Hack A Day (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009 | Technology
Perhaps the worst possible way to transmit video would be to send all pixel data in parallel. That’s exactly how [Gebhard Sengmüller's] parallel image device works. To be fair, this is an art piece called “A Parallel Image” that addresses the concept of where we would be if serial data transmission had never come to [...]
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009 | Entertainment
A few weeks ago, Lionsgate unveiled the first awesome trailer and first badass poster for Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass comic book movie. AICN has just debuted another new character poster for Red Mist, the other wanna-be superhero that Christopher Mintz-Plasse plays in the movie. He teams up with Kick-Ass, played by Aaron Johnson, and well, they kick some gangster ass. I don't know much more about the...
Gateway Pundit (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009 | Politics
The Obama economic disaster continues… The Obama unemployment rate remained in double digits this past month. USA Today reported: The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 10% in November as employers cut the smallest number of jobs since the recession began. The better-than-expected job figures are a rare note of encouraging news for the labor market. Still, the respite may [...]
Mashable (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009 | Technology
Google’s Street View service, which lets you zoom into Google Maps and stroll through the city streets in a 3D environment, is amazing in its own right, but it just got thrice as amazing with the addition of the ancient ruins of Pompeii. Pompeii, ruined and partially buried Roman town-city near Naples, Italy, is one of the most amazing sights one can see in their lifetime. The city was destroyed...
Creeping Sharia (Free subscription) | yesterday | US
Hat tip to Thomas Paine and others who sent us the information which has now been updated with the suspects information. Why did this man stab a professor of Middle Eastern studies who has authored “Understanding Fundamentalism: Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Movements,” and other books on Islam over the last 20 years, particularly related to [...]
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009 | Politics
Harry Reid has raised a small fortune for his reelection campaign, and it's not working. now. Call Nevada Democrats and let them know they deserve better than this kind of flim-flam. You can find their phone numbers and a script here.
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
N.Y. Times: A spokesman for Senator Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana, said early Saturday that the senator nominated his girlfriend, a lawyer who worked for him at the time, for a United States attorney position last March. The girlfriend, Melodee Hanes, worked for Mr. Baucus as his state office director and as a field director between 2003 [...]
Bitten and Bound (Free subscription) | yesterday | Sports
How many more will there be? A fourth woman has come forward in the Tiger Woods affair scandal. The unidentified woman is coming prepared and has already obtained a lawyer. Our friends at TMZ are on the scent so her identify won’t be secret for long. Unlike the other women, this affair did not begin in [...]
Mashable (Free subscription) | yesterday | Other
Search Google for Ron Livingston , the man of Office Space (and Sex and the City) fame, and you’ll find IMDB links for information on his acting career. You’ll also come across a Wikipedia page on the movie and TV star, with inaccurate details on his personal life. And that’s the problem. Since May, Livingston has continually fallen victim to an anonymous Wikipedia detractor who...
GSM Dome - Mobile Phone News (Free subscription) | yesterday | Technology
HTC Sweden exec Patrik Andersson has just revealed that the successor of the very popular HTC Hero will come in 2010. Apparently it will debut at Mobile World Congress 2010, in Barcelona, taking place in February. We have all the reasons to believe mister Andersson, specially considering his expertise in the field: former LG sales manager [...]
PSP Fanboy (Free subscription) | yesterday | Video Games
Brütal Legend may have sold less than thrillingly during the game's first month on shelves, but Double Fine head Tim Schafer remains nonplussed. In fact, he hasn't even seen the numbers yet, instead choosing to wait "'til after Christmas," he recently told GamePro . "I like to give it time, you know? I think many people look too soon but a lot of games I've worked on have succeeded...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
If you heard this quote from a politician: “I have the fear that it will create a long-term risk for taxpayers. And I think that comes on the heels of this orgy we’ve had of government spending , whether it’s bailouts for multiple people, multiple groups.” you'd think you were hearing yet another Republican on the Senate floor about the danger of healthcare reform. Hell, we...
technabob (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009 | Technology
The design minds over at mintpass are at it again. One of their latest conceptual gadget creations is the Mint Cube, an unusual retro take on the modern MP3 player. The 2-inch Mint Cube features a striking cubic design that’s punctuated by large analog meters on three sides of the cube. One gauge is a…
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | yesterday | Technology
The Food and Drug Administration is holding up the delivery of MG Siegler's iMac because they apparently think it is an apple, not an Apple. I don’t want to believe that either UPS or the U.S. Government are so stupid as to think that my Apple computer is actually an apple, but I can’t come up with any other explanation (and neither can people on Twitter). On my UPS tracking shipment screen...
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | yesterday | Other
WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Obama Changes Copenhagen Plans At Last Minute. “Obama appears to be betting that his presence can – as he has expressed hope for several times in the past – push the negotiations “over the top” toward an agreement.”
