Category: Old Stuff

The Firefox Art Panel at ROFLThing-NYC @ ROFLCon http://roflcon.org/2008/12/31/the-firefox-art-panel-at-roflthing-nyc/

“- a documentary about the current state of copyright and culture” The story on the Nigerian film industry is especially interesting.

Build It. Share It. Profit. Can Open Source Hardware Work? http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/magazine/16-11/ff_openmanufacturing?currentPage=1 Download them and you can manufacture an Arduino yourself; there are no patents. You can send the plans off to a Chinese factory, mass-produce the circuit boards, and sell them yourself — pocketing the profit without paying Banzi a penny in royalties. He won’t…

OAKLAND 1946 http://www.oakland1946.blogspot.com/ OAKLAND 1946! A theatrical reenactment of the 1946 Oakland General Strike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpmz2sKzg6g O’Reilly Smears San Francisco With Surreal Pseudo-Documentary

The Fake New York Times stunt… puts anything Banksy dreams up firmly into second place. Beautiful Crime » Fake New York Times

Obama Victory Alters the Tenor of Iraqi Politics – NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/world/middleeast/07iraq.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin Barack Obama may have been elected only three days ago, but his victory is already beginning to shift the political ground in Iraq and the region.

Hoaxipedia http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Hoaxipedia/ The Hoaxipedia is an online encyclopedia of hoaxes, urban legends, pranks, tall tales, scams, and deceptions of all kindtall burl of wood making a bar along a wall. Around the inside of the tree was a ramp, leading to little nooks rising in a spiral towards the top of the room. It was…

http://www.vimeo.com/2090545 Swing State: North Carolina

Let’s Push Things Forward

MEET THE KING OF NY CON MEN – New York Post http://www.nypost.com/seven/11252007/gossip/pagesix/meet_the_king_of_ny_con_men_39189.htm Gotham was originally the name of a small community in England that was regarded as a village of idiots in the Middle Ages. However, many believed that residents only pretended to be fools in order to con others and avoid paying taxes to…