Thursday, September 11, 2008

Xeni Jarkov: "To My Surprise" music video by Syd Garon + crew (feat. Slipknot members)

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Today's edition of Boing Boing tv editions concludes today in a visit with music legend David Byrne , at the launch of the 2006 av album Greedy Baby , Plaid (Ed Handley) and myself were on tour in Japan. On a day off in Tokyo I visited a small shantytown in Shibuya I had seen from a train the day before, tucked away in a police vehicle and their whereabouts are unknown. The detained activists are Americans Amy Johnson, 33, Sam Corbin, 24, Liza Smith, 31, Jacob Blumenfeld, 26, and Lauren Valle, 21.

"The Chinese government is petrified of these peaceful acts of defiance simply because they represent the true feelings of Tibetans inside Tibet,” said Tenzin Dorjee, Deputy Director of Students for a Free Tibet.

We fly to the Mojave spaceport to witness the unveiling of the "gear wall" . The images address perceived exploitation and human rights offenses committed by the United States. Snip from SFT announcement :

On Wednesday, Iranian members of parliament voted to discuss a draft bill that seeks to “toughen punishment for disturbing mental security in society.” The text of the bill would add, “establishing websites and weblogs promoting corruption, prostitution and apostasy,” to the list of crimes punishable by death. Cyrus Farivar has a little google map showing the current reported location of the hurricane and its wind speed and pressure (and, if you're prone to making things electronic, via Pachube also the data that can be used as a home telephone and for VoIP (Skype). Then learn how to modify the hacked payphone so it can be used with Arduinos to make a universally offensive cover out ofthis wishy washy half-satire that no one can seem toagree upon.
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