February 2011
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January 2011
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More on the protests in the Arab world
Here are a few links to interesting articles from various sources:
Meet the Two American Companies Helping Egypt Restrict Its People
Protesters Are Awesome: Egyptians Form Human Shield to Protect Antiquities
How to Foil a Nationwide Internet Shutdown
How to communicate if the government shuts down the Internet
Protests Erupting Across Egypt, Here Is How You Can Follow Them
Obama Tells...
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Tumblr is all over the situation in Egypt →
My thoughts are with my Arab brothers and sisters.
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Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning →
A compelling and informative article by Mario Vittone, a Marine Safety Specialist.
It is the number two cause of accidental death in children, age 15 and under (just behind vehicle accidents) – of the approximately 750 children who will drown next year, about 375 of them will do so within 25 yards of a parent or other adult. In ten percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch them...
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WatchThis was a teaser clip to promote the latest episode of BBC 1’s Essential Mix featuring Beardyman, two-time UK beatbox champion. During the entire 2-hour show—which is only available for 2 more days—Beardyman only used his voice, effects pads, and a keyboard. Absolutely nothing else. You need to listen to the whole mix, pronto.
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We also do bad things.
Congress.org reports:
For the second year in a row, the U.S. military has lost more troops to suicide than it has to combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(via kottke)
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“We do big things.”
– President Barack Obama, State of the Union Address on January 25, 2011.
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They Make Music: Friendly Ghost Interview →
They Make Music is a collection of interviews with talented musicians. The latest interview is with Friendly Ghost, the duo behind the Pummelvision soundtrack!
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WatchDigging In The Crates is a fantastic interactive installation developed by Roland Loesslein, aka We Ain’t Plastic, for his diploma thesis while studying at the University of Applied Sciences in Augsburg, Germany. What was I saying about Germans and music?
Here’s how it works:
Choose one of 50 records from the 70s and 80s.
Place the record on the turntable. A projection onto the...
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New Language Discovered: Prairiedogese →
On NPR this morning, I learned about a fascinating new study suggesting that “communication among prairie dogs and other highly social animals is much more sophisticated than we think.” By analyzing the frequencies, tones and overtones of the prairie dogs’ calls, Professor Con Slobodchikoff noticed that the prairie dogs can actually differentiate between animals, shapes and...
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Get an Amazon.com $20 gift card for $10 (for... →
Unlike most deals that try to get you to spend money that you wouldn’t have spent otherwise, this one is a no-brainer since the gift card does not expire. Visit my Amazon Store and treat yourself or a loved one.
UPDATE: This deal is now over.
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Comparison of 6 Social Music Sites (Where will...
Following the recent mass layoffs at MySpace, there have been several articles trying to analyze the situation and speculate about who will replace the void. Shockingly, very few of those articles mention SoundCloud: one of the major players in the online music space.
Writing for paidContent, Joe Mullin thinks the “most logical destination” is Facebook, but “it doesn’t...
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It's 11:11 on 1/1/11
Now that’s a Super Duper!
(Super Duper is a game my family invented when I was a kid where we would exclaim “Super Duper!” (with a French accent) every time the clock displayed a repetition of the same digit, although I think we also counted “12:12”, “13:13”, etc..)
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You should know the difference between race and...
Yesterday, Cord Jefferson wrote an article for GOOD about Jared Lee Loughner’s alleged attempt to assassinate Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Cord begins with “White Guy Shooting = Crazy; Brown Guy Shooting = Terrorist” and ends with “When a white man executes a political attack, he’s likely crazy; when it’s a Muslim doing the shooting, he’s likely a...
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