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UK Home Secretary green-lights harassment of photographers in public places
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/06/uk-home-secretary-gr.ht...
» Show detailsJacqui Smith, the British Home Secretary has sent a letter reported on by the British Journal of Photographers stating that the practice of harassing photographers who take pictures in public places is legitimate, though there is no law against it. 'First of all, may I take this opportunity to state that the Government greatly values the
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RIP, Thomas M Disch
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/06/rip-thomas-m-disch.html
» Show detailsSf author Thomas M Disch committed suicide at his apartment on July 4. Patrick Nielsen Hayden's eulogy paints a picture of a man who was brilliant, noble, foolish, difficult and angry. I only knew him through his fiction, from which I learned a great deal. I certainly read him; his SF novels of the 1960s and 70s,
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CHANYA HETAYOTHIN - Aqualibrae
http://dekku.blogspot.com/2008/07/chanya-hetayothin-aqualibr...
» Show detailsAcquilibrio? [ CHANYA HETAYOTHIN: Aqualibrae - MPEG-4 clip] "Aqualibrae explores the unending cycles of nature through beautifully drawn animations." (Source: Brooklyn Arts Council) A short movie by Chanya Hetayothin. Music and sound design by Phiboon Phinakendr. Made at the UCLA Animation Workshop. "Aqualibrae esplora il ciclo senza fine della
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The Brighton Port Authority - Toe Jam
http://dekku.blogspot.com/2008/07/brighton-port-authority-to...
» Show detailsThe lady starts to sing, but she ain't no disco dancer She learned to shake her thing, in between my toes. [ The Brighton Port Authority: Toe Jam - MPEG-4 clip] The video formerly known as "Censor Bars Art". The Brighton Port Authority is Norman Cook, formerly known as Fatboy Slim. The full story (?) is on BPA's blog
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Beaming sounds into your head
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/06/beaming-sounds-into.htm...
» Show detailsMEDUSA (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio) is a device that uses microwave pulses to beam sound directly into someone's head. In development by the Sierra Nevada Corporation originally under a US Navy contract, MEDUSA can apparently fill your head with incapacitating "shockwaves" or possibly even whispered messages. From New Scientist: (
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Re:volve 2008
http://dekku.blogspot.com/2008/07/revolve-2008.html
» Show detailsFirst it steals your mind And then it steals your soul. [ Re:volve 2008 - MPEG-4 clip] Andy Gordon, in association with Flexifoil, Redbull Chiemsee and SMI, presents Aaron Hadlow and Jason Furness in Re:volve. It's an unconventional about kiteboarding, a surfing discipline involving the use of a kite. The short is a viral promo video for the
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Mitsubishi Lancer: Safer in a Wild World
http://dekku.blogspot.com/2008/07/mitsubishi-lancer-safer-in...
» Show detailsWild is as wild does. [ Mitsubishi Lancer: Safer in a Wild World - MPEG-4 clip] "Mikey sits in the back of his mother's Lancer as she drives him home. The streets turn into a wild forest with monsters emerging from the shadows..." Safer in a Wild World is one of the shorts "produced as part of the Mitsubishi Lancer Supershort Series,
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Cory's free talk/reading in Seattle this Tuesday
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/06/corys-free-talkreadi.ht...
» Show detailsI'm giving a public reading and talk in Seattle this Tuesday as part of the excellent Clarion West reading series, through which all six instructors do free appearances (you can meet the Clarion West students at these, too!). There's also a public party on Friday. Where: University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE in Seattle When: Tuesday,
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Matchmaker service gets books from publishers to bloggers
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/06/matchmaker-service-g.ht...
» Show detailsJim sez, "MiniBooksExpo is a neat matchmaker service for publishers who want to get review copies to interested bloggers and bloggers who want to review books. It's Canadian, and it's a model I'd like to see more of as an occasional reviewer and an indie publisher." Link (Thanks, Jim!)
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Toronto gallery hangs show of art in opposition to the Canadian DMCA
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/06/toronto-gallery-hang.ht...
» Show detailsToronto's Edward Day Gallery has a wonderful response to Canada's proposed new copyright law, Bill C-61, which mirrors (and exceeds) the American DMCA. They've hung a show called Appropos featuring art that the new bill criminalises. The locks will prevent artistic, legitimate and legal uses of media. The Appropriation Art Coalition,
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