January 2010
14 posts
Universal, Pay Those EFFing Lawyers →
Slashdot frequent contributor Bennett Haselton writes “The EFF is seeking over $400,000 in attorney’s fees from Universal Music Group after Universal sent a DMCA takedown notice to YouTube, demanding…
Humans Nearly Went Extinct 1.2M Years Ago →
Hugh Pickens writes “Scientific American has a story on researchers from the University of Utah who have calculated that 1.2 million years ago, at a time when our ancestors Homo erectus, H. ergaster,…
Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany →
Documentary which looks at how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war.
Between 1968 and 1977 bands like Neu!, Can, Faust and…
japanese infographic round coins →
tokyo based designer mac funamizu wondered what would happen if we rethought how coins were designed with an infographic perspective. funamizu remarks on the merits and drawbacks of round…
The Self Made Rolls Royce →
When you have a dream you can try to get closer to it. If this dream is about some item you can buy you can start saving for it, try stealing it or… you can make it.
This is how this guy…
Comic Book "Požuda" →
China: Google's possible exile leads to cyber... →
Do no evil, Google says. But the irony is that it did help the Chinese government block sensitive information from the Chinese internet users, which is necessary for it to operate in China. However,…
Avatar Plot Fail or Observation Win? →
Avatar Plot Fail
Station Ident: Walking In The Air →
Can’t remember where I found this image. Xplanes, probably.
It’s minus-five in Southend, pre-wind chill factor, and dropping fast. Obviously, if you don’t see me soon, you should go ahead and…
happy new year! →
“He is said to have convinced the Védrines family – part of the Protestant nobility of south-west France for 300 years – that they belonged to an ancient order called L’Equilibre du Monde (”the…