

TS Icon – "The solution: We created a custom font containing the icons, elements and logotype that could then be controlled via simple CSS styling." font contains all social network icons

Dropping In On The Demented Utopia Of The Gathering Of The Juggalos – odd. disturbing. strangely engrossing. while reading this i kept thinking, that movie Idiocracy, remember that one, it’s here already.

Playfire – social network for gamers

Why CCTV has failed to deter criminals – "After the London riots, one thing is certain: anyone promoting CCTVs for deterrence is most likely selling something, probably CCTVs."

Penny Red – "This book brings together her diverse writings, showing what it is to be young, angry and progressive in the face of an increasingly violent and oppressive UK government." a book of writings from the one voice on the uk riots that did not embarass.

How Did BART Kill Cellphone Service? – "The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system initially claimed a phone service shut-down was performed by telecoms, but that's not the latest story" the how.

Collector Beastie Boys Action Figures – "Yes! These are the very same dashing figures that you feast your eyes on in the video. [...] The proceeds aka $ will be split between two very worthwhile charitable organizations that work with kids with cancer:"

Peter Crouch gets haircut from elderly riot victim – "I wasn't expecting to get a hair cut but I needed one and was in a barber shop, so I thought 'why not!?' Aaron did a great job." yay for aaron biber!

Pochoir: “Riot” – street sign to the riot

street tag iPhone app – the graffiti solution for whimps like myself

England riots: pair jailed for four years for using Facebook to incite disorder – "Two men – whose posts did not result in riot-related event – sentenced at Chester crown court after arrests last week"

Daylight Robbery, Meet Nighttime Robbery – "This is what David Cameron got wrong: you can't cut police budgets at the same time as you cut everything else. Because when you rob people of what little they have, in order to protect the interests of those who have more than anyone deserves, you should expect resistance—whether organized protests or spontaneous looting. And that’s not politics. It’s physics."

» The PDF with the ORIGIN – program is online! ORIGIN – aha, it's getting more concrete

Anonymous protests BART (happening now) – "#opbart protestor starts yelling at the crowd "All this over cell phone service?!" to which someone replies "We're protesting the shooting of Oscar Grant!" and someone else yells "I'm not! I'm here about the cell phone thing!". This pretty much sum up the feel of the protest. Many folks upset, but not really over the same things. "

Hipster Ipsum – "Pitchfork whatever helvetica gluten-free, etsy mustache echo park. Echo park dreamcatcher twee, food truck butcher etsy synth carles jean shorts letterpress photo booth locavore cosby sweater craft beer.'

Bleep: Filtered – An unsigned competition & compilation in association with Warp Records, SoundCloud & Transition Mastering – "Bleep: Filtered is a brand new Unsigned Competition and Compilation offering unsigned artists a unique chance to have their tracks A&Red, mastered, released, promoted, marketed and sold to the public. "

charlotte dieckmann + nils ferber: parasite farm – "the 'parasite farm' by charlotte dieckmann and nils ferber is an indoor compost system that can be easily integrated into your current living environment."

The Invisible Man - Eli Klein Fine Art Exhibitions – chinese artist paints himself to blend into the background

My Name Is Me | Supporting your freedom to choose the name you use on social networks and other online services. – "Supporting your freedom to choose the name you use on social networks and other online services."

Stop Coddling the Super-Rich – "While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks."

Banquesy: The Frenchman – known as Blek le Rat – accusing Banky of stealing his 'guerilla art' style – "Banksy does not give interviews but in his unofficial biography he says of Blek le Rat: ‘Every time I think I’ve painted something original I find out that Blek le Rat has done it as well, only 20 years earlier.’"

Obey Copenhagen Post 2 (Bad) – OBEY GIANT – shepard fairey got punched in copenhagen, there are deffo two sides to this story. there is a lot to be said about street art going commercial and being used to justify certain unpopular measures. but punch him? nah

Sand Glass LED Traffic Lights by Thanva Tivawong – "using the sand-hour-glass as its model. LED lights trickle down to make an obvious statement, regarding the time left for the lights to change. Easy and intuitive."

#swiss focus

SVP-Plakate Verhunztexten – bisher gefällt mir "sei anders!" und "schweine wählen svp" am besten

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‪Silverback Gorilla turns cameraman at Durrell‬‏ – "The fabulous footage shows the silverback investigating the device and meticulously picking out raisins with a surprisingly delicate touch"

Sesame Street breaks it down – sesame street vs. beastie boys mashup of sure shot.

‪Planet of the Apes Party Fun Time (remix to Benny Benassi Presents the Biz)‬‏ – positively addictive

Quit Work, Humorous Quitting Fantasy Videos by DeviantART – "DeviantART, a social network for artists, has released a series of videos in which suffering office workers transform into robots, pandas, and wizards to fight their jerk bosses"

‪Crazy guy- Why are you closed? Why?‬‏ – "Crazy guy yells outside Toronto mall, "Why are you closed?!"."

‪Street Dance in Paris‬‏ – this guy is quite the comedian, but also a very strong breakdancer

Opening a door via text message – "Here’s our office door, which is now able to be opened and closed via a text message. Goodbye keys!"

‪lara6683's Channel‬‏ – lara from sidney plays game and tv animation themes – some of them in costume, and super mario blindfolded

‪San Francisco Police Kill Black 19 Year Old Who Didn't Pay Bus Fare! 2nd angle!! (July 16, 2011)‬‏ – "Bay Area Police once again shoot first and ask questions later!"

#read

Jokes from the G+hole – "How many Freudians does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Two. One to turn the bulb and one to hold the penis–I mean ladder!" and more jokes

Happy 100th birthweek, Marshall McLuhan, godfather of media studies – "Marshall McLuhan, the godfather of media studies, would have been 100 years old this week."

