Earlier today I was reading about Lawrence Lessig's esteemable Change Congress project and now communication professor Noah Wardrip-Fruin is pushing the idea of the blog as the future of academic publishing through the example of Grand Text Auto, a blog co-authored and run by War …
Electronic musicians often choose to be anonymous. That is to say, they present themselves persona free in opposition to rock bands like Fall Out Boy, who are slickly marketed and have a tailor made image to consumers who frequent stores like Hot Topic.
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The title says it all.
Aa timeline of the fate of the Bill of Rights under Bush.
Every time I talk to people about the Singularity I have to go into a lengthly exposition before we can actually have a dialog. Now I can just tell them to see this movie.
This episode is work safe.Ultraculture Journal One collects under one cover the most volatile and direct magickal writing currently available in the English language. It will change you at the cellular level.
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This episode is work safe.Chris Prynoski has many TV and film credits, including Metalocalypse on Cartoon Network and his own creation, the series MTV Downtown, which was nominated for a primetime Emmy.
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Sea levels will rise over the century by around half a metre; snow will disappear from all but the highest mountains; deserts will spread; oceans become acidic, leading to the destruction of coral reefs and atolls; and deadly heatwaves will become more prevalent.
A 13-year-old girl's father and stepmother were arrested after the teen told police she had been locked in a room for nearly two years, allowed out only for meals, chores and one-minute timed bathroom breaks, authorities said.
Pres. Bush was caught lying to some of the same U.S. troops who will go to Iraq as part of his war escalation. Bush told troops at Ft.
The Iraq war has cost hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars, with no end in sight. This clip on CNN explains it all. Imagine if that money had been spent on education or health care.
This episode is work safe.Gastrocast is a podcast about cooking, food, and the politics of what we eat.Interview with Podchef Neal Foley, host of Gastrocast.We discuss what Gastrocast is about; why he decided to start a cooking podcast; how his his show has changed since he began …
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This episode is work safe.For the month of November, I only spent $30 on food. The only exception were things that are freely available to the average person (salt taken from restaurants, sauce packets from Taco Bell, free coffee from an office).
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How does believing a 300 million year-old rock is only 6,000 years old become dangerous?
Science fjournalist, novelist, design professor, futurist, cyber-punk Bruce Sterling shares his thoughts on global warming.
This episode is work safe.A zombie walk is an organized public gathering of two or more people who dress up in zombie costumes.
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eel as though we've got someone looking over our shoulder at every damn thing we do. And to me that's a very scary thing," Estes said, adding that it will be a cumbersome procedure.
This episode is work safe.The Principality of Sealand is a micronation that claims as its territory a man-made off-shore installation named Roughs Tower/HM Fort Roughs, a former Maunsell Sea Fort located in the North Sea 10 km (six miles) off the coast of Suffolk, England.
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Space weather forecasters revised their predictions for storminess after a major solar flare erupted overnight, threatening damage to communication systems and power grids.
On how it's affecting feminism: "These girls are lowering themselves to the level of backstreet floozies. It angers me because I fought a bitter fight to get feminism back on track and be pro-sex at the same time.
Have you ever wondered why Coke comes with a smile? It's because it gets you high. They took the cocaine out almost a hundred years ago. You know why? It was redundant.
This episode is not work safe.My video work is informed by a few simple contemporary "facts": vision is an (innacurate) interpretive process (quite susceptible to pre-supposition and suggestion), (furthermore) reality itself is a semi-consensual construct, and all matter and ener …
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The Seminole tribe of Florida to pay $965 million to Britain's Rank Group for restaurant and casino business.
This episode is not work safe.Urban Angel, is Natalie Walker's solo album debut, was co-written by Natalie and two-man production team Stühr. "I worked with two really great producers out of Brooklyn, Dan Chen and Nate Greenberg.
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The Freeform Ensemble perform Terry Riley's In CThis episode is work safe.California composer Terry Riley launched what is now known as the Minimalist movement with his revolutionary classic In C in 1964.
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