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Robert Smithson’s Floating Island

Posted in ARCHITECTURE & ART, PEEPS, REPORTAGE on September 26, 2005 | Comments Off

Along with other curious New Yorkers I hiked over to the river to see Robert Smithson’s Floating Island this past weekend. The tug captain made a good show, pulling in close to shore and rotating the barge holding the tons of soil, ten or so trees and a few large rocks for full viewing. After [...]

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Who Let The Killer Dolphins Out

Posted in POLITICS, WTF? on September 26, 2005 | Comments Off

Great. Just when you thought is was safe to paddle out and escape the stresses of dealing with airport and subway security you discover someone forgot to disarm the killer dolphins when Katrina hit: My concern is that they have learnt to shoot at divers in wetsuits who have simulated terrorists in exercises. If divers [...]

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Furniture Marketing 101

Posted in HEH on September 23, 2005 | Comments Off

via: Danah Boyd You know when you’re buying a chair or table you always consider before purchase whether the dimensions and surface will be good for, well, a good romp? Here’s a company offering online imagination assistance regarding the matter. It’s a pretty tame demo however it’s a nice start :)

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Woz And Captain Crunch

Posted in 24x7 FILM EXPERIMENT, PEEPS, Podcasts on September 20, 2005 | Comments Off

As we continue the big edit for the film experiment we plan to continue releasing podcasts along the way. I hope peeps are enjoying these, it would be great if the podcasts help increase awareness of the film for when it’s finally released. But I will not hold my breath. Any thoughts re podcasting and [...]

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Fed Authentication

Posted in GEEKDOM, SECURITY & PRIVACY on September 6, 2005 | Comments Off

This is the tip of the iceberg. It would make a lot of sense for there to be a means of authenticating feds. For example, how does one determine the person who identified himself as an agent of a government is indeed as represented? When a vehicle with the markings of an ambulance or police [...]

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Dan Schoeffler’s Emergency Voicemail App

Posted in BANDWIDTH, GEEKDOM on September 5, 2005 | Comments Off

via: Om Malik Solving the problem of connecting displaced individuals via a simple voicemail scheme is something Dan Schoeffler has brainstormed and implemented. He calls it Contact Loved Ones. For example, Jane is looking for her missing father. She calls CLO’s toll-free number and enters his usual telephone number. She can then leave a voice [...]

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Production Design

Posted in POLITICS, WTF? on September 5, 2005 | Comments Off

I recall a New York Times article a while back talking about the television genius Scott Sforza who does the production design and set-up for Bush events, I’m curious to learn if the ZDF report is true. If anyone can confirm and point me to a link at ZDF or a verifiable source please email.

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Reality

Posted in POLITICS, WTF? on September 3, 2005 | Comments Off

From Joan Touzet’s blog: Here is a mirrored copy of the mp3 of the WWL radio interview with Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans. Warning, strong language and reality check. Don’t believe everything you hear on CNN. [edit: Now uncensored version, starts earlier.] From Andrew Sullivan’s blog: QUOTE OF THE DAY II: “‘The good news [...]

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