02/10/2009
01/10/2009
Links
According to Wired: Soviet Built Doomsday Devise
It's essentially a automatic retaliation system for nukes. Which makes it a lot more realistic than lasers or zombies. Or zombies with lasers fighting sharks on land, for that matter.
Guardian: Increasing Sea Levels Lead to Ghost States
It's essentially a automatic retaliation system for nukes. Which makes it a lot more realistic than lasers or zombies. Or zombies with lasers fighting sharks on land, for that matter.
Guardian: Increasing Sea Levels Lead to Ghost States
29/09/2009
The Dawn of Superheroes?
A unspecified number of months ago I encounter Real Life Superheroes for the first time. At the moment it's still a pretty new and media friendly phenomena, but personally it both scares and inspires me to some degree. More on that soon though.
Like I said, it's new, and since it's popping up locally in various cities in the US (for the most part at least) it's getting at least some local attention.
In the case of Master Legend, it's international even, with an article in Rolling Stone magazine.
And even if it's not the glamorous playboy lifestyle of Bruce Wayne, it seems like he's doing some good at least.
Master Legend appears to be more of a "traditional superhero" you might say. Fighting bad guys, working with the police, things like that.
Then there's others who do more of a community service, neighborhood watch sorta deal. They put on a costume and go around helping people basically.
Like The Black Monday Society:
This sorta thing is what inspires me. Fighting crime is all very well, but in my mind crime is a symptom, not the disease. People turn to crime mainly because of social factors. They can't get a job because of a lack of education, because they end up with people who only want get rich as quick as possible, gangs, drugs, and so on. Making sure the streets are safe, helping the homeless, and just being a nice person might not seem like fighting crime, but the purpose isn't to stop crime. It's to prevent it.
This is done by becoming a symbol of what is good. You do good, because it might inspire someone else to be a little nicer to others. If you're lucky they might even help someone who really needs it at the right time. By proxy you might be changing lives.
It affects both the people you're helping, and the people who see you helping. They might dismiss you with "Anyone could do that!" But then if it's so easy, why aren't you doing it?
Like I said, it's new, and since it's popping up locally in various cities in the US (for the most part at least) it's getting at least some local attention.
In the case of Master Legend, it's international even, with an article in Rolling Stone magazine.
And even if it's not the glamorous playboy lifestyle of Bruce Wayne, it seems like he's doing some good at least.
Master Legend appears to be more of a "traditional superhero" you might say. Fighting bad guys, working with the police, things like that.
Then there's others who do more of a community service, neighborhood watch sorta deal. They put on a costume and go around helping people basically.
Like The Black Monday Society:
This sorta thing is what inspires me. Fighting crime is all very well, but in my mind crime is a symptom, not the disease. People turn to crime mainly because of social factors. They can't get a job because of a lack of education, because they end up with people who only want get rich as quick as possible, gangs, drugs, and so on. Making sure the streets are safe, helping the homeless, and just being a nice person might not seem like fighting crime, but the purpose isn't to stop crime. It's to prevent it.
This is done by becoming a symbol of what is good. You do good, because it might inspire someone else to be a little nicer to others. If you're lucky they might even help someone who really needs it at the right time. By proxy you might be changing lives.
It affects both the people you're helping, and the people who see you helping. They might dismiss you with "Anyone could do that!" But then if it's so easy, why aren't you doing it?
25/09/2009
Mars on Earth
For a few day parts of Australia gets to travel to the red planet for a few hours. Well, at least the ones with a bit of imagination does...
Here's from the one yesterday morning:
And here's from one two years ago:
And here's photos from it.
Here's from the one yesterday morning:
And here's from one two years ago:
And here's photos from it.
19/09/2009
15/09/2009
Global Astroliner by Studio 4°C
Really cool animation. This is probably the first of a few I'll throw up here.
10/09/2009
Links
Penny Red on a protest about protests
Global Guerrillas have 10 points for informational warfare
io9 about the Hacking at Random camp in the Netherlands. Here's their Wiki.
And another piece about the effects of television on our minds.
Grinding has another reason why the iPhone suck
And yet another one about the VivoArts School for Transgenic Aesthetics
Greg Palast is covering New Orleans. It makes me want to stab people. It's that fucked up.
Here's Orrot, which is a site based on Warren Ellis rotor concept. I wrote 3 pieces for it before it died. Just as well really, only one of them were any good.
Here's a little something about wrecking new houses from the Wall Street Journal.
Carl Sagan on cannabis
Future Perfect on the path to modern slavery in the western world. New site found via Warrenellis.com. Good stuff.
Global Guerrillas have 10 points for informational warfare
io9 about the Hacking at Random camp in the Netherlands. Here's their Wiki.
And another piece about the effects of television on our minds.
Grinding has another reason why the iPhone suck
And yet another one about the VivoArts School for Transgenic Aesthetics
Greg Palast is covering New Orleans. It makes me want to stab people. It's that fucked up.
