August 2010
16 posts
Satoshi Kon 1963-2010 →
(via goldenfiddle)
This is absolutely terrible news.
Pac-Man on the Sequoia AVC-Edge DRE Voting Machine →
The “tamper-evident” seals on this model of electronic voting machine are apparently a little shoddy. These enterprising students were able to replace the voting software with a game of Pac-Man without disturbing them.
In fact, they note, you can simply open the case with a screwdriver, remove the Compact Flash card that the voting data is stored on, put it in your PC, change the...
Many Machines Travel Advisory
We are flying from SFO->JFK on Thursday, and JFK->SFO on Sunday, on United.
We are travelling with a 15-month old who has been a little bit of a basket case recently.
Seeking other travel options is advised.
nerds ruin everything. →
(via ellyjonez)
Los Rakas, Abrazame (Uproot Andy Mix).
I’ve...
'The Two Escobars' at the Kabuki, August 27 -... →
SFFS screening. I saw this on ESPN when it aired, and it’s great.
“With about 35 CPU-years of idle computer time donated by Google, a team of...”
– God’s Number is 20
“I would like to say, though, that this secretly negotiated private “deal” is a...”
– The Laboratorium: About That Open Internet Thing
Exactly how I feel about this.
“In the 60s, the symbolic role that youth played in American culture—honesty to...”
– Footnotes of Mad Men: The Youth Machine and Godzilla Handjobs
This feature blows me away every week. I don’t understand how Natasha V-C can put them together so fast and maintain such an insane level of quality.
Prop 8
Most legal groups involved with gay rights never wanted this suit filed, because their current strategy has been to avoid cases that could be appealed to the Supreme Court, which is where the real damage to gay rights could be done.
David Boies and Ted Olson filed the suit anyways, because they do whatever the fuck they want. To their credit, it seems like they kind of crushed the trial.
Now we...
