As Above : All the Words Float in Sequence

Recently listened to:
Misc (Eringer Production) David Devant & His Spirit Wife
TERRA NOVA iLiKETRAiNS
Home Brian Eno & David Byrne
Everything That Happens Brian Eno & David Byrne
Don't Tell Me David Devant & His Spirit Wife
My Magic Life David Devant & His Spirit Wife
Swimming Down The Vein Of A Whale Salako
Seasons Salako
Revolution Is Eternal Salako
Mountain/Molehill Salako

Recently played on the Xbox 360:

Alan Wake
95/1250

The Saboteur
215/1000

TC's RainbowSix Vegas2
90/1000

Metro 2033
35/1240

Battlefield: Bad Co. 2
595/1180

Wednesday the Twenty-Fifth of August

Many-band WebSDR in JO32KF

"On this page you can listen to and control a short-wave receiver located at the amateur radio club ETGD at the University of Twente. In contrast to other web-controlled receivers, this receiver can be tuned by multiple users simultaneously, thanks to the use of Software-Defined Radio." (filed under: radio technology sound)

Glanced at: UVB-76: Serious shit is now going down. - Facepunch • UVB-76 • Why trust Facebook with the futures past? Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard • YouTube - James Burke : The Day The Universe Changed: "The Way We Are", 1 of 5 (CC) • BBC News - Rare fire tornado filmed in Brazil • Stitch a Squid at Summer After Hours | Natural History Museum • Hawk/Handsaw: Infinite costs wouldn't be Nice • BoardGameCamp - Games - Gaming - Video Games- Eventbrite • Crazy Animal Stories Keyboard on Vimeo • Letters of Note: Dear 8 year-old Teresa • Pac-Man on the Sequoia AVC-Edge DRE Voting Machine • Mikengreg Games Co. | Liferaft: Zero • image soak - images? yes images. you're soaking in them. • Monopoly: Pass 'Go' by the London Eye - Telegraph

Tuesday the Twenty-Fourth

Placebo Buttons << You Are Not So Smart

"In many offices and cubicle farms, the thermostat on the wall isn’t connected to anything. Landlords, engineers and HVAC specialists have installed dummy thermostats for decades to keep people from costing companies money by constantly adjusting the temperature." (filed under: design illusions psychology)

Glanced at: YouTube - Penn and Teller on Vaccinations • YouTube - Ray Bradbury Prunes Commercial • BBC News - Pont-Saint-Esprit poisoning: Did the CIA spread LSD? • The Complete Tales -> Nomic Chess • NAICS: Product Class Structure for Manufacturing • Government funding for stem cell research blocked by US court | Richard Adams | World news | guardian.co.uk • Don't go Zombie... Go Virgin Trains • Star Wars Uncut / Watch the Movie • Setting Up Twitter Bots with OAuth | maSnun's logs • Super Colossal • Bissell, Braid, and the Use of Words << Emily Short's Interactive Storytelling

Monday the Twenty-Third

I Can Stalk U - Raising awareness about inadvertent information sharing

"Most people don't realize that the action of automatic geotagging takes place on [any picture taken with] their smart phones, either because it is enabled by default, not exposed the user as an option, or was asked and then forgotten." (filed under: gps photography twitter surveillance secrets)

Glanced at: HALI - Hide And Locate Intruders (Game) • "Hallowed Ground" | History Eraser Button • probertson: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game • Seasteading Institute • Charlie Brooker | 'Ground Zero mosque'? The reality is less provocative | Comment is free | The Guardian • Liam Fox calls for Medal Of Honor to be banned - Telegraph • NASA's Top 40 • BBC - Adam Curtis Blog: MADISON AVENUE • Is the Trailer for 'The Shining' the Actual Film? - The Awl • Amazon Kindle Third Generation With 3G + Wi-Fi | Wired.com Product Reviews • HOW TO: Undo "Send" in Gmail • Anti-'Ground Zero Mosque' Rally Freaks Out at Black Guy • Sarah Angliss >> Uncanny Valley @The Hen & Chickens, Islington, 26-28 August 2010 • Bobbie Johnson dot org : On the Shenzhen Metro