Here's Orrot, which is a site based on Warren Ellis rotor concept. I wrote 3 pieces for it before it died. Just as well really, only one of them were any good.
Here's a little something about wrecking new houses from the Wall Street Journal.
Carl Sagan on cannabis
Future Perfect on the path to modern slavery in the western world. New site found via Warrenellis.com. Good stuff.
03/09/2009
28/08/2009
Dash and Cash by Sabu
Ties into the release of The Taking of Pelham 123 in Japan, hence the trailer after the short.
26/08/2009
Castlevania Birds
If you are kind of person who occasionally play video games you might have stumbled across an enemy that makes life difficult for you. Sometimes you get pissed and throw the controller into the wall, other times you cry into your hands in desperation. But sometimes you sing...
22/08/2009
16/08/2009
13/08/2009
Thunder
A few posts ago I mentioned that I like rain, but what I really love is thunder (and lightning too).
Just few moments ago lightning hit just right around where I live and the most massive rumble hit me just after I registered the flash outside. It sent a shiver trough my entire body and I just stood there with a big smile on my face.
Occasionally there comes another rumble from somewhere in the distance as the clouds releases their built up charges upon our world. But it seems it's already passing on. Too bad. I was hoping for a massive thunderstorm. It's been ages since I've seen one now. If I'm not mistaken I was probably still a child during the last one. I remember going out to sit on the porch while the thunder almost shook you and the lightning lit up the dark.
Your body tingled from static electricity and pure excitement. Mixed with some fear and awe it made for one excited boy. I probably dreamed about lightning and thunder that night.
It also makes you realize that you're just another part of the world we live in. You feel small and gets taken down a peg for a while. Then it shifts into a childish excitement. You feel as if the lightning and thunder somehow empowers you. Maybe it's the boy and the man fighting for control inside of me?
It doesn't really matter. I'm pretty sure I'll always like thunder, no matter what happens.
Just few moments ago lightning hit just right around where I live and the most massive rumble hit me just after I registered the flash outside. It sent a shiver trough my entire body and I just stood there with a big smile on my face.
Occasionally there comes another rumble from somewhere in the distance as the clouds releases their built up charges upon our world. But it seems it's already passing on. Too bad. I was hoping for a massive thunderstorm. It's been ages since I've seen one now. If I'm not mistaken I was probably still a child during the last one. I remember going out to sit on the porch while the thunder almost shook you and the lightning lit up the dark.
Your body tingled from static electricity and pure excitement. Mixed with some fear and awe it made for one excited boy. I probably dreamed about lightning and thunder that night.
It also makes you realize that you're just another part of the world we live in. You feel small and gets taken down a peg for a while. Then it shifts into a childish excitement. You feel as if the lightning and thunder somehow empowers you. Maybe it's the boy and the man fighting for control inside of me?
It doesn't really matter. I'm pretty sure I'll always like thunder, no matter what happens.
12/08/2009
You Cannot Live On Hope Alone
"Somewhere in Des Moines or San Antonio there is a young gay person who all the sudden realizes that he or she is gay; knows that if their parents find out they will be tossed out of the house, their classmates will taunt the child, and the Anita Bryant's and John Briggs' are doing their part on TV. And that child has several options: staying in the closet, and suicide. And then one day that child might open the paper that says "Homosexual elected in San Francisco" and there are two new options: the option is to go to California, or stay in San Antonio and fight. Two days after I was elected I got a phone call and the voice was quite young. It was from Altoona, Pennsylvania. And the person said "Thanks". And you've got to elect gay people, so that thousand upon thousands like that child know that there is hope for a better world; there is hope for a better tomorrow. Without hope, not only gays, but those who are blacks, the Asians, the disabled, the seniors, the us's: without hope the us's give up. I know that you can't live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. And you, and you, and you, and you have got to give them hope."
-Harvey Milk, 1978
Shameless Boasting
This story read here. I wrote it.
Sure, it's not a literary masterpiece of anything. In fact there's one or two things I'm not too sure about. But it's still great fun, and a little frightening to hear your own words coming back to haunt you, so to speak.
Go send Magnus your writing. It is for the betterment of mankind. Why would I lie about something like that?
Sure, it's not a literary masterpiece of anything. In fact there's one or two things I'm not too sure about. But it's still great fun, and a little frightening to hear your own words coming back to haunt you, so to speak.
Go send Magnus your writing. It is for the betterment of mankind. Why would I lie about something like that?
The Future is Green
The biggest problem with the green energy has always been that it costs too much to produce even a little of it. In the end fossil fuel are always cheaper, and that's usually what tips the scale in their favor.
But by the sound of this, things are starting to happen.
Maybe it's the increasing interest in green living, what with ecological food stuffs, local fruits and veggies, and not to mention green roofing (high end example), that's caused an increased interest in the market? Maybe it's even a cultural shift? Well, not likely, but one can always hope.
