Archive for February, 2008

Wikileaks:Cover Names - Wikileaks

Alternative names you may use to communicate with Wikileaks in order to avoid censorship or cursory surveillance. Posted in response to the recent wholesale censorship of wikileaks by a California court.
Daily Kos: Wikileaks Under Attack: California Court Wipes Wikileaks.org Out of Existence

Wikileaks is now under attack from a censorship effort by a […]

By cole, 18. February 2008, 17:31 o'clock

Spooky Arduino Projects #4 - MIDI Drum Triggers

Here’s a quick project using techniques from this week’s class that turns an Arduino board and a few buttons and piezos into a MIDI drum kit
Physical Computing at ITP | Labs / MIDI Output

This page covers only the details of MIDI communication on the Arduino module.

By cole, 16. February 2008, 17:31 o'clock

BitTorrent Developers Introduce Comcast Busting Encryption | TorrentFreak

Several BitTorrent developers have joined forces to propose a new protocol extension with the ability to bypass the BitTorrent interfering techniques used by Comcast and other ISPs.
At Halliburton/KBR, sexual assault is just part of the workplace experience for women - Work in Progress - Worklife - Workplace - […]

By cole, 15. February 2008, 17:34 o'clock

Why YOU should want to legalize marijuana

Legalizing marijuana is in your interest. Whoever you are, wherever you live, whatever you believe, unless you are the White House drug czar, John Walters.
Andy Kaufman on Fridays

This is the infamous "Marijuana" sketch from the early 80s comedy program, FRIDAYS, in which Andy Kaufman appeared to get into an […]

By cole, 14. February 2008, 17:31 o'clock

CrowdSpirit - Ideavox

Electronic Products Crowdsourcing
Warren Ellis » This Cracks Me Up

Boy, Lisa’s birthday party was so big. I want one that’s even bigger! Anonymous is cordially invited to L. Ron Hubbard’s Birthday!
Crucifixion: Our Dying Constitution - Politics - the White House Intel Report

The American spirit is dead thanks to disgraceful congressional leadership
10 minutes on whether […]

By cole, 13. February 2008, 17:30 o'clock

AlterNet: DrugReporter: The War on Pot: America’s $42 Billion Annual Boondoggle

What would you buy if you had an extra $42 billion to spend every year?
Senate Moves to Shield Telecoms on Eavesdropping - New York Times

The Senate voted Tuesday to shield from lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on their customers without court permission […]

By cole, 12. February 2008, 17:30 o'clock

Inside the mind of cop who stopped you - CNN.com

We talked to one retired state trooper to get a better sense of what actually happens at a traffic stop from the cop’s point of view

By cole, 11. February 2008, 17:38 o'clock

With iPhone, ‘Security’ Is Code for ‘Control’

"Bricked" is the term, and Apple isn’t the least bit apologetic about it.

By cole, 10. February 2008, 17:34 o'clock

Torvalds pans Apple with ‘utter crap’ putdown - Technology - smh.com.au

Apple’s much-touted new operating system, OS X Leopard, is in some ways worse than Windows Vista, says the founder of the Linux open source project, Linus Torvalds.
atomicsalad: Tutorial: SparkFun ProtoShield Assembly + Use

An excellent tutorial on assembling the SparkFun Arduino ProtoShield
Running the Numbers – An […]

By cole, 9. February 2008, 17:30 o'clock

Casio Sk-1 / Atari 2600 circuit bending project

I have modded a casio sk-1 keyboard with a circuit bent patch bay which is linked to the switches on the atari part of the controls. The two silver dials control a pitch bend and a poly voice filter bend.
Exclusive: Magic Cube Heralds the Future of Gaming and […]

By cole, 8. February 2008, 17:32 o'clock