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Boing Boing: RIP: philosopher Jean Baudrillard, 1929-2007 |
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5:02 pm EST, Mar 8, 2007 |
Jean Baudrillard, the French philosopher who described America as the world's "only remaining primitive society," died this week at age 77.
BoingBoing's link is probably the best for this event, as they pull together news stories, and excellent wikipedia article, and an entertaining YouTube video in which someone dubbed Baudrillard's commentary over scenes from Grand Theft Auto. Baudrillards' response to 9/11 was discussed on MemeStreams a few years ago (well, by Jello and I anyway, but the observations are good.) Boing Boing: RIP: philosopher Jean Baudrillard, 1929-2007 |
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No Microsoft Patches for March! |
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2:56 pm EST, Mar 8, 2007 |
For the month of March 2007, we will not be releasing any new security updates on March 13, 2007.
Its amazing! No Microsoft Patches for March! |
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Happy slapping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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11:57 am EST, Mar 8, 2007 |
Happy slapping is a fad in which an unsuspecting victim is attacked while an accomplice records the assault (commonly with a camera phone or a smartphone). Within the UK, where the term is used much more frequently than in the U.S., it is associated with the ned/chav sub-culture.
Your word of the day is "happy slapping." Apparently Europe has its own sort of irrational moral panic. One of the articles linked here says: So the first thing to be said about this 'craze sweeping the nation' is that no one can tell even whether it's a craze.
Happy slapping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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MAKE: Blog: Welcome heroes! |
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11:28 pm EST, Mar 7, 2007 |
Acidus's Stripe Snoop was discussed by Mark Frauenfelder on the Colbert Report! MAKE: Blog: Welcome heroes! |
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Boing Boing: CSPAN embraces freely copyable video |
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11:20 pm EST, Mar 7, 2007 |
I'm pleased to pass on the news that C-SPAN has announced "two major initiatives designed to greatly expand citizen access to its online video of federal government activities, such as congressional hearings, agency briefings, and White House events." The first congressional hearing under this new policy is up live on the Internet Archive.
There has been real progress on this front in the past few weeks, mostly due to the efforts and advocacy of Carl Malamud. I'm glad that CSPAN has seen the light. Boing Boing: CSPAN embraces freely copyable video |
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Livin’ in Cowtown by Corey Spring » NBC Affiliate Gets Goo All Over Their Faces -- Uweekly.com |
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2:08 pm EST, Mar 7, 2007 |
This is what happens when you hire idiots that get their on-air graphics from a Google Search without even looking at the results.
Click the image to see the full graphic that WAGT broadcast to all its viewers. You will clearly see text in the image that says "So good, you'll suck dick." Livin’ in Cowtown by Corey Spring » NBC Affiliate Gets Goo All Over Their Faces -- Uweekly.com |
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10:42 pm EST, Mar 5, 2007 |
If you thought the malaise was particular to the music industry ... well, not so. The avant-garde isn't what it used to be. It seems clear to a lot of us that there is a problem ... What kind of art does the future deserve? How should we advance? Much of the [current] work is repetitive and derivative in a way that starts to resemble planned cultural obsolescence. A strange cycle has set in, whereby the most valuable attribute an artist can have is "promise." With a lot of big bets being placed, the artist has to be both young and verifiable. In other words, marketable. But almost none of our superstar artists have delivered on their promise. A practical avant-garde is post-careerist. It seeks out low rent and private time, and it concentrates on powerful objects.
It takes real bravery and commitment to one's project to, essentially, take it underground, and eskew the financial resources of the system and their associated strings. Perhaps the art we're looking for is out there, but its looking for a way to find us that doesn't cost money. Out of the box |
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10:32 pm EST, Mar 5, 2007 |
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