Thursday the Nineteenth of November, 2009

Texas' gay marriage ban may have banned all marriages | McClatchy
"This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage." [...] "Radnofsky [says] the wording of Subsection B effectively 'eliminates marriage in Texas,' including common-law marriages." (filed under: law nomic politics mutation) (via: zarba)
khnbish (2)BDJIMG_8867 copyJeremy Bentham, Bloomsbury, WC1BirdGlanced at: Scroll Clock • Power Loader exoskeleton suit ::: Pink Tentacle • the quackometer: Hopi Ear Candling - Removing the Grey Goo Between Your Ears • Spam's new flavours | Technology | The Guardian • Giles Coren's restaurant rant | Life and style | guardian.co.uk • Flooding fears as torrential rain forecast for parts of Britain | UK news | The Guardian • Bill Nighy: 'I am not suddenly the greatest actor in the world' | Film | The Guardian • BMJ Column Why dont journalists mention the data? Bad Science • BREAKING: Leaked UK government plan to create "Pirate Finder General" with power to appoint militias, create laws - Boing Boing • Edgar Wright challenges the Times | Media Monkey | Media | guardian.co.uk • Times Online - Eureka Zone - WBLG: Time to base public services on evidence • mscapeFest annual conference Journal Entries | pervasive media studio • Microsoft Excel : Sparklines in Excel • Next year's Twitter? It's Foursquare - CNN.com • Jack of Kent: Paul Clarke: An Anatomy of an Injustice • Official Google Blog: Automatic captions in YouTube • oocities archive mirror geocities • Sony's 'smile shutter' might make you grimace - USATODAY.com
"Listening to Radio 4 during Modern Warfare multiplayer seems to have oddly sharpened my game. Less impatience during momentary stakeouts?" 3 days ago on Twitter
Recently listened to:
Jetlag Angel Tech
The Colombian Orkestra del Sol
Casablanca Moon Slapp Happy
Cult of Winter Salako
He Thought Of Cars Blur
Analgesic Love Song Puressence
Babies Pulp
Cowardly Custard King Creosote
I'm Afraid of Americans David Bowie
Sir Richard Steele My Life Story

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Saturday the Fourteenth

Iraq Swears by Bomb Detector U.S. Sees as Useless - NYTimes.com
"The device works 'on the same principle as a Ouija board' - the power of suggestion - said a retired United States Air Force officer." [...] "Still, the Iraqi government has purchased more than 1,500 of the devices, known as the ADE 651, at costs from $16,500 to $60,000 each." (filed under: delusions magic war weapons lies)
Elevator full of zombies!Stansted07/11/2009Glanced at: YouTube - Numb3rs' description of IRC • The Man Who Beat Glenn Beck - The Daily Beast • 11bus the photos | Pete Ashton • Digital Marketing: User-Created Ads Create Rights Conundrum - Advertising Age - Digital • Spare us the phoney poppy apoplexy | Marina Hyde | Football | guardian.co.uk • Times Archive Blog: Hellfire preacher takes on Lewes Bonfire Night 'debauchery' • How should Neal's yard Remedies have responded to the Guardian's bloggers? • The Case of the Speluncean Explorers • Blog Entry: Paul F. Tompkins • CNBC Cameraman Cant Believe Hes Filming Another Blog Off A Computer Monitor | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Friday the Thirteenth

