Netroots Activists Mad at Obama for Spy Bill Flip-Flop | Threat Level from Wired.com: “Netroots activists who helped Barack Obama to become the Democratic party’s presumptive presidential nominee are unmoved by the senator’s explanation of his change of heart on a pending bill regarding warrantless wiretapping. The Obama campaign posted the senator’s thoughts on the legislation on the eve of Independence Day, and members of his policy team answered questions for an hour and a half.”

(Via .)

Currently playing in iTunes: (Ballad Of) The Hip Death Godd by Ultimate Spinach

Currently playing in iTunes: In A Desert-Alambic by Lard Free

Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD | The Apple Blog

Teenager allegedly sends drug-laced treats to police – CNN.com: “eenager allegedly sends drug-laced treats to police”

UNFUCKIN BELIEVABLE!

Where do we live again?????????????????????????-MC

Lawn zombie sculpture: “Lawn zombie sculpture”

(Via Boing Boing.)

Currently playing in iTunes: Pretending To See The Future by O.M.D.

How to win Arguments – Dos, Don’ts and Sneaky Tactics – Stepcase Lifehack: “How to win Arguments – Dos, Don’ts and Sneaky Tactics”

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Currently playing in iTunes: Dancing by O.M.D.

New Drobo Arrives, And It’s Packing FireWire [Drobo]: “The original Drobo was a highly regarded, easily expandable storage ‘robot’ that could be stuffed with a new SATA drive whenever you required more space. But it was slow, even for a USB drive. Today…”

(Via Gizmodo.)

Currently playing in iTunes: It Could Be Sunshine by Love and Rockets

Mr Jalopy’s love-ode to Marantz quadrophonic sound: “Mr Jalopy’s love-ode to Marantz quadrophonic sound”

(Via Boing Boing.)

Currently playing in iTunes: Birds of Fire by Mahavishnu Orchestra

Macworld | Study says one in three consumers copy commercial DVDs: “Study says one in three consumers copy commercial DVDs”

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Currently playing in iTunes: Farn by Kilo

Lunar Living | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine: “Lunar Living
The quest to return to the moon ignites new hope and vision at the 50-year-old space agency”

(Via .)

Currently playing in iTunes: November by Can

The Stanley Kubrick files – Telegraph The Stanley Kubrick files – Telegraph: “The Stanley Kubrick files “

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Currently playing in iTunes: Sing Swan Song by Can

R.I.P. Bruce Connor 1933-2007

Messianic message stirs debate – Cosmic Log – msnbc.com

Drug-Infused Nanoparticles Stop Cancer From Spreading | Wired Science from Wired.com: “Drug-Infused Nanoparticles Stop Cancer From Spreading”

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Balloon animals from trash bags: Joshua Allen Harris: “Street artist Joshua Allen Harris uses trash bags to make ‘balloon animals’ that inflate over subway grates throughout New York City, and NY Mag has a behind-the-scenes video on how he does it.

Street Art: Joshua Allen Harris
[ New York Magazine, thanks Jessica Coen and Glen E. Friedman ]

See also a related post on Laughing Squid from March, 2008.”

(Via Boing Boing.)

Currently playing in iTunes: Part 2 by Brume

Krell intros the KID — another expensive iPod dock you’ll never buy: “‘Hey man, check out my $4000 combo iPod dock / Class A amp playing a 128kbps MP3 file! Listen to that brittle high-end… it’s like you’re in the room with the computer that compressed this file!'”

(Via Engadget.)

Currently playing in iTunes: Part 1 by Brume

Porn cuts into TV sports programme – 07 Jul 2008 – NZ Herald: New Zealand National news: “Porn cuts into TV sports programme”

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Currently playing in iTunes: Kluba Cupol by Bruce Gilbert & Graham Lewis

4sysops – Windows looses significant market share to Mac and Linux: “Windows looses significant market share to Mac and Linux”

(Via .)

Currently playing in iTunes: Work for ‘Do You Me? I Did’ Part 3 by Bruce Gilbert

Personal Technology – WSJ.com: “Some General Tips
For Switch to Mac
From Windows”

(Via .)

Currently playing in iTunes: Kurt’s Rejoinder by Brian Eno

Iran considering banning filthy bloggers from meatspace: “Iran considering banning filthy bloggers from meatspace”

(Via .)

Currently playing in iTunes: Brave New World – Impressions On Reading Aldous Huxley – 06 – The End 1 by Brave New World

Microwave ray gun promises to put sounds in people’s heads: “Microwave ray gun promises to put sounds in people’s heads”

(Via Engadget.)

Currently playing in iTunes: Brave New World – Impressions On Reading Aldous Huxley – 06 – The End 1 by Brave New World

MacDailyNews – Inquirer hack switches to Apple Mac: ‘Fed up with the absolute turd that is Windows Vista’: “”Hell has finally frozen over,” Dean Pullen reports for The Inquirer. “This INQ hack has gone Mac. I’m now using a Macbook full-time and expect to be using a Macbook Pro when the (likely) August refresh occurs. I’m also buying a 3G Iphone in July.”
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Currently playing in iTunes: Brave New World – Impressions On Reading Aldous Huxley – 01 – Prologue by Brave New World

Jad Fair Handles Them WFMU Snakes (mp3): “The prolific Jad Fair whipped out an mp3 for the Free Music Archive that I thought I should share with you all. The song mentions listening to WFMU. I imagine it is a tribute to the effects of prolonged listening. And snakes. Here, see what you think:”

(Via WFMU’s Beware of the Blog.)

Currently playing in iTunes: Timing, Forget the Timing by Black Devil