Archive for July 18, 2013

Butterfly in the Sky the PRISM Rainbow

So I have questions about PRISM.
1) As a software developer I want to know what platforms and tools the gov is using, that is a lot of data to store and parse so it would benefit the community to know how to do it. It is Java? .NET or cough cough PHP :-) What are they using to store this data, RDMS NoSQL Berkley DB?
2) So this work is likely farmed out to contractors is there an agreement among the contractors that they don’t spy on each other? Does company A take steps to make sure that company B isn’t listening in on their conference calls about their responses to RFPs?

Surveillance in the shadow of the Capitol.

Surveillance in the shadow of the Capitol.

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Tuesday Forecast

The Hiero crew comes back after a long hiatus with a release that’s chopped and mixed by the Sleeprockers dj crew. Very nice. We also got some blue eyed soul from Mayer Hawthorne, Brazilian funk/jazz remixed, electro/pop/chill/dreamy synths, and of course some hood shit. 2013 ’til infinity.

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Hysterical Literature Project by Clayton Cubitt

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“Hysterical Literature” is a marvelous, ingenious project by Clayton Cubitt. I don’t really want to give too much away because I think part of the awesomeness of watching these short videos is not being quite sure of what is happening and slowly coming to the realization on your own. But the basic framework of the project is videos of women reading literature out loud, with a twist. Possibly to pique your curiosity I’ll mention that while there is no nudity, it is a bit NSFW…

Watch them all HERE. (Stoya and Teresa are my personal favs.)

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Saturday Links, Now With Some Context!

At the request of at least one vocal reader, I am adding some context for some of these. It seems like a worthy exercise.

MetaFilter, the source of many of my links, one way or another. The rare website where reading the comments is a good thing.
Directory of Open Access Journals, to freely access academic research
CARFAC SAI spiral The End, a visualization of neural firing in the human auditory system (more here)
The Aphex Face
The Living Will: A Guide To Health Care Decision Making
Graph Search: 3 Things Facebook Needs To Get Right
It’s Really More Like Dirty Water, a short story on a new short fiction blog
52 Cups of Coffee: Conversations with new people, and some lessons.
Why I Donated My Stool, an essay about feces.
Action Squad, urban adventurers in Minneapolis
Banned and Challenged Books, from the American Library Association
20 Most Shocking Unsolved Crimes, a 90-minute documentary
Bristol, Give Me A Signal, a love letter to a city
Doritos Ontario parody out-tweets real corporate Twitter accounts
What are you gonna do?, a supercut of variations on this line

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Happy Bday Jah Jah!

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Jah Jah (aka Ben Robey aka Rev. Mcfly aka Bartman aka NinjaSonik aka donkey funk) is OG Common Folk. Everyone give a toast and cheers this mofo. Happy Bday fam, and many more.

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ALT: “Happy To Go” Zine

You like photo zines? I like photo zines. Here’s an online version of the in print one, thanks A Love Token! You should check out the rest of their zines too, and buy if you like. Start a library.

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