Verified by Visa is training people to get phished
"This dialog is essentially forcing people, in order to use their card, to enter their SSN on a questionable website over a questionably secure connection. All requested by a site that you’ve never heard of. Just because they used your bank’s logo." (filed under: money web design) (via: qwghlm)
hypnoticGlanced at: Write or Die by Dr Wicked • What Stormtroopers do on Their Day Off | WildAmmo.com • Rob Manuel >> Blog Archive >> Concerning the recent press stories about Sickipedia • BBC - Today - A quick shorthand test • Shrinky Dinks create high-tech diagnostic chips -- even 3D - ELEKTOR electronics | Microcontrollers & Embedded - Audio - Digital - Analogue - Test & Measurement • Ludum Dare >> MiniLD 12 • Blow Up Wikipedia • BadPsychics By Jon Donni - News • A Skeptic's Review of Telephoning the Dead: Scientific American • Iraq Swears by Bomb Detector U.S. Sees as Useless - NYTimes.com • When Antiscience Kills: Dowsing for Bombs • BBC NEWS | World | Americas | 'Thatcher dead' text sparks fears • First speakers announced! << The Story • Honda EV-Cub Marries Electric Bike With 2WD, Star Trek Communicator - Motorcycles - Gizmodo • Security Fix - A year later: A look back at McColo • MPs, come play a video game with me | Tom Watson | Comment is free | The Guardian • Drench - the world's simplest flash game • Holy water dispenser combats spread of swine flu - Telegraph • Harp for Hangovers on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Videos • Skin After Skin: Bottoms for Top Shop • MochiLand >> Blog Archive >> Official Round-Up: Sean Coopers Flash Game Dev Q&A • Britain braced for a battering as storm brews off coast - Home News, UK - The Independent • Esquivalience - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • I'm So Blessed To Be Surrounded By People I Can Extort Money From | The Onion - America's Finest News Source • Callsigns - The Call of Duty Wiki - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty 4, Call of Duty 2, characters, and more • 301Works

Wednesday the Eleventh

cyoa - One Book, Many Readings
Mapping and analysis of Choose Your Own Adventure books. "The Cavern of Doom is resolutely single-threaded, with a spine of near-universally travelled choices seen in the thick arcs moving left to right. Notably there is only a single choice that goes back to an earlier page." (filed under: books games) (via: waxy)
Prof Future in BlueIMG_0928FishyGlanced at: Richard Nixons (and H.R. Haldemans) Outrageous Plan The Internet • Google Translate • H1N1-decision-aid.pdf (application/pdf Object) • Harrys Place >> The Sun Shows How Easy It Is To Get A Name Wrong • The Idee Blog >> Blog Archive >> Everywhere Girl, The Book • Channelography • Johann Hari: Accept the facts and end this futile 'war on drugs' - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent • First-Person Shouter >> Dragon Age: Origins • SUCCEED Blog: A collection of the world's most epic, awesome, mind blowing Succeeds. • The hyperbolic chamber • Wikipedia:Newbie treatment at CSD - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • The Dark Side of Planet Earth on Vimeo • Hive Mind Challenge 1.0 - Eventbrite • OpenGeoData >> The Cake Test • genzaichi >> Gene Pool podcast: artist-led spaces

Saturday the Seventh

The Reverse Geocache Puzzle | Arduiniana
"Let's assume, then, that they go outside and push the button again. This time the series of messages is different: This is attempt 2 of 50. Distance 391km. Access Denied. Powering off..." (filed under: puzzles gps arduino france) (via: jodi)
Img_3767Img_3704eosdconstruct.010Glanced at: Another World JS - Megidish.net • Gamasutra - News - In-Depth: Unity Launches Free Option, Announces Xbox 360 Support • OpenOfficeMouse: The Multi-Button Application Mouse for OpenOffice.org • Those Salmon Flipping Fare Dodgers - Londonist • YouTube - Mitchell & Webb - Football, Football, Football • Wikipedia:Unusual articles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • OpenOffice Mouse >> Multi-button Madness • The Beauty of London in Design - Smashing Magazine • Cowbirds in Love :: a daily comic by Sanjay Kulkarni • Oldest American artefact unearthed : Nature News • Five Things You Probably Didn't Notice in The Shining • 'Right to dry' could wean Americans off consumption - opinion - 29 October 2009 - New Scientist • Terry Pratchett: Fighting to keep the fantasy alive - opinion - 04 November 2009 - New Scientist • Cranes Today - the independent magazine of the crane industry • How an old guy saved online music journalism • Mad Catz Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Throat Communicator (Xbox 360): Amazon.co.uk: PC & Video Games • All Your Characters Talk The Same And They're Not A Hivemind! - Writing - io9 • Pow! Comic-strip heroes fight against corruption | Books | The Guardian • The Impossible Project: Bringing back Polaroid • Powermeter: Google's household energy monitor arrives in UK | Environment | guardian.co.uk • Giz Explains: Why Every Country Has a Different F#$%ing Plug - Worldwide electric plugs - Gizmodo • Win-Vector Blog >> I dont think that means what you think it means; Statistics to English Translation, Part 1: Accuracy Measures • Indian engineer 'builds' new glaciers to stop global warming - Telegraph • The Daily Mail Dictionary • Creative Review - The ebb and flow of Paris traffic • Azas Thoughts >> Making Privacy Policies not Suck • Activision: Guitar Hero A Bigger Money-Maker For Aersomith Than Any Album >> MTV Multiplayer • TinyGPS|Arduiniana