Another interesting thing I've heard of lately is eco farming as vacation. You basically go to a farm and help them plant and manage things. You get to learn a lot about farming ecologically, and eat what's produced on the farm while staying there. There's probably some seriously hard work involved. And people do this for their vacation. I find it pretty brilliant. Instead of laying around on the beach of the closest tourist trap you actually learn things and get to do something different. That's probably a big part of the appeal actually.
Here's a link. The site is some sort of hub for countries where they've got their own thing going. So far there's only Sweden and Portugal. Time will tell if other countries pop up. Or maybe you've got to kick things into gear yourself?
Of course we also have cities that need don't have enough water as is, in which case water farming might be a solution.
What I find most interesting out of this is obviously urban farming. I like to do a bit of it myself, and seeing a lot of the blank spaces turned into mini veggie gardens makes a lot of sense. Who needs a fucking lawn anyway? Improve the environment and eat tastier things almost straight out of the ground! Seriously. Fresh fruits and veggies taste better when you've grown them yourself.
Warning, some of this might be old news. Readers are advised to do some digging on their own to maximize accuracy.
But by the sound of this, things are starting to happen.
Maybe it's the increasing interest in green living, what with ecological food stuffs, local fruits and veggies, and not to mention green roofing (high end example), that's caused an increased interest in the market? Maybe it's even a cultural shift? Well, not likely, but one can always hope.
Another interesting thing I've heard of lately is eco farming as vacation. You basically go to a farm and help them plant and manage things. You get to learn a lot about farming ecologically, and eat what's produced on the farm while staying there. There's probably some seriously hard work involved. And people do this for their vacation. I find it pretty brilliant. Instead of laying around on the beach of the closest tourist trap you actually learn things and get to do something different. That's probably a big part of the appeal actually.
Here's a link. The site is some sort of hub for countries where they've got their own thing going. So far there's only Sweden and Portugal. Time will tell if other countries pop up. Or maybe you've got to kick things into gear yourself?
Of course we also have cities that need don't have enough water as is, in which case water farming might be a solution.
What I find most interesting out of this is obviously urban farming. I like to do a bit of it myself, and seeing a lot of the blank spaces turned into mini veggie gardens makes a lot of sense. Who needs a fucking lawn anyway? Improve the environment and eat tastier things almost straight out of the ground! Seriously. Fresh fruits and veggies taste better when you've grown them yourself.
Warning, some of this might be old news. Readers are advised to do some digging on their own to maximize accuracy.
07/08/2009
Massive Post in Which Webcomics Lay
The Love Eaters
A short tale of timeless monsters and a snake.
Border Crossing
About culture and alternate realities. I have little to no idea what's going on so far, but I like it. I think.
Nathan Sorry
A man who should have died at the 9/11 attack starts over with his dead colleagues fake money laundering identity. Good stuff.
Magpie Luck
Something nice about a time traveler. It reminds me of the Little Match Girl for some reason.
Mister Crimson
Is the personal favorite out of these. Awesome art, and a nice pulp feel to it.
Nightmare World
Assorted horror stories of varying magnitude and style.
Adventures of the Floating Elephant
Seems to be some sort of psychological drama so far. Odd things are happening though, so that'll probably change. Pretty good stuff.
The Lungs of the World
Looks sorta like a crossover between an art constellation and a comic. Highly interesting stuff.
Decayed Orbits
In where pirates and corporations battle over satellites in some manner which I'm not totally clear on.
Major Tom & Transient
Both sci-fi themed stories. Both pretty damned good.
Templar, Arizona
Awesome comic with loads of material. I've read over 100 pages by now, and I'm not out of 2007 yet. Really good stuff. A bit of cyberpunk and a bad future.
There, that should keep you occupied for a while. Enjoy!
A short tale of timeless monsters and a snake.
Border Crossing
About culture and alternate realities. I have little to no idea what's going on so far, but I like it. I think.
Nathan Sorry
A man who should have died at the 9/11 attack starts over with his dead colleagues fake money laundering identity. Good stuff.
Magpie Luck
Something nice about a time traveler. It reminds me of the Little Match Girl for some reason.
Mister Crimson
Is the personal favorite out of these. Awesome art, and a nice pulp feel to it.
Nightmare World
Assorted horror stories of varying magnitude and style.
Adventures of the Floating Elephant
Seems to be some sort of psychological drama so far. Odd things are happening though, so that'll probably change. Pretty good stuff.
The Lungs of the World
Looks sorta like a crossover between an art constellation and a comic. Highly interesting stuff.
Decayed Orbits
In where pirates and corporations battle over satellites in some manner which I'm not totally clear on.
Major Tom & Transient
Both sci-fi themed stories. Both pretty damned good.
Templar, Arizona
Awesome comic with loads of material. I've read over 100 pages by now, and I'm not out of 2007 yet. Really good stuff. A bit of cyberpunk and a bad future.
There, that should keep you occupied for a while. Enjoy!
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