http://www.youtube.com/e/_UQmY57qrfw Playmobil Stop Motion – Joy Division – Transmission (via BoingBoing) (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Month: February 2011
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theeconomist: Mubarak toppled. It seems like all the news from this morning indicated that Mubarak had managed to stay in spite of the opposition. I wonder what happened?
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via Flowing Data (Source: http://flowingdata.com/2011/02/10/a-study-of-ipad-usage-via-fingerprints/)
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This containment strategy has worked. By politically encircling the protesters, the regime prevented the conflict from extending beyond its grasp. With the protesters caught between regime-engineered violence and regime-manufactured safety, the cabinet generals remained firmly in control of the situation. The generals that now man the cabinet also sought to wage a war on the… Continue reading Untitled
Fascinating look at the number of micromorts involved in various activities. I was surprised how safe driving is.
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http://www.youtube.com/e/raWLS2_PEfI Bad Writing – Official Trailer (via The Daily Dish) (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
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Cook presented the bizarre, malformed new product to stunned silence during a media event at Apple headquarters, revealing a device that, while vaguely similar to a computer in certain respects, appeared to be encased in a thick, flesh-like coating that was visibly moist and engorged. “Oh, my sweet God,” Apple employee Kurt Starfeldt said after… Continue reading Untitled
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[vimeo 19001635 w=500 h=375] Seed Drawings by clement valla (via Information Aesthetics) (Source: http://player.vimeo.com/)
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House Republicans suffered an embarrassing setback Tuesday when they fell seven votes short of extending provisions of the Patriot Act, a vote that served as the first small uprising of the party’s tea-party bloc. The bill to reauthorize key parts of the counter-terrorism surveillance law, which expire at the end of the month, required a… Continue reading Untitled