Friday the Sixth

Lost Garden: Testosterone and Competitive Play
"Our fun finding, hill climbing algorithm is predisposed to overemphasize competitive play due to the strength of the delight exhibited by winners." (filed under: games psychology design)
OblivionWarthogsGlanced at: The Last of Sheila - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • The Last of Sheila - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal • How Teenagers and Adults Consume Media | Futurelab An international marketing strategy consultancy • Autism Blog - AoA Circulates H1N1 Hoax << Left Brain/Right Brain • Newspapers claim that chocolate prevents wrinkles, ageing and skin cancer • Interview Archive - Hello, Cruel World • Man convicted of murder after police overheard prayer for forgiveness jailed for life | UK news | guardian.co.uk • Jimmy Carr: 'I thought my Paralympics joke was totally acceptable' | Culture | The Guardian • Grant Morrison Pitches Stephen Fry Project To BBC Scotland (UPDATE x2) | Bleeding Cool Comic News & Rumors • Human microbes are picky about neighbourhoods on body - life - 05 November 2009 - New Scientist • YouTube - WellcomeFilm's Channel • Government backs down on science freedom demands - Times Online • An Entirely Other Day • RCA student radically improves the UK plug | ICON MAGAZINE ONLINE • Sky Player on Xbox 360 - impressions, thoughts and pricing details | Technology | guardian.co.uk • Bicolor cat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • List of cats with fraudulent diplomas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wednesday the Fourth

A Common Nomenclature for Lego Families by Giles Turnbull - The Morning News
"Six-year-old Raimi often builds spaceships, but has never referred to the pieces by name, until prompted by his father - at which point he revealed that he possessed names for all of them in his head." (filed under: lego language)
The sun sets early coming into WaterlooLast Night, the smoking power station...Glanced at: Congress Approves $500 Billion For Monument To Human Folly | The Onion - America's Finest News Source • 221B.sh Homepage • Chris Heathcote: anti-mega: all watched over by screens of loving grace • Tom Gauld - latest • YouTube - Joe Brown - Sid James - Bermondsey - Three Hats For Lisa • Anacrusis Chell • BBC NEWS | England | Lancashire | Man cleared of BNP racial abuse • Swine flu vaccine fears allayed - bengoldacre • Frolix-8: It's A Marvellous Night For A Moondance • not falling down >> SO EXCITED • Overheating : AMUSEMENT • Police cars since the 1950s | Art and design | guardian.co.uk

Tuesday the Third

24 Hours of Inform : Results of the Fourth Contest
Two submissions this time around: "Semi Intelligent Design" from Andrew Dean, and "The Stone Cage" from me. (filed under: games if creations)
Story Generator - TV Tropes
"We say 'story generator', but it should probably be 'story idea generator'. These elements from the trope indexes should spark an idea or two." (filed under: narrative random television)
on Flickr - Photo Sharing!Autumn in GreenwichGlanced at: Gamasutra - Features - Valve's Writers And The Creative Process • Why do we have an IMG element? [dive into mark] • Jennifer's Body: a feminist slasher film? Really? | Film | The Guardian • BBC NEWS | Technology | File-sharers are big spenders too • Can we share the road in London? • Papercraft Self Portrait - Art Portfolio for Eric Testroete • Why dolphins are deep thinkers | Science | The Guardian • Suttree >> Casual Games, Social Software >> Fictive Worlds • The Major Fun Awards! • The Prototype Experience • Faded London • Drom • UK's first 1,000 train fare revealed | UK news | guardian.co.uk • Mind Hacks: Final destination, Golden Gate Bridge • BBC NEWS | Health | Feeling grumpy 'is good for you' • Gratuitous Space Battles - The Game • The App Garden on Flickr • Research shows chronically ill might be happier if they gave up hope | University of Michigan Health System