Oslo terror suspect: Anders Behring Breivik, 32, links to right-wing extremism – "Norwegian media are reporting as his Facebook page, and Twitter account. Looks like they were both just activated within the past week, which is all very suspicious. Aftenposten notes that he is said to be a conservative Christian and a Mason, and into hunting and bodybuilding." he also played WoW.

Portland, Oregon Becomes Latest City to Ban the Plastic Bag – "Oregon's largest city has just joined a growing list of municipalities that are fed up with plastic bags — It has just adopted an ordinance that will ban plastic bags from major grocery stores, as well as some big box retailers."

Just Do It – "Emily James spent over a year embedded in activist groups such as Climate Camp and Plane Stupid to document their clandestine activities. With unprecedented access, Just Do It takes you on an astonishing journey behind the scenes of a community of people who refuse to sit back and allow the destruction of their world."

Italian Vandal – "A vandal stalks Europe…a short film by Shafiur Rahman and M3. "

elena nunziata: little helpers children's furniture – "the 'little helpers' furniture collection, created by italian designer elena nunziata for her degree project at the university of the arts, london, focuses on providing educational and engaging furniture for use by children."

Fukushima city sows sunflower seeds to decontaminate 'hot spot' – "Fukushima city officials sowed sunflower seeds Wednesday at a plaza in the city as part of efforts to remove radioactive materials from the soil."

A Deepak Chopra Inspired Game Finally Materializes – "Leela (which is Sanskrit for sport or play) for Wii and Xbox 360 promises to merge "ancient meditative techniques" with current age technology. The player's "flow state" will be developed by addressing the seven chakras that reside in each of us, according to Hindu texts."

Media Artist Contingency Plan – "This informative little sticker will help guide you towards the quickest methodology of seriously damaging your laptop hard drive during that moment of urgency."

vector portraits – LA photographer takes lateral portraits of fellow car drivers

Anonymous unleashes social network AnonPlus after Google+ ban – "Following a ban from Google+, web hacktivist clan Anonymous has said it will build its own social network — one that won't tolerate "being shut down, censored or oppressed.""

Q&A: Moby answers your questions – "If you had one tip to give an emerging band today, what would it be? Learn how to do as many things as possible. The way the music business has changed and continues to change, you can't just do one thing any more."

Hudson Mohawke – Turn Me Off – totally rad "Unofficial remix (not on the EP of course)."

Julien Levesque :: The Google Smile – "does google get the smile today" the smile changes according to google stockmarket activity. "Le sourire est uniquement visible entre 15h30 et 22H00 du lundi au vendredi " view it to the right here —> yeh there. it’s usually asleep.

App developers withdraw from US as patent fears reach 'tipping point' – "Growth in US software patent lawsuits means independent developers are turning away from it as a place to do business – as Indian software company sends warning to tech giants"

Can 'super-bees' solve the world's food crisis? – "The honeybees who pollinate our crops are disappearing, but researchers are trying to breed survivor insects to carry on"

Google+: How to View Profile Updates in an RSS Feed – "Would you rather see your friends’ Google+ posts in your RSS reader? A handy new web app called Google Plus User Feed will let you do just that — and the setup’s a snap."

Google Takeout – "Download an archive of your data from:" this is pure sex!

Export & Download your Instagram photos with Instaport – "A simple way to export all your Instagram photos to other social services or your local hard drive."

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online video killed the …

FutureStates :: Play – "beautiful imagination of nested play states in a "not too distant future." nested it is.

‘Galactica: Sabotage’ Creator Discusses Her Brilliant Beastie Boys Sci-Fi Mashup – "The above video compares the Galactica version with the real “Sabotage” video and puts things in perspective for those who haven’t memorized every shot in the original Beasties clip: If you dart your eyes back and forth fast enough, you can see the stunning precision with which her re-creation mimics the original." amazing precision

South Park Parodies the "Gingers Do Have Souls" Kid – "the famous "Gingers. do have souls" kid has now been immortalized by the very show he claims to hate in this preview clip from South Park's upcoming 14th season." awww, stop slagging the g.i.n.g.e.r.s. already, tee hee.

Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer – "The 11th Best Picture Nomination of 2009."

schmooze and abuse

New New Order Mix-New Monday. It's new. – "Earlier today I uploaded a remix I've done of Blue Monday by New Order which I've called "New Monday (How Does It Feel)". I'm not sure the world needed another remix of this 80's classic but I went and did one anyway." wooohee, osymyso is back! or did he never leave?

Apple's secret iPhone developer agreement goes public – "The first rule of the iPhone developer program is: You do not talk about the iPhone developer program." just did, so suck on that, sucker.

Chatroulette Map – ya, dickflashers, not so anonymous anymore…

Apple’s iTunes LP 6 Months Later: LP What? – “It’s something most people will look at once” that sentence sums it all up. was interesting to read that the idea did not come from apple though.

Dalai Lama Has a Posse – "Wednesday March 10 is Tibetan Independence Day—and this year will also mark His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 75th birthday. In honor of both, Shepard Fairey collaborated with photographer Don Farber on this limited-edition, signed and numbered 18"x14" print"

DIY : The picturetweeting bathroom scale (aka the worst christmas present ever) – "how about bathroom scales that take a picture of you, from the worst and least flattering angle, and uploads it straight to the web through Twitter and twitpic? Yes, I know, it’s a horrible idea!" worst! idea! ever!

Valve Brings Hit Games, Steam Service to Mac – "It’s officially official: Valve will bring its Steam online distribution service and titles from its massive library of hit games to the Mac this April, the company confirmed Monday." nice.

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