February 2011
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January 2011
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Attention for Egypt
I encourage all of you to pay some (more) attention to what is occurring in Egypt as well as in other nations in northern Africa right now. Here is the edited Tumblr page with posts that are marked with the “Egypt” hashtag.
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The Daily Show with John Stewart's Cenac: A Bird... →
Wyatt Cenac finds an historic black town in Mississippi where birds are revered more than people.
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Atiba Photo →
This morning I realized a connection between skateboarding and basketball that should have been a no-brainer long ago - the work of photographer Atiba Jeffferson, who has worked for major publications in both industries as well as being the staff photographer for the Los Angeles Lakers. In addition, Jefferson makes frequent appearances at Patrick O’Dell’s Epicly Later’d.
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Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst - Earth People
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Robert Pollard Talks LIFEGUARDS, MARS CLASSROOM... →
seriousbusinessrecords:
Robert Pollard gave an interview to AOL Spinner detailing his three new releases for the first quarter of 2011: solo album Space City Kicks, Gary Waleik collaboration Mars Classroom and the record we made with Bob and Doug Gillard, Lifeguards’ Waving at the Astronauts.
Read the whole article here.
Regarding Lifeguards… “February sees Pollard teaming again with Guided...
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WatchTim and Eric of Roger Skateboards are now sponsored by Broadcast Wheel Company.
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ADAM BHALA LOUGH: Werner Herzog's Required... →
adambhalalough:
Required reading: Virgil’s “Georgics” and Ernest Hemingway’s “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”. Suggested reading: The Warren Commission Report, Rabelais’ “Gargantua and Pantagruel”, “The Poetic Edda”, translated by Lee M. Hollander (in particular The Prophecy of the Seeress), Bernal…
Aaah, this is perfectly timed as I watched Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo a few...
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The Upsetter opens in Austin, Texas today
adambhalalough:
Finally the re-cut version of The Upsetter featuring all new narration from Benicio Del Toro begins slowly rolling out in theaters today, starting with the Alamo Ritz tonight at 9:45.
Go here to buy tickets.
A nice new review here.
http://www.theupsettermovie.com
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Team meeting ushers in new era of self-respect for... →
Scott Howard-Cooper at NBA.com describes the events surrounding the “Bus Summit” where the Los Angeles Clippers devoted themselves to protecting star rookie and slam-dunk specialist Blake Griffin from the special attention that he’s been receiving from the team’s opponents.
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Israeli Test on Worm Called Crucial in Iran... →
Another excellent article linked from John Gruber at Daring Fireball:
The Dimona complex in the Negev desert is famous as the heavily guarded heart of Israel’s never-acknowledged nuclear arms program, where neat rows of factories make atomic fuel for the arsenal.
Over the past two years, according to intelligence and military experts familiar with its operations, Dimona has taken on a new,...
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William D. Hartung: Is Lockheed Martin Shadowing... →
Have you noticed that Lockheed Martin, the giant weapons corporation, is shadowing you? No? Then you haven’t been paying much attention. Let me put it this way: If you have a life, Lockheed Martin is likely a part of it.
True, Lockheed Martin doesn’t actually run the U.S. government, but sometimes it seems as if it might as well. After all, it received $36 billion in government...
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We need help with the strange disappearance of... →
via John Gruber at Daring Fireball:
Ryan Naraine:
Zero Day blogger and malware researcher Dancho Danchev has gone missing since August last year and we have some troubling information that suggests he may have been harmed in his native Bulgaria. […]
Last month, we finally got a mysterious message from a local source in Bulgaria that “Dancho’s alive but he’s in a lot of trouble.” We were told...
