antimeria » toys http://antimeria.com/blog a complete impediment to understanding Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:52:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Linkwad. http://antimeria.com/blog/music/linkwad-141 http://antimeria.com/blog/music/linkwad-141#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:52:55 +0000 martin http://antimeria.com/blog/?p=3756 More potentially-related posts:
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  • I don’t know if I buy the “Internet is killing serendipity” argument, but this essay makes the case as well as any I’ve read.
  • The history of the reeeeemiiiiiix.
  • Just FYI: “Everyone else is just as bad” isn’t really a good defense, Internet commentariat.
  • Obviously, the answer to “Why do we need SOPA?” is, “We don’t.”
  • Pitchfork’s impact and history. For you lazy-ass TL;DR types: “A Pitchfork review may ignore history, aesthetics, or the basic technical aspects of tonal music, but it will almost never fail to include a detailed taxonomy of the current hype cycle and media environment. This is a small, petty way of thinking about a large art.”

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  • Android fragmentation visualized. The lesson here: buy a nice phone with a clean Android install, like, say, a Nexus One (Except you can’t buy these new anymore. Pick up a Nexus S or wait for the Galaxy Nexus, I guess–or just buy an iPhone).
  • Climate skeptic accidentally buttresses climate change data.
  • I’m with Doug Farrar–Penn State absolutely deserves the NCAA’s “death penalty” for covering up Jerry Sandusky’s abuse. I’d also just like to point out that, despite plenty of evidence of the Catholic Church protected/still protects sexual predators, I haven’t seen any bishops in handcuffs. Also, his autobiography was named Touched. So…
  • I saw Louis CK on Sunday. As usual, he was funny, insightful, and earnest (Won’t spoil anything–the set is going to be his next special). Here’s Alyssa’s writeup.

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  • The Situation’s sublimely awful new tuxedo line, “Down to Formal.” Via the Silentist.
  • If you haven’t seen the Onion’s Steve Jobs obituary, you should rectify that error immediately.
  • A profile of Clipper City founder Hugh Sisson.
  • The coolest use of popsicle sticks ever, via Colossal.

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  • Growing pot has a huge carbon footprint.
  • Saw Jeff Mangum on Monday night. Thoughts soon, but here’s the Awl’s report. Also, opener The Music Tapes were really intriguing.
  • All about Kindle’s new $200 Fire tablet.

    • Here’s “Minister of Longitude.”

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  • Apple’s next iPhone will launch in early October, might or might not have LTE.
  • Slate on the BART mobile-phone shutdown: “the security of the state, as a goal, is as amoral as the machinery behind it.”
  • Even truer now than it was in 2007: young people are being screwed by the boomers.
  • How the world failed Haiti. Related: Slavoj Zizek’s thoughts on charity.

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  • Citing the $2.5B breakup fee, this guy doesn’t believe Google’s buying Motorola for “defensive patents.” Very intriguing arguments, although I have no real way to evaluate them. Via @TimOReilly.
  • Ma Bell’s plan for AT&T-Mo LTE.
  • Serious Eats visits, enjoys Attman’s. FWIW, though, Baltimore no longer has a “corned beef row”–it’s basically just Attman’s and Lenny’s.
  • The BART cell-phone shutdown might be a harbinger of things to come in the US.

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  • Definitely a dick move, Facebook.
  • Reddit co-founder accused of stealing over a million JSTOR articles with plans to distribute them.
  • Baltimore cop charged with dealing heroin. The officer, Daniel G. Redd, “was fired in 2002 after being found asleep on the job at the reservoir at Druid Hill Park, where he was supposed to be on anti-terrorist duty… Redd sued and was rehired under a court order, and the city had to pay him $75,000 in back pay.” So. That worked out well.
  • An interesting article about Google+’s potential to become a “social backbone.”
  • If you rent a car with your Visa card, they provide collision and theft coverage, although it doesn’t cover personal belongings or liability. Good catch by @StevenMBone.

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  • Yes, you should absolutely wear a helmet on a motorcycle.
  • A new, exhaustive profile of Bradley Manning. One of his interlocutors also posted some thoughts on Manning’s situation.
  • Some ways Google+ is better than Facebook, via @TimOReilly. Google will also require your profile to be public, and rename Blogger and Picasa, in an effort to become more monolithic unify its brands.
  • Of course corporations are falling over themselves to build surveillance software for China.
  • Real police tactics being used in robberies by fake police officers.
  • These LED light bulbs are indeed gorgeous (also: not yet available).
  • Spanish anti-piracy crusaders charged with stealing €1.3 million.

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    ]]>     Wow. Are 3D cameras becoming obsolete already?

    Whereas a normal digital camera captures a snapshot of light hitting a sensor, a light field camera first separates rays of light in order to individually record their color, intensity and direction. This extra information opens up a world of possibilities, including the ability to focus on any depth of field within a taken photo, observe a 3D-type effect even without specs, and boost images taken in extremely low light. Although light field cameras have been around for some time, they haven’t been commercially viable. Now though, Lytro has secured backing worth $50million to bring a “competitively priced” camera to market “later this year”.

    Click through to the link for a cool demo and video. For the makers, how to convert your medium-format camera into a light-field camera for $5.

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  • Hacking AirPlay onto other devices. The comments embody “missing the forest for the trees.”
  • T2 using only Shakespeare, which “enabled us to accurately retell the story of Terminator 2: Judgment Day while remaining true to the words of Shakespeare in form (if less so in intent).” Via @RyanQNorth.
  • David Grann is pretty fucking awesome.

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