- IEEE Spectrum: iRobot Demonstrates New Weaponized Robot
From Roomba to Boom-ba. iRobot Demonstrates New Weaponized Robot (via @slashdot)
- Burkas and Birkins by Lindy West – Film – The Stranger, Seattle’s Only Newspaper
- Community Health Data Forum: Harnessing the Power of Information to Improve Health: Open Government at HHS
RT @HHSgov “Health data + innovation = super cool apps. Big event this week, June 2. Webcast & info: (I’ll be there!)
- Art Review – ‘Pictures by Women,’ History at MoMA – NYTimes.com
- Met lab claims ‘biggest breakthrough since Watergate’ • The Register
How the national grid can undermine your alibi -
- Nearly 150 dead from weekend storm in Central America – CNN.com
The CNN picture of the huge sinkhole in Guatemala is ridiculous:
- BOOK EXPO AMERICA LUNCHEON TALK
Wm Gibson: "The Future, capital-F…is gone. Ahead of us, there is merely…more stuff." Hat tip: @odannyboy
- BBC News – US sculptor Louise Bourgeois dies aged 98
French-born American artist Louise Bourgeois – famous for her giant spider sculptures – dies in New York at th..
- Drug could get into the autistic mind – health – 01 June 2010 – New Scientist
Drug could get into the autistic mind: For 1st time, drugs tested to treat social difficulties assoc w/ autism
- Nanotattoo Monitors Blood Glucose, Looks Cool
Nanotattoo for diabetic glucose monitoring: (Clever)
- Wind power losing its punch |
News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News
| Dallas Business NewsThe cost to build a wind farm has roughly doubled in the past four years - On Language – Cool – NYTimes.com
"That is cool." Abraham Lincoln. (For real!)
- Steve Jobs introduces the Death Star
[greader] Steve Jobs introduces the Death Star
- Tropical Storm Agatha blows a hole in Guatemala City | World news | The Guardian
Um, that’s a big hole
- Corporations and Hypocrisy: Inconvenient truths about Google « counternotions
NEW POST: Tim Bray calls me a ‘hater’, I call it BS: "Corporations and Hypocrisy: Inconvenient truths about Google"
- Unbeknownst to you I have been keeping score all along. on Twitpic
RT @GammaCounter: RT @kylevanblerk: Unbeknownst to you I have been keeping score all along.
- Webcam knows how to snub shoulder surfers – tech – 30 May 2010 – New Scientist
RT @mikeloukides Cute trick. Use laptop camera to detect shoulder surfing and blank screen
- Louise Bourgeois
RT @guggenheim in memory of Louise Bourgeois, who died today, view the online exhibition from her 2008 retrospective:
- A Conversation With Aniruddh D. Patel – Exploring Music’s Hold on the Mind – Question – NYTimes.com
Love that this neurosci guy got inspired by a dancing bird on YouTube. Sign of the times – /via @JNeuro
- Amazon Vs. Apple Be Damned: Publishers Pine For A Universal E-Book Format | Epicenter | Wired.com
About time others joined us in this: Amazon Vs. Apple Be Damned: Publishers Pine For A Universal E-Book Format
- Dot Shot: Sinkhole in Guatemala City – Dot Earth Blog – NYTimes.com
Chilling aerial view of sinkhole in Guatemala City after 1st tropical storm of season. #photography h/t @stevesilberman
- Hundimiento Zona 2 on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Huge sinkhole in Guatemala City: Before you cry "Photoshop": Scary business. (thx @AndrePang).
- FT.com / Technology – Google ditches Windows on security concerns
Google ditches Windows due to security concerns, ironically moving to Macs (Huh? Wasn’t Apple the new enemy?).
- Budget cut could reduce service at New York Public Library branches | – SILive.com
"Libaries are for everybody. They’re like democracy’s living room." in story about library budget cuts
- Twitter / Daring Fireball: Daniel Jalkut’s ‘Select Re …
Daniel Jalkut’s ‘Select Regular Expression’ Script for the Finder: http://✪df.ws/fg6
- Daring Fireball Linked List: Daniel Jalkut’s ‘Select Regular Expression’ Script for the Finder
- Untitled (http://artbite.fr/sites/artbite.fr/local/cache-vignettes/L440xH445/artbite-a215-louise_bourgeois_et_fillette-49eef.jpg)
One of my favorite portraits of Louise Bourgeois (by Mapplethorpe):
- Untitled (http://www.beatlesource.com/savage/1961/61.03.27%2007.02%20top%20ten/03%20Gerd%20Mingram/5.jpg)
I’m in a good mood and I’ve got some new followers so I reckon it’s time for my favourite photograph of The Beatles .
- Louise Bourgeois, Artist and Sculptor, Is Dead – ArtsBeat Blog – NYTimes.com
Louise Bourgeois, Artist and Sculptor, Is Dead
- Start page – collectd – The system statistics collection daemon
A legitimate contender for ganglia replacement? Collectd. (via @tlockney)
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