The Wealth of Networks

"The Wealth of Networks. Yochai Benkler is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. A few years ago he wrote one of the seminal papers on Commons-based production, Coase's Penguin, or Linux and the Nature of the Firm. Now he has a new book - The Wealth of Networks: How Social...

Pysanky!

"Some badass eggs for this easter done in the Ukranian style called pysanky. More from last year and the year before. [via mefi projects]"

Are you too loud? Or is it your suit?

"Speak softly, don't argue and slow down' The reputation of the "Ugly American" abroad is not..... just some cruel stereotype, but - according to the American government itself - worryingly accurate. Now, the State Department has joined forces with American industry to plan...

we're the Mafia now

"the "Second Liberation of Baghdad" --coming soon, in which we act as "enforcers", providing "protection" --...American and Iraqi troops would move from neighbourhood to neighbourhood, leaving behind Sweat teams ? an acronym for ?sewage, water, electricity and trash? ? to...

Bunnies!

"In time for the tail end of Easter - it's bunny lovin' time: Brokeback Mountain as performed by animated bunnies (and other movies, all flash), the odd world of the Watertown bunny lady, the marshmallow bunny survival test labs, and, of course, the history of the Playboy...

A feminist gaming manifesto

"A Feminist Gaming Manifesto. (And part 2 is here.) "So wait, you?re wondering, maybe, why don?t these crazy men-folk just do that? I think the answer is actually pretty straightforward. People who themselves feel marginalized can?t bear the thought that they could be in a...

algae power

"Will algae defeat global warming? "Fed a generous helping of CO2-laden emissions, courtesy of the power plant's exhaust stack, the algae grow quickly... The cleansed exhaust bubbles skyward, but with 40 percent less CO2... The algae is harvested daily and a combustible...

San Francisco gets peak oil

"San Francisco on Tuesday became the first major U.S. city to pass a resolution acknowledging the threats posed by peak oil. The resolution cites an influential study commissioned by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, known as the Hirsch Report, and proponents delivered copies of the...

Oakland Hills Firestorm

"October 20, 1991 - the Oakland Hills weathered a massive firestorm, destroying almost 2,500 homes and taking 25 lives. For many years, it remained the biggest urban disaster in US history."

Sugar, spice, and everything nice?

"Little girls gone bad... Guess who's catching up to boys when it comes to punching, kicking and biting?"

Three taps of the tongue. Lo. Li. Ta.

"Under Age Text? "Former senior public servant Nick Gill was sentenced to 14 days' jail, suspended on the rising of the court, and fined $3000 after being found guilty of having 66 stories, featuring mostly young boys, on his desktop computer." All text. There were no images...

Make me look hawt!

"Cant decide on a new hairstyle? Luckily there are a variety of helpful sites that you can use to try out new looks! My girlfriend has decided on this look for me, what do you think?"

Conversation with an escaped murderer.

""You know the bad thing about it? You're matchin' up to him." Richard Lee McNair, who was serving a life sentence for the 1988 murder of a truck driver in North Dakota, escaped from a federal penitentiary by hiding in a postal van as it left the prison grounds. McNair...

Movie plot threats

"Security expert (and personal hero) Bruce Schneier on the subject of movie plot threats : Sometimes it seems like the people in charge of homeland security spend too much time watching action movies. They defend against specific movie plots instead of against the broad...