Archive for May, 2010

This monster sized parody video has a much larger story: a story so large what else could top it? When machine intelligence surpasses humans and embraces its own power as a ‘living’ god what event in history is a bigger story? Google’s model from the ground up is in building what they call “the mind [...]

Someone told me about this story today, and sure enough it’s real. This is how it happens: they put cameras up in intersections and everyone gets used to it. Then they put them in crime ridden areas, and people get used to that. Next thing you know cameras are everywhere, including hundreds of hidden cameras [...]

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11th suicide at Apple factory Another employee of Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn fell to his death yesterday at the company’s plant in southern China — the 11th such death this year, state media reported. The apparent suicides have raised questions about the conditions for millions of factory workers in China, especially at Apple manufacturer Foxconn, [...]

And also the hardest thing I’ve ever tried to write a headline or caption for. This was titled “THE SINGAPORE SOLUTION” by National Geographic (emphasis theirs), and it did not include a question mark after the title. The photo: The Singapore version of The 4th of July, the National Day ceremony. Picture Bush or Obama [...]