Monday the Sixteenth

Iceland Considers Humanoid Pylon Design to Carry Electricity | Wired Science | Wired.com

"Like the statues of Easter Island, it is envisioned that these 150-foot-tall modern caryatids will take on a quiet authority, belonging to their landscape yet serving the people, silently transporting electricity across all terrain, day and night, sunshine or snow." (filed under: electricity design architecture) (via: zarba)

Glanced at: London property prices forcing commuters to live under canvas | Money | The Guardian • Hacker Spoofs Cell Phone Tower to Intercept Calls | Threat Level | Wired.com • Andy Burnham has Thick of It moment - my favourite picture of the week so far. Bless him. | TweetPhoto • Paul Sims - Whistleblower: working for Scientology | New Humanist • Artificial meat? Food for thought by 2050 | Environment | The Guardian • Main Page - WikiFactCheck • http://www.hs.fi/thickbox/video/1135259206031?KeepThistrue • SkunkPost.com || Gambling on grades online • International broadcasting: News from everywhere | The Economist • New App Makes it Easier to Become Foursquare Mayor (if You Care) • Dark Patterns: dirty tricks designers use to make people do stuff • The tricks that supermarkets play to stop you from comparing on price • Johann Hari: We are wrong about being wrong - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent • Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Friday the Thirteenth

Journalism Warning Labels << Tom Scott

"Warning: Statistics, survey results and/or equations in this article were sponsored by a PR company." (filed under: news signs)

Glanced at: Civilization and Storytelling | Mssv • BBC News - Champagne should be poured 'like beer' • BBC News - 'Runaway train' on London Tube • BBC News - 'Runaway train' on London Tube • BPS Research Digest: Stubbing out thoughts of smoking leads smokers to end up smoking more • Unsuck It • Zombie Nation in Eccles shopping centre! • Play Loved, a free online game on Kongregate • Abilene paradox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Roswell Hill? - Londonist • YouTube - Flower Warfare - Psychedelic Action Scene • arent clever people great - bengoldacre

Wednesday the Fourth

Market Data Firm Spots the Tracks of Bizarre Robot Traders - Science and Tech - The Atlantic

"Donovan thinks that the odd algorithms are just a way of introducing noise into the works. Other firms have to deal with that noise, but the originating entity can easily filter it out because they know what they did. Perhaps that gives them an advantage of some milliseconds." (filed under: money hacking cheating) (via: bengoldacre)

Glanced at: NASA - Coronal Mass Ejection Headed for Earth • Achievement Unlocked 2 | Armor Games • Achievements Considered Harmful? - Chris Hecker's Website • Pyro Maniacs: Achieving Nothing in TF2 | Rock, Paper, Shotgun • Cycles << CYRIAK'S AMAZING VIDEO BLOG • Confessions of a celebrity biographer | Life and style | The Guardian • Composting • Recycle now - Home Composting • Where Science, Art and Photography Intersect (25 photos) - My Modern Metropolis • London 2012- Wandsworth Borough landmark pin badge | Pin badges • Digital Urban: Invisible, Hidden, Parallel Cities: Twitter Landscapes • Blog : FAMILY Los Angeles • UK music worth 3.9bn The Register • Lutetia -- and Saturn!! - The Planetary Society Blog | The Planetary Society • How Vinyl Records Are MadeAnd How to Pirate A Vinyl Record | DO IT: Projects, Plans and How-tos

Tuesday the Third

ANTS in my scanner > a five years time-lapse! on Vimeo

"I installed an ant colony inside my scanner five years ago. I scanned the nest each week." (filed under: ants time videos) (via: zarba)

