Sort by CrunchGear (Free subscription) - 05/18/2008 - YouTube
University of Florida student Andrew Meyer is Tasered and arrested after causing a disturbance at a town hall forum, which featured Senator John Kerry...
Sort by CrunchGear (Free subscription) - 05/18/2008
Do you own a man-stopping Taser? According to today's New York Times magazine—where’d I put my elitist latte and copy of Harper’s Bazaar?—more and more consumers are buying Tasers, especially the recently released C2 model. Available in a variety of colors, including a leopard skin print (tacky'), the consumer-level Taser does just enough to knock [...]
Sort by Pitchfork (Free subscription) - 06/13/2008
Voluntarily, but still! As far as indie rock/mainstream news media crossovers go, it's doubtful anything will ever top former Low bassist Zak Sally's rhapsody in the key of Tool on ABC News a couple years back. But hey, this one comes close. Jim Spellman-- who you may know as the onetime drummer for 1990s indie faves Velocity Girl , the onetime guitarist for Dischord rockers High...
Sort by bookofjoe (Free subscription) - 06/05/2008
Who knew? Eric Nagourney, in this past Tuesday's New York Times Science section, described a remarkable event just reported online in the Annals of Emergency Medicine; his brief Times account follows. After Taser Jolt, a Regular Heartbeat Again The Taser is known mainly as the shock-giving device that helps police officers incapacitate suspects and, thanks to YouTube, made “Don’t...
Sort by GamePolitics.com (Free subscription) - 05/15/2008
A freelance game artist and programmer has designed a video game which explores concerns over the excessive use of force by police. Jason Rohrer writes in The Escapist that he was moved to create Police Brutality after viewing the famous Don't taze me, bro! incident in which a student was tasered by police while Sen. John Kerry gave a speech at the University of Florida. Of his game design, Rohrer...
Sort by NewTeeVee (Free subscription) - 12/28/2007
The only tradition more consistent than binging on too much bubbly this time of year is recapping and ranking all those top moments of the past twelve months that kept us entertained, kept us enthralled and kept us from doing any work. YouTube, Wired, Time, AOL, and Rocketboom are just a few of the places [...]
Sort by Punknews.org (Free subscription) - 04/25/2008
One of last year's most infamous Internet sensations, the " Don't tase me, bro!" arrest of an excitable college student, has inspired Mick Jones of Carbon/Silicon and The Clash . Jones has written a song with that name for the band's second album and follow up to 2007's The Last Post . He explained: "It's gonna go like this, dun-dun-dun ... Aaaargh! University of Florida student Andrew Meyer was swarmed...
Sort by Beyond Madison Avenue (Free subscription) - 01/14/2008
The International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was this past week and being the tech geek I am, I was catching up on all of the event coverage, but nothing stood out quite as much in my eye as the Taser personal mp3 player, which apparently offers us “Fashion with a Bite.” [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/fBRnv8utnCs” width=”425″ [...]
Sort by Legal Pad (Free subscription) - 06/11/2008
The New York Times, which apparently has kept up its subscription to the Monterey Herald, notes an interesting courtroom outcome from last Friday. Taser International’s infamous electric stun gun has been held partly responsible in a man’s death — for...
Sort by ExtraLife (Free subscription) - 03/24/2008
Can't speak for you, but that ‘Don't tase me bro’ guy just never gets old for me. Thought I would throw a little ink at him today, but within the lore of the Starwars universe. Enjoy! Add to your favorite social site:
Sort by ConWebBlog: The Weblog of ConWebWat (Free subscription) - 09/12/2007
WorldNetDaily has been hyping a purported break-in at the house of Kathleen Willey (who just happens to have a book coming out), purportedly by the Clintons (and, of course, failing to mention Willey's utter lack of credibility on such matters). WND followed that up with a break-in claim by Clinton-basher David Schippers . These purported, loosely documented incidents have prompted WND's Joseph Farah...
Sort by reDesign (Free subscription) - 01/12/2008
Busy with CES and the new job this week, so I didn't get to do a whole lot of reading. These caught my eye: CES Video: Gadget of the day (Los Angeles Times) - Taser has introduced a stun gun with an integrated MP3 player. The fashion (un')conscious can get it in leopard print. Left unanswered [...]
Sort by Justin Rudd's Drivel (Free subscription) - 01/22/2008
Via Bruce Schneier - a combined MP3 player and Taser. That's just ridiculous. Where’s the phone? I won't even consider it if it doesn't have a cell phone too. Of course, the MP3 player isn't really in the Taser, but in the holster. No mention if it is expandable with SD cards or not. 1 GB [...]
Sort by Blawg IT-Internet Patent, Trademark (Free subscription) - 02/27/2008
Last week’s superb Blawg Review #147 by the world's foremost authority on North American badger law left me rather intimidated. Realizing the challenge of following my good friend Rush with a post of similar caliber, I nearly threw in the towel and moved to French Polynesia. Fortunately, Rush talked me down from the precipice and convince me to give it a try. While considering a theme for this week’s...
