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Taking pictures on LA's Red Line violates the "9/11 Law"
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 14, 2008
... You mean the Patriot Act?Him: No pictures.Me: Could you explain? What law do you mean?Him: You are lawyer?Me: No.Him: No pictures. You could be a terrorist. Very strict!Me: How about I take a picture of you?Him: F**k you...(I couldn't believe it either)He then proceeded to huddle in the corner and speak into his radio. Next thing I knew, a booming female voice very loudly announced over th...
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Overzealous Security Blocks Photography On Red Line
via Curbed LA by Marissa Gluck on May 15, 2008
Boing Boing uncovers two similar stories recently -- both of "illegal" photographs and patriotic paranoid security. First Keith is somewhat impolitely asked not to take a cell phone photo on the Red Line platform which escalates into a loudspeaker announcement: Next thing I knew, a booming female voice very loudly announced over the loudspeaker "Attention to the gentleman in the plaid shirt: You...
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CoyoteWatch: After just two recent coyote...
via Curbed LA by Dakota on May 12, 2008
After just two recent coyote attacks, the AP reports that a "spate of coyote attacks in the fast-growing suburbs east of Los Angeles have left parents on edge and puzzled wildlife officials." While coyotes are usually scared of humans, the animals are more brazen this year, going after toddlers in addition to your pets. One reason could be that the animals live so close to subdivisions, while the...
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Big Dogs Not Allowed at the Americana?
via Franklin Avenue by Mike on May 13, 2008
The Americana at Brand's recent ad campaign has featured illustrations of stylish women walking their dogs across the shopping center's courtyard. (Above, a screen grab from the Americana website... but ads have also run in the Glendale News-Press that illustrated Americana patrons with much larger dogs.)That's why it's kind of strange that this Glendale News-Press letter writer...
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Current.tv on Tron Guy at ROFLCon
via Waxy.org Links by (author unknown) on May 12, 2008
some of the user-contributed video on Current is great, as is the original programming
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High tech hurts bowling's credibility
via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz on May 13, 2008
Apparently, the sport of bowling isn't taken as seriously anymore because various ball and lane technologies can have a tremendous impact on scores. That's according to the United States Bowling Congress (USBC), who just completed a two-year study on the dynamics of high-tech bowling balls. The USBC is now launching an audit of the entire "System of Bowling" and hope to come up with some...
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Joshua Davis at OFFF - Lisbon
via we make money not art by Regine on May 11, 2008
Just back from the OFFF festival which this year had the very good taste to move to Lisbon. Offf gathers designers, programmers, illustrators and visual artists whose creativity explores and fashions digital aesthetics and software language. I'll leave aside all the digital animation and pretty flash websites presentations and go straight to the keynote of the first evening which was...
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WordPress 2.5.1
via WordPress Development Blog by Ryan on April 25, 2008
Version 2.5.1 of WordPress is now available. It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly.In addition to the security fix, 2.5.1 contains many bug fixes. If you are interested only in the security...
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Sync Your iPhone Wirelessly in Linux [IPhone]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on May 09, 2008
Apple may open up its iPhone and iPod touch devices to third-party apps next month, but the chances that Linux users will get invited to the party are slim at best. That hasn't stopped some intrepid hackers from coming up with a better music-syncing solution than the one Mac and Windows users have—a two-way wireless transfer, from almost any music organizing app you like, no wait for iTunes...
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Fallen U.S. troops cremated at ‘Friends Forever Pet Cremation Service.’
via Think Progress by Amanda on May 10, 2008
Since 2001, the U.S. military has cremated the remains of approximately 200 service members at Friends Forever Pet Cremation Service, a Delaware facility that primarily cremates pets. The practice was stopped yesterday, as the Washington Post reports:The revelation came to light when an Army officer who works at the Pentagon traveled to Delaware on Thursday to attend the cremation of a military...
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