Glanced at: Halo for the 2600 Released at CGE! Download the game here! - AtariAge Forums • YubNub - YubNub.org • Make: Online : Print your own wargaming minis • Why did Zynga kill off Street Racing? | The Develop Blog | Develop • Creative Review - The YouTube dilemma strikes again • alisa diary • YouTube - The Peckham Terminator • MDA.pdf (application/pdf Object) • Coalition's first crowdsourcing attempt fails to alter Whitehall line | Technology | The Guardian • Novel approach: reading courses as an alternative to prison | Society | The Guardian • The Polytechnic >> Campaign to ban Petrol Leaf Blowers • Composer Hans Zimmer's More Than 100 Movies : NPR • How to draw Steampunk Machines • Mass Swindling Puts Japans High Life Expectancy in Doubt | Sankaku Complex • New Statesman - Why I'm no fan of Sherlock • Serpentine Gallery: Christian BoltanskiLes archives du coeur(The Heart Archive)10 July - 6 August 2010 • These are Their Stories • Levitron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Gamasutra - News - Interview: Cow Clicker Yields Ruminations On Social Gaming's Tense Battle Lines • Paprika (2006 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Chicken Jambalaya - One-pot meals - Recipes - from Delia Online • notes.husk.org. As the Kindle and Nook march on, peoples reading.... • Pay-per-point (Phil Gyfords website)

Monday the Second

racer

"RACER is an analogue recreation of a computer racing game in the style of the classic WipeOut. It consists of a modified vintage arcade machine, a RC model car with a wireless camera, an a self-constructed racetrack/game level made entirely from cardboard." (filed under: games hacking) (via: nachimir)

Glanced at: Let's Play: Dwarf Fortress 2010 -- A Complete Idiot's Guide to DF - The Something Awful Forums • Musical frequencies that blow your mind | Culture | The Guardian • Howell: Relax and enjoy the ride, Inception director says - thestar.com • Demake dump • The Harm Of Gaming: We Present The Facts | Rock, Paper, Shotgun • Use Ubuntu Live CD to Backup Files from Your Dead Windows Computer - How-To Geek • The Holy Grail of Ubiquitous Plain-Text Capture • Forest Fringe • Handmade Models Of London Tube Stations - Londonist • The scariest pricing idea ever. That works. | The Freelancery • Quantum Minesweeper • For extra grip - texture your sugru | Blog | sugru | Hack Things Better • You just committed murder. What should you do now? - Barking up the wrong tree • What The Fuck Is My Social Media Strategy? • YouTube - Hitler Looks for a Revive (Urban Dead) • notes.husk.org. mappeal: Soviet Photo Art of the 60s & 70s.... • University students address children photography conundrum - British Journal of Photography • Planet of the Apes (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Space Cadets - Charlie's Diary • He's making a gouda livin' - NYPOST.com • LA Noire "defeated the uncanny valley" News - Page 1 | Eurogamer.net • Welcome - SoundCloud • YouTube - Washing Machine Self Destructs • NetHack prompt words - rec.games.roguelike.nethack | Google Groups • Android smart phone shipments grow 886% year-on-year in Q2 2010 (Canalys press release: r2010081) • Color Theory game online for free - classic games • YouTube - Hitler Joins Escape (Urban Dead)

Thursday the Twenty-Ninth of July

Zeppelin Airship Attacks On London: Mapped - Londonist

"The map above takes the rough routes of the attacking craft and plots only a selection of the impact sites." (filed under: london maps war)

