August 2008
79 posts
Arphid Watch: Mythbusters and RFID →
Terrific speech by the godlike Adam Savage here; he’s in his element surrounded by these hacker scofflaws.
Police raid headquarters of RNC protesters →
Police raided a rental hall used by a group organizing protests at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Friday.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-24) →
Radiohead
The Last Shadow Puppets
The Strokes
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown
Incubus
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Amazing photoblog of the protests outside the DNC →
Detailed and vivid images from the protests outside the DNC, at the Freedom Cage. Amazing work!
The most famous trips in History →
Afghans want 'new troops deal' after NATO bombs 90... →
The Afghan government says it wants to renegotiate the terms of foreign forces in their country after more than 90 civilians were killed in a US bombing. Afghan President Hamid Karzai criticised US…
Outrageous! Police Trap Peaceful Protesters in... →
A calm political protest quickly turned chaotic as anxious Denver police surrounded protesters peacefully marching toward the Democratic National Convention Center. After trapping the crowd between…
DNC Protesters say no to war →
Hundreds of anti-war protesters have demonstrated amid heavy police security in the US city of Denver where the Democratic national convention is set to kick-off on Monday. Al Jazeera spoke to five…
Biden dislikes File Sharing, Net Neutrality and... →
Maybe you don’t care about the doings in Washington, but you may want to know that Biden considers a lot of what you do care about criminal activity.
“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit next...”
– Albert Einstein (via smaran)
WatchiHologram - iPhone application (useless but freaking awesome)
Coutances performed by Dick Annegarn La Science...
contravia →
What’s really going on in Colombia. Saved By: Mario Andrei Pantoja | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: politics, colombia, documentary, truth, press, tv,
“In the UK, there’s a glum feeling of “how can we top that?”. Our Nu Rave London...”
– Jason Arber Responses to “Beijing Takes Home the Gold”
via gedblog
Season Premieres I care about
House: September 16, 2008. The Office: September 25, 2008. 30 Rock: October 30, 2008
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-17) →
Radiohead
The White Stripes
System of a Down
Nine Inch Nails
Incubus
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Strange Things At Reuters Photos From Georgia →
Pictures to Provoke Hatred and More Suffering?
Fox cuts off 12-year-old relating Georgian... →
During an interview on Fox News they were describing how Russian soldiers saved them from the Georgian attack, and helped them get to an airport in Moscow where they were able to fly back home, but…
BrushKing →
Free Photoshop Brushes
“Whatever emotional investment we had in “Star Wars” as the prequels...”
– Alexandra DuPont
Detention camp Setup for DNC Protestors and Mass... →
Denver officials weren’t planning to reveal details about where activists would be detained in the event of mass arrests during the Democratic National Convention until after the event had started,…
Super Oors →
The Official Super Oors World web page - Download the comic ! Saved By: Mario Andrei Pantoja | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: comic, download, pdf, sprite, …
The Dark Knight Review →
¿por que ha tardado un mes en llegar a las carteleras de España?
luego se quejan de la pirateria…
Tengo buenos recuerdos de la anteriores películas sobre Batman, sobretodo las que…
HBO Considering Series Based on Trent Reznor’s... →
““I just pitched it to HBO two weeks ago in L.A. It went great. Ideally, we’re trying to get them to do a two-year limited series. I prefer that over a film” –Reznor sounds pretty focused on this….
Bolivians Strongly Back Morales In Recall Vote →
A bold gamble by President Evo Morales paid off as Bolivia’s voters resoundingly endorsed him in a recall referendum.”What happened today is important not only for Bolivians but for all Latin…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-10) →
Radiohead
Supertramp
Louis Armstrong
The Beatles
Thomas Newman
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
War in Ossetia and how US media lie to Americans. →
Some facts about how US ally kills 2000 civilians and how US media and politics supports it.
uTorrent 1.8 Released, Mac Version Coming Soon →
After months of hard work and more than six months since their previous stable release, the uTorrent team has released version 1.8 of their BitTorrent client, with significant improvements and…
What would President Bush say if the Chinese asked... →
Naomi Klein: Olympics Coming out Party for... →
Security, central planning, surveillance state is an ideal cocoon for global capitalism, or we might just call it fascism. More at http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080801YT
WatchJamiroquai New Album is coming.