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How to survive 72 hours without basic services
The networked populace threatened by Irene promises to produce a mass of potentially helpful "crisis data." O'Reilly reports
Philly has instituted a curfew on minors to cut down on flash mob violence
If you post 8,000 menacing tweets about someone, is that stalking? Interesting legal case
For the "strategies against agriculture" file: this classic piece by John Zerzan
Great tilt-shift video from Keith Loutit, a master of the form
Harnesses as fashion accessory in this BDSM-flavored video
A $40 Neuromancer-themed T-shirt, reminding us that Wintermute won over the Rastas with a mighty AI dub
The Atlantic on the topic of whether the middle class can be saved
More from The Atlantic: The unemployed report on "what people don't understand or appreciate" about looking for a job
Some adjuncts now only grade, never meet students or teach
Research In Motion (makers of the Blackberry) is struggling | So is Hewlett-Packard
So is Flickr
Ian Bogost says "Gamification is bullshit"
They're building a giant ball pit in Seattle? Probably not, but this sign looks convincing
Robert Coover's great Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. is being reissued; the NYT Sunday Book Review has an appreciation
My Instafiction.org co-editor is starting a discussion about the lack of online archives for literary magazines
Thirty opening lines without stories Labels: linkfarms
Friday, August 26, 2011
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