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The incredible staying power of the laws against interracial marriage.
via Slate Magazine by David Greenberg on June 17, 2008
To protest the California Supreme Court's recent decision to allow same-sex marriage, some counties in the state have stopped granting marriage licenses altogether. This isn't the first time conservatives have committed acts of civil disobedience regarding marriage. In a 1999 "History Lesson," David Greenberg explained that long after a 1967 Supreme Court ruling that struck down bans...
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Short documentary on reverse graffiti artist
via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz on June 16, 2008
A few months ago, "reverse graffiti" artist Moose traveled to San Francisco where he created a lovely mural by cleaning grime from the walls of San Francisco's Broadway Tunnel. Moose calls himself a "professor of dirt." Documentary filmmaker Doug Pray (Scratch, Hype!, etc.) made a short film about the artwork. It seems to be a bit of viral propaganda for a "green" cleaning supply company, but...
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Robot Band is at Least as Good as Coldplay [Robot Bands]
via Gizmodo by John Herrman on June 17, 2008
New Zealand's The Trons is a four piece rock band made up entirely of robots playing real instruments, performing real shows, and - rumor has it - taking advantage of real groupies.There have been attempts to robotize music before but since up until right now robots didn't have souls, none of them have made a lasting impact. Ham, Wiggy, Swamp and Fifi (yeah, they have names), who I would...
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Bodysurf: Where the Wii Balance Board meets Audiosurf
via Joystiq by Justin McElroy on June 17, 2008
Filed under: PC, Nintendo Wii, RhythmWe've made no secret of our love for rhythm action game Audiosurf. But if there's one thing we've made more blatantly obvious it's our distaste for exercise. So you can understand if we have mixed feelings about Bodysurf, a hack developed by Evan Jones that allows you to play the game using the Wii Balance Board.If you're curious how you...
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Review: Political Machine 2008 Makes Politics Fun, Affordable
via Wired: Game|Life by Earnest Cavalli on June 16, 2008
I find politics interminably dull. Barring any major scandal or the threat of thermonuclear war, it's just not that interesting to watch a bunch of average-looking wealthy white guys argue with each other over who is more patriotic.With that in mind, you can imagine how excited I was to play Political Machine 2008, a PC game that promises a thrilling and accurate simulation of American...
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Quirks, the 1980 board-game equivalent of Spore
via Waxy.org Links by (author unknown) on June 17, 2008
see also: Evo, Animality, and other games not to play with Creationists
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Proto-DNA from Meteorites Kick-Started Life on Earth [Panspermia]
via io9 by Michael Reilly on June 16, 2008
How life got started on Earth is still a big problem for scientists. The story goes something like this: "Well, there was this primordial soup of amino acids and stuff, then maybe there was some lightning, or something, and then ::mumble, mumble:: and then we had life." Awkward! But that awkwardness may be over: Research on the Murchison meteor, which landed in Australia in 1969, has found that...
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Codemasters Founders Honored By British Empire
via Wired: Game|Life by Earnest Cavalli on June 16, 2008
David and Richard Darling, the founding duo behind long-running British development house Codemasters were recently named Commanders of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition for their contributions to the gaming industry. Codemasters has been developing games and accessories for more than two decades. Included among their accomplishments is the creation of the...
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News: Photos: Teenage Jesus and the Jerks With Thurston Moore [New York, NY; 06/13/08]
via Pitchfork: Today by Pitchfork Staff on June 16, 2008
Photos by Jason BergmanIt was 1977 all over again-- sort of-- as no wave legends Teenage Jesus and the Jerks reunited to perform at NYC's Knitting Factory Friday night with none other than Thurston Moore on bass. A fitting pair-up, considering the gig was held in conjunction with the launch of No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980, that new tome documenting the storied scene...
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New Kiribati
via Pruned by Alexander Trevi on June 16, 2008
Earlier this month the president of Kiribati warned the nations of the world that his country will be gone by century's end. Submerged under rising sea level, a casualty of climate change.And even if, by some ridiculously well-timed miracle, everyone reduces their carbon footprint to near zero, the 92,000 island inhabitants “may be at the point of no return where the emissions in the...
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