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Peter Nixon
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Monday, 30 May 2005
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A pity Salisbury TAFE couldn't cop this!
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music has accepted the largest-ever donation made to an Australian performing arts institution.
[ABC News: Entertainment]
11:57:48 PM 
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Sunday, 29 May 2005
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This is probably because Johnny
Depp is as mad as Hunter S Thompson was. I mean that in the nicest
possible way. I guess Thompson did provide Depp with a great role.
The ashes of legendary gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson are to be
fired from a cannon housed in a giant fist-shaped monument paid for by
movie star Johnny Depp. [ABC News: Offbeat]
11:29:11 AM
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Daily Sucker for Friday May 27, 2005 -- Ryan Adams & The Cardinals Their e-mail: