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2014/03/30 #

2014/03/29 #

  • UK: Same-sex marriage now legal as first couples wed www.bbc.com #

  • 'One Man And His Dog' Is Our New Favorite Sci-Fi Short digg.com #

  • Medical First: 3-D Printed Skull Successfully Implanted in Woman www.nbcnews.com #

  • Ukraine crisis: Waiting for Putin's next move www.bbc.com #

  • War Games - A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III (1983) www.youtube.com #

  • Sony Open: Rafael Nadal & Novak Djokovic into final after walkovers www.bbc.com #

  • Over Dinner - Their last dinner before he leaves to join the Armyopic drawings of castles on single grains of sand vimeo.com #

2014/03/28 #

2014/03/27 #

  • RIP Captain Jerry Roberts - Bletchley Park Codebreaker unbound.co.uk #

  • The 'Goat Simulator' Launch Trailer Is Everything You've Hoped For digg.com #

  • A Young Ian McKellan Explains Macbeth's 'Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow' digg.com #

  • Russell Crowe defends Noah movie from critics says critical opinions of the biblical epic are 'bordering on absolute stupidity' www.theguardian.com #

  • Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes talks '80s punk on Daily Show; wears homage to GWAR and Dave Brockie boingboing.net #

2014/03/25 #

2014/03/24 #

  • The Brutal Ageism of Tech Years of experience, plenty of talent, completely obsolete www.newrepublic.com #

  • Former President Jimmy Carter says he thinks the National Security Agency might be monitoring his emails thehill.com #

2014/03/21 #

  • Turkey blocks use of Twitter - PM: we won't allow the people to be devoured by YouTube, Facebook or others www.theguardian.com #

  • DozerJS - a base scaffold and structure to make creating Node web services simple www.fluidbyte.net #

  • Hell on earth - What happens to life sentences if our lifespan is radically extended? A philosopher talks about future punishment aeon.co #

  • Putin is violating a rule that was designed to prevent World War Three qz.com #

  • Fallin' Floyd - animated short Albert 't Hooft and Paco Vink vimeo.com #

  • Lights Out - short film that is scary vimeo.com #

  • ReMoved - emotional story through the eyes of a young girl taken from her home and placed into foster care vimeo.com #

  • OK Computer is the third studio album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead en.wikipedia.org #

2014/03/20 #

  • Montenegro (2013) - Graduation film made at the Royal College of Art - Zinedine Zidane, why did you headbutt that man? vimeo.com #

  • Official music video for Emilie Nicolas - Grown Up vimeo.com #

2014/03/18 #

2014/03/16 #

  • NYPD's Freedom of Information manual can't be gotten through a freedom of information request as it's confidential information www.muckrock.com #

  • Ireland have beaten France 22-20 in Paris to claim the Six Nations title www.rte.ie #

  • Bruce Sterling's closing remarks from SXSW Interactive: who isn't in the room? boingboing.net #

2014/03/14 #

  • A Short Guide to the Internet’s Biggest Enemies www.eff.org #

  • Russia Blocks Access to Major Independent News Sites www.eff.org #

  • Papers, Please: The 'boring' game that became a smash hit - you play a border security guard www.bbc.com #

  • Michio Kaku Talks About Alien Brains digg.com #

  • A Close Look at the NSA’s Most Powerful Internet Attack Tool www.wired.com #

  • Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation spent $1.5 Million of its $2.1 Million on expenses, with only $5,000 going to charity www.reddit.com #

  • It's good to see that there is still respect in the world www.reddit.com #

  • ELI5: Why are ice hockey players allowed to beat the shit out of each other?he Air www.reddit.com #

2014/03/09 #

2014/03/07 #

2014/03/05 #

  • Beerviz - Tell us your preferred beer style, and find similar beers to try out seekshreyas.com #

  • The Duke university student that was outed as a porn star reveals her name and speaks of the bullying she's experienced www.xojane.com #

  • Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open to eavesdropping arstechnica.com #

  • US activist-journalist faces 100 years in prison for posting hyperlink to site containing hacked material in chat room www.theguardian.com #

  • Mathematicians are chronically lost and confused (and that’s how it’s supposed to be) j2kun.svbtle.com #

2014/03/04 #

  • Project Orion - Inside the plan to propel spacecraft to other planets by riding the shockwaves of nuclear bombs medium.com #

  • Mayer\Leyva is performance artist Jillian Mayer and Lucas Leyva - Their collaborations include short films, art installations, music videos, experimental theater, and web projects mayerleyva.com #

  • Inpatient, outpatient and emergency hospital records of all English and Welsh patients uploaded to Google Bigquery, hosted in non-EU datacentres boingboing.net #

  • #PostModem by Mayer\Leyva - comedic satirical sci-fi pop-musical - Are you sick of living in the old physical world? vimeo.com #

2014/03/02 #

  • US Trade Rep can't figure out if Trans-Pacific Partnership will protect the environment boingboing.net #

  • Trustycon: how to redesign NSA surveillance to catch more criminals and spy on a lot fewer people boingboing.net #

  • Heart of Blandness: A Walking Tour of Silicon Valley gawker.com #

  • Metropolis II (The Movie) - Art exhibit that explores the need for driverless cars - "The idea that a car runs free is about to be over" vimeo.com #

  • Comparing driveless cars introduction to that of automobiles following horse buggies vastly underplays the magnitude and risks of the change vimeo.com #

  • Here's Why The German Language Sounds Harsh To Most People digg.com #

  • The Guardian is maintaining a running feed of new developments of the escalating problems in the Ukraine www.theguardian.com #

2014/03/01 #

  • Elon Musk’s massive bet on batteries is riding on two big if’s qz.com #

  • What 18 Of The Biggest Technology And Media Companies Earn Per Employee www.buzzfeed.com #

  • We can’t trust anything, on the one hand, it feels like paranoia, on the other hand, it seems the paranoid people were not creative enough bits.blogs.nytimes.com #

  • 'Nothing Stops Detroit' is a short, splice-of-life film documenting Californian street artist Evan Rossell during a painting trip to Detroit City, Michigan in late June 2013 vimeo.com #

  • Shozo Kato - Way of the Sword - A master kendo sensei discusses the difference between the western and eastern notion of beauty vimeo.com #

  • Heart of Africa - abstract composite of my memories and experiences from a trip to Rwanda and Uganda vimeo.com #

  • Trail Therapy - Steve Fugate has walked across US seven times to raise awareness for depression and suicide and to inspire people he meets to "love life" vimeo.com #

  • After Trayvon - a group of young men gather and discussed Trayvon's death, Stop and Frisk, and daily life vimeo.com #

  • Team Spirit - Jesus, He's Alright (Ep 1) vimeo.com #

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