Monday the Second

A New Theory of Awesomeness and Miracles, by James Bridle, concerning Charles Babbage, Heath Robinson, MENACE and MAGE
"MENACE is a machine that plays noughts and crosses, built out of 304 matchboxes." [...] "When it is MENACE's turn to play, the operator simply selects the matchbox corresponding to the current state of play, shakes it, and opens it to see which move has been chosen." (filed under: games computers history)
Sketchbook page 23Hello little cyberman fellabluetooth RFID-enabled cakeYes, but which one way?Halloween Ig FestHalloween Ig FestHalloween Ig FestGlanced at: http://www.freeweb.hu/neuwanstein/primer_timeline.html • The Daily Mash - TWITTER USERS DARE YOU TO EVEN THINK IT • Reasons To Look Forward To Just Cause 2, No. 13, by Tom Francis • The Carphone Warehouse Ltd • Just Cause 2 Video Game, Exclusive No Ordinary Mission Trailer HD | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com • B3TA : FEATURES : PHALLIC LOGO AWARDS • Hide and Seek Sandpit >> Blog Archive >> Hide words, find words, win prizes • Stop SMIDSY | Stop SMIDSY • Meals to help the medicine go down - Times Online • Monitor calibration and gamma • Tories should ditch BBC licence fee, Greg Dyke panel suggests | Media | The Guardian • Banner Ads Attached to Flies Defy Gravity and Logic [VIDEO] • Bent spoons, flying saucers and remote control donkeys: military myths explained | Mark Pilkington | Film | guardian.co.uk • The cashless man responds to your comments | Mark Boyle | Environment | guardian.co.uk • Yfrog - 7da - Uploaded by BatterseaPkSW11 • London fireworks displays 2009 - Time Out London • Bioshock Playlist | Share Spotify Playlists at ShareMyPlaylists.com • Man accidentally ejects himself from plane | World news | guardian.co.uk • Trade in two titles and get COD MW2 PS3/XBox for 4.99 + Explanation how to end up getting it for just 24.97 (PS3) or 24.99 (XBox) at Gamestation - HotUKDeals Forum • BBC NEWS | England | London | Oxford Circus 'X-crossing' opens • Google Wave: we came, we saw, we played D&D - Ars Technica • The emperors new gym << A canna change the laws of physics • Byzantine Perspective - IFWiki • Reverse perspective - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Big Ben (big_ben_clock) on Twitter • Dreher: Pervasive Games • WARNING: Twitter Money Scams Spreading Through DMs • STRANGE GAMES: Straitjacket Softball

Sunday the First

Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine
"The Soviets had taken game theory one step further than Kubrick, Szilard, and everyone else: They built a system to deter themselves. By guaranteeing that Moscow could hit back, Perimeter was actually designed to keep an overeager Soviet military or civilian leader from launching prematurely during a crisis." [...] "No matter what was going to happen, there still would be revenge. Those who attack us will be punished." (filed under: war apocalypse technology russia history politics weapons) (via: lmg)
York Zombie Walk 2009BT Tower 2012 fireworksBeijingBeijingP1000454PaphosThe greatest Halloween costume everGlanced at: Marco.org - In defense of ebook readers • 1st Floor Graphics >> Blog Archive >> I dont know what I did before the Internet • Alternative Postal Services • Morse or Blair? Now that's a tricky one | David Mitchell | Comment is free | The Observer • Political woo Bad Science • How to Win the DARPA Network Challenge | Mssv • STRANGE GAMES: Rubber Band Escapology • Steampunk zombie killer army on Vimeo • Why virtual economies defy the rules of your old college textbooks | VentureBeat • The Story

