June 2012
ratak-monodosico:
The only important elements in any society are the artistic and the criminal, because they alone, by questioning the society’s values, can force it to change.
— Samuel R. Delany
WatchDurarara, Episode 3, 00:14:05-00:14:45. One of my favourite scenes.
May 2012
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Newly Released FBI “Domestic Terrorism” Training on Anarchists, Environmentalists, Show COINTELPRO Tactics
by WILL POTTER on MAY 29, 2012
in GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES
Newly released FBI presentations show the flawed and misleading information the government is using to train agents to identify and investigate “domestic terrorist” groups such as “black separatists,” anarchists, animal rights...
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How Headphones Changed the World
Derek Thompson | 2:08 PM ET
A short philosophical history of personal music
Adapted from flickr/Matthew Hickey
If you are reading this on a computer, there is an excellent chance that you are wearing, or within arm’s reach of, a pair of headphones or earbuds.
To visit a modern office place is to walk into a room with a dozen songs...
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Battleship
I’m going to continue my analysis of classic card and board games by looking at the game of Battleship. (See early postings for analysis of Chutes & Ladders, Candyland and Risk).
TypeSizeAircraft Carrier5Battleship4Submarine3Cruiser3Destroyer2
Battleship is a classic two person game, originally played with pen and paper.
On a grid (typically 10 x 10), players ’hide’ ships of mixed...
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