Glanced at: E.gg Timer - simple online countdown timer • Steep.it - the simplest internet tea timer EVER • YouTube - Drinking tea with chopsticks in microgravity • Photo editor online pixlr free edit image direct in your browser • BBC - BBC Comedy Blog: Special Effects • BBC - BBC Two Programmes - That Mitchell and Webb Look, Series 4, Episode 3, First Play • Inception soundtrack created entirely from Edith Piaf song | Music | guardian.co.uk • Report: Unemployment High Because People Keep Blowing Their Job Interviews | The Onion - America's Finest News Source • DEL TORO TO FINALLY CLIMB THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS • Funny and Bizarre gigs people are willing to do for $5 • Google Alarm | F.A.T. • File:Sortie de l'opra en l'an 2000-2.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • D Nye Everything: Considered opinions - Alpha Protocol and the strange powers of Brian Mitsoda • >TILT AT WINDMILLS: Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7: Coming August 2010 • Aaron Reed - Experiment 1 1 of 1 • Go behind the scenes with Red Dead Redemption's accompanists | Joystiq

Tuesday the Twenty-Seventh

Gary Penn on the rules of game design | Technology | guardian.co.uk

"Importantly, the board version of Quarrel allowed the team to experiment with and refine the experience without recourse to an Xbox dev kit. It could have been a good solid game before they'd even written a line of code." (filed under: games design board) (via: infovore)

Glanced at: Clock shows time in every time zone : SciencePunk • Hans Zimmer and Johnny Marr talk about the sad romance of 'Inception' | Hero Complex | Los Angeles Times • Last Kodachrome roll processed in Parsons | Business News for Wichita Kansas | Local Journal of Wichita Business News and Kansas Business News | Wichita Eagle • Jeffrey Friedl's Blog >> An Analysis of Lightroom JPEG Export Quality Settings • The Ultimate Alphabet: hidden objects kick your ass - The Gameshelf • IanVisits >> London 2012 Game Makers Disabled people need not apply • Life Below 600px | I Am Paddy • And the percentage of people who would pay to use Twitter is... | Technology | guardian.co.uk • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attacks Octopus Paul - Telegraph • Infovore >> What I Mean When I Talk About Games Literacy • The End of History: On a Budget << Tom Scott • Lone Star Statements by Matthew Baldwin - The Morning News • Word Perhect • Wordstudio: The Gist • Lady Blackbird: Adventures in the Wild Blue Yonder • Coquettish builders only on Twitpic • Jellyfish Eyes Solve Optical Origin Mystery | Wired Science | Wired.com • Cameron's answer to budget cuts: get public involved in 'DIY' policing | UK news | The Guardian • TweetsofOld • Inception Infographic by ~dehahs • Super creepy Pokmon hack - Tiny Cartridge - Nintendo DS, DSi, & 3DS News, Media, Videos, Imports, Homebrew, & Retro Junk • Know Your Icons Part 1 A Brief History of Computer Icons | Psdtuts+

Monday the Twenty-Sixth

University of Sheffield - British expert warns of a coming robot crime wave

"If manufacturers discard safety and the prevention of crime, crude copies of mechanised police and military devices could be relatively easy to produce." [...] "Robots can't even be detected by the passive IR alarm systems in most of our houses." (filed under: robots crime technology future)

The Top Idea in Your Mind

"I tend to think it's the idea I'd want to be the top one, rather than the one that is. But it's easy to figure this out: just take a shower. What topic do your thoughts keep returning to?" (filed under: brains money) (via: infovore)

Glanced at: From Ownership to Membership << Elliot Felix • Marco.org - Emails • Daily Star: Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: News :: Rockstar Games - Grand Theft Auto - An apology • What the World Eats, Part I - Photo Essays - TIME • What the World Eats, Part I - Photo Essays - TIME • Secret Email Reveals more Homeopathic Killing in Kenya | The Quackometer • Give Me Something To Read • Cadbury • BBC News - UK Film Council to be abolished • Sherlock Holmes is back sending texts and using nicotine patches | Television & radio | The Observer • Various Artists Free listening, videos, concerts, stats, & pictures at Last.fm • The government response to the homeopathy report - a swift podcast - bengoldacre • The Cuts Won't Work • London Bubble Theatre Company - Fan Made Theatre • YouTube - The Astounding World of the Future • EFF Wins New Legal Protections for Video Artists, Cell Phone Jailbreakers, and Unlockers | Electronic Frontier Foundation • One-pan wonder recipe | Yotam Ottolenghi | Vegetarian | Food | Life and style | The Guardian • BP Admits Altering Multiple Official Images • Ludus Novus >> Blog Archive >> Cardstock Dungeons • HSLD exclusive: Cllr. John Dixon responds to the "stupid Scientology" saga (Humanist & Secularist Liberal Democrats) • YouTube - Tom Armitage

