Joybubbles, 58, Peter Pan of Phone Hackers, Dies
Obit
Joybubbles (the legal name of the former Joe Engressia since 1991), a blind genius with perfect pitch who accidentally found he could make free phone calls by whistling tones and went on to play a pivotal role in the 1970s subculture of “phone phreaks,” died on Aug. 8 in Minneapolis.
Add comment Datestamp: August 25th, 2007
When the Tests Fail (August 20, 2007)
Avi Schick, the governor’s chief of downtown development, talks about the fire that took place on Saturday at the abandoned Deutsche Bank building.
Add comment Datestamp: August 20th, 2007
Help get the word out about Dick Cheney’s Quagmire
Video of Dick Cheney in 1994 Stating Invading Iraq would be a Nightmare…
It’s clear from this video that the administration knew all along that the war would be a disaster and didn’t care. The only way to stop them is through massive, organized public pressure.
Add comment Datestamp: August 17th, 2007
China Enacting a High-Tech Plan to Track People — Crazy Beyond Belief
Starting this month in a port neighborhood and then spreading across Shenzhen, a city of 12.4 million people, residency cards fitted with powerful computer chips programmed by the same company will be issued to most citizens.
Data on the chip will include not just the citizen’s name and address but also work history, educational background, religion, ethnicity, police record, medical insurance status and landlord’s phone number. Even personal reproductive history will be included, for enforcement of China’s controversial “one child” policy. Plans are being studied to add credit histories, subway travel payments and small purchases charged to the card.
Add comment Datestamp: August 12th, 2007
Bent Asunder » open source architectures
simple tools for making/taking space and generating ideas
Build your self a portable perch and public intervention. This will not save the world, barely, but it will help to ask a few questions: Why is public space organized the way it is and why is it certain activities are more possible than others. It is a great way to ask about how much the design of a space determines the activities that take place in that space and how a space can never be entirely determined.
Add comment Datestamp: August 10th, 2007
Dynamic Billboard — Using the Power of the Sun
A WWF billboard that uses the sun to fight global warming. Clever.
Add comment Datestamp: August 10th, 2007
DARPA Grand Challenge: Autonomous Car Race
Welcome to the DARPA Challenge
The DARPA Urban Challenge will take place in Victorville, California at the site of the former George Air Force Base on November 3, 2007. The National Qualification Event will take place at the same location, October 26-31, 2007. All DARPA Urban Challenge events are open to the public and free of charge.
Add comment Datestamp: August 10th, 2007
Plastic bags are killing us
From Salon News
The plastic bag is an icon of convenience culture, by some estimates the single most ubiquitous consumer item on Earth, numbering in the trillions. They’re made from petroleum or natural gas with all the attendant environmental impacts of harvesting fossil fuels. One recent study found that the inks and colorants used on some bags contain lead, a toxin. Every year, Americans throw away some 100 billion plastic bags after they’ve been used to transport a prescription home from the drugstore or a quart of milk from the grocery store. It’s equivalent to dumping nearly 12 million barrels of oil.
Add comment Datestamp: August 10th, 2007
SIGGRAPH 2002 On-line Art Gallery
After reading about SIGGRAPH 2007, I did a search and found this.
Add comment Datestamp: August 8th, 2007
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