Monthly Archive: 2009 September

G20 protesters blasted by sonic cannon (via Boing Boing)

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Not as eloquent as “Peace officer, think it over, creep,” but you get the gist. G20 protesters blasted by sonic cannon (via Boing Boing)

“LRAD Sound Cannon Used on Pittsburgh G20 Protesters – LRAD Sound Canon Pittsburgh G20 protesters” (via Gizmodo)

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Disgusting. LRAD Sound Cannon Used on Pittsburgh G20 Protesters (via Gizmodo)

COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (via YouTube)

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Here’s another amazing stop-motion animation that uses an urban environment as its canvas (it loops at minute 4:10) by Blu (maker of MUTO) and David Ellis: YouTube – COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop)

Rereading William Gibson

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Tried to get Mary interested in Neuromancer, but it wasn’t her cup of tea. I delved back into Count Zero because I’d reread Neuromancer not too long ago, and hadn’t finished out the trilogy that second time. Never read them in the right order in the first place anyway. Count Zero surprised me. Made me [...]

Great new podcast: Doug Loves Movies

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This is technically not new, but it is new to me, and I’ve been consuming it nonstop for about a week. Comedian and twitterholic Doug Benson (“Stoner of the Year 2006″ according to High Times Magazine) hosts a show at the UCB Theatre in Los Angeles that he records and later puts on iTunes for [...]

It’s Always the Fixer Who Dies (via Boing Boing)

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It’s Always the Fixer Who Dies (via Boing Boing)

iPod is now backwards compatible…with radio

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A scant few weeks shy of its 8th b-day, the iPod gets an FM tuner. Wow. Actually it’s just the iPod Nano (8GB @ $149, 16GB @ $179), and it also gets a video camera. Here’s a list of the other features: Video camera (640×480) Integrated mic Integrated speaker FM Radio!!!!! One-click YouTube uploads Voice [...]

Apple Store is being updated…

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Jobs has a new liver and Apple is about to get some new products….iTablet? The Apple Store

DataSmut: Mapping the 7 Deadly Sins

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Wired has a very cool little article that visualizes each “sin” on a map of our great nation: We’re gluttons for infographics, and a team at Kansas State just served up a feast: maps of sin created by plotting per-capita stats on things like theft (envy) and STDs (lust). American Vice: Mapping the 7 Deadly [...]

Al Franken talks sense about healthcare

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Who knew that speaking reasonably could be so sexy? Oh yeah….Senator Paul Simon knew, may he rest in peace. When Senator Al Franken was confronted by an angry mob of teabagger/anti-healthcare-reform types, he calmly, rationally and intelligently talked them down, setting an example for how to conduct reasoned discourse that relies on facts and rationality [...]

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