Thursday the Twenty-Second

Stories from the stores >> Busy bees

"Tomes, a keen amateur apiarist, was seeking a way to track swarms by detecting when the queen bee left the hive. [...] Dabbing them with luminous paint proved somewhat easier, but Tomes’s photocell detector setup was triggered by other light sources as well as the painted bees. Then he remembered that the luminous paint contained radium." (filed under: bees paint light science technology)

Glanced at: YouTube - Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind) • Flipboard: Great app, but is it yet another way for publishers not to get paid? - Martin Belam's currybetdotnet blog - July 21, 2010 • Cognitive Surplus visualized • YouTube - David Mitchell invents a New Queuing System for Pubs • Download the cards - Design with Intent Toolkit • YouTube - David Mitchell deals with Climate Change • Moserware: Computing Your Skill • Nick Clegg's 'illegal' Iraq war gaffe prompts legal warning | Politics | The Guardian • Dedication's what you need: top 10 record-breaking comedians | Hazel Davis | Stage | guardian.co.uk • long live Alex | Alex Hornes death defying attempt to become the worlds oldest man • YouTube - Doctor Who: The Doctor Who Themes (Every Doctor Who Theme 1963 - 2010) • Ian Tomlinson death: police officer will not face criminal charges | UK news | guardian.co.uk • Budget Cuts Force British Government To Shut Down Mysterious Seaside Village | The Onion - America's Finest News Source • Possibly my fav headline ever. on Twitpic • Twitter / Andy Field: Great fact. RT @danielbye ... • Let's start a new life with iDish. - • YouTube - Toribash Wii Trailer • BBC - Adam Curtis Blog: PREDATOR vs ALIENS II

Wednesday the Twenty-First

Make: VCR Cat Feeder

"Any old VCR has a programmable timer that connects to motors for recording TV shows. This is analogous to feeding a cat, and following this principle, you can convert a VCR into a weekend pet feeder." (filed under: cats food technology hacking)

Glanced at: Xbox.com | Xbox Engineering Blog - Physicists Tame Time Travel by Forbidding You to Kill Your Grandfather | Wired Science | Wired.com - Passenger Focus - Press and publications - Press releases - Watchdog calls for ticket machine overhaul - Chess Computers | Flickr - Photo Sharing! - Colley Hill Folly | Flickr - Photo Sharing! - Area/Code: Power Planets - I find your lack of faith disturbing: SLEDGEHAMMER AND WHORE - I-dosing: How teenagers are getting 'digitally high' from music they download from internet | Mail Online - iDosing: spot the difference between the Sun's and the Mail's stories >> malcolm coles - U.K. to Ax National Census After 2011: Causes, Effects - TIME - Going on holiday? Avoid the blocked card nightmare - MoneySavingExpert News - If you think the ethics of 'death knock' journalists are bad, you should see comment spammers - Martin Belam's currybetdotnet blog - July 21, 2010 - What happens when journalists make their death knock calls | Media | guardian.co.uk - Lorry blind spots | Flickr - Photo Sharing! - Area Man Going To Great Lengths To Conceal His Perfectly Normal Behavior | The Onion - America's Finest News Source - Scocca : A Review of the Droid X, Wr item Written on the D rod Droid X - Heroku | Ruby Cloud Platform as a Service -

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Wednesday the First of September, 2010