April 2009
27 posts
Watch“Here is the first SprintCam v3 showreel, made for NAB 2009 exhibition. Mostly 1000FPS shots, made during a recent rugby competition in the Stade de France, Paris.”
(via BoingBoing, again)
“Transparency means nothing unless it is accompanied by the rule of law. It means...”
– So says Cory Doctorow in, “Transparency means nothing without justice”
WatchLawrence Lessig’s Green Culture
“The notion of a “dark ages” is really Renaissance disinformation. It’s an effort...”
– Douglas Rushkoff, “In Defense of the Dark Ages”
“Too many people kind of tokenize Earth Day, using it for an excuse to maybe hug...”
– says Chip Giller of Grist, in this Marketplace piece, “An overflow of green marketing” (via unconsumption)
INTERNET-AGE WRITING SYLLABUS AND COURSE OVERVIEW. →
“Transition seeks to “unleash the collective genius of a community,” as Hopkins...”
– The End Is Near (Yay!) - The New York Times
WatchABC reporter and camera arrested for attempting to report.
14 videos displaying police tactics from G20...
Following the G20 protests in London, the Guardian has received video footage from a number of people that appears to show police using excessive force or questionable tactics in dealing with demonstrators and the press.
Watch the videos, here.
WatchiPhone RFID: object-based media (via TUAW)
WatchDouglas Rushkof on our failed economic system and a hopeful transformation. (via Mike Soron)
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face –...”
– George Orwell
“We tend to assume that the proliferation of digital media must be coarsening...”
– The YouTube Presidency - The New York Times
WatchP.W. Singer: Military robots and the future of war
When new technologies are developed, we can’t know the broader ripple effect that they will have. When the Internet first appeared, we couldn’t know that this thing was going to cause mothers in Pennsylvania to worry about predators in Seattle that might prey on their children. Now we know that the Internet can allow an extremist Mullah in...
Google launches "tools for citizen empowerment".
Today, along with a wide range of partners, we are happy to announce the launch of the Google India Elections Centre — available in English and in Hindi. People from across India can use the centre to do the following:
Confirm their voter registration status
Discover their polling location
View their constituency on a map
Consume relevant election-related news, blogs, videos, and quotations
...
“When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.”
– Charles Evans Hughes
WatchCulture Jam. Do it.
Jaydio - 99 Anthems
WatchThe Lost Tribe of New York City, Inanimate Objects Find Their Voice
(via Laughing Squid)
Obama Depressed, Distant Since 'Battlestar... →
“The president seems to be someplace else lately,” said one high-level official, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Yesterday we were all being briefed on the encroachment of Iranian drone planes into Iraq, when he just looked up from the table and blurted out, ‘What am I supposed to watch on Fridays at 10 p.m. now? Numb3rs?’”