Thursday the Twenty-Ninth of October

dswiki - Project Hosting on Google Code
"Get the complete Wikipedia on a Nintendo DS. The English language edition fits on a 4GB storage device." (filed under: ds wiki)
Off diary: Volunteers flock to help cut council costs | Society | The Guardian
"The council says the cost of grass cutting and baling has risen to around £25,000 a year, with one of the most significant increases being disposal of the cut material. In contrast, the urban shepherd scheme costs around £1,800 a year." (filed under: sheep cities money brighton) (via: joh)
09tsDrop a clonewhat if this was a touchpoint for a pervasive game?Glanced at: Study: Your Brain Thinks Money Is A Drug : NPR • Review: $99 WikiReader is a pocket encyclopedia : NPR • Cell Size and Scale • YouTube - Simon Quinlank - King of Hobbies - Internet • The Curious Case of Racism in Second Life - Pixels and Policy • How to Carry Your Office on a Stick (USB Flash Drive) • "A Simple Plan" - Pop Culture, Gaming T-shirt by Neil Gregory • Central place theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • in Crysis... • Mozilla Labs >> Raindrop • Infographic of Mars missions - Boing Boing • Marsnik program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • LastTube | A Last.fm - YouTube mashup • The National Blood Service - do something amazing give Blood • ROTTEN TOMATOES: RT's Movie Location Guide - London as Elsewhere • Yfrog - comd - Uploaded by misterwallace • FT.com / Reportage - The man who invented exercise • Where to Drink in London When You're Dead - Spoonfed London • Riverthames (Riverthames) on Twitter • Kung Fu Monkey: Waid Wednesdays #18: Don't Waste My Time • Google Friend Connect • Just A Theory >> Want to quit smoking? Crush cigarettes in a video game

Friday the Twenty-Third

Time doesn’t really freeze when you’re freaked - Behavior- msnbc.com
"This watch-like device flickered numbers on its screen [that] were too fast to see. If the brain sped up when in danger, the researchers theorized numbers on the perceptual chronometers would appear slow enough to read while volunteers fell [from 150ft]. Instead, the scientists found that volunteers could not read the numbers at faster-than-normal speeds." (filed under: time illusions delusions science)
a project to transform London's Bus journeys | Bus-Tops
"The project intends to install a number of LED displays on the roof’s of Bus Shelters across London and providing the tools for the public and established artists to create content to be seen on them. [Its] core aim is to democratise public art." (filed under: transport art london)
Wild Ideas on the telephone on Flickr - Photo Sharing!Testing Reality exhibition, Customs House on Flickr - Photo Sharing!Glanced at: YouTube Comment Snob - YouTube - This American Life - YouTube - Living with First-Person Shooter Disease - Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - The Houdini Seance Live on the Internet - Scientists oppose plan to fund research according to economic value - Times Online - Crowdflower and Gambit: Is this Child Labor for Virtual Goods? - ReadWriteStart - Testing Reality exhibition, Customs House on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - Bayamon, PR Oil Refinery Fire 10.23.09 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - London Paranormal - Super Concrete in the U.S. Military, Iran and the Pyramids? | Danger Room | Wired.com - Quote Comparison: Nick Griffin vs The Daily Mail (and Jan Moir) | The Lay Scientist - Angry Mob Play Set - Archie McPhee & Co. - A Dress A Day: Finally: Tetris Dress! - Mind Hacks: Time is of the essence - YouTube - Cassetteboy vs Nick Griffin vs Question Time - YouTube - The Internet in 1969 - Times Online - Eureka Zone - WBLG: Nick Griffin's bad science - Ants spread collective immunity through contact : Not Exactly Rocket Science - Fake AP Stylebook (FakeAPStylebook) on Twitter - Wild Ideas on the telephone on Flickr - Photo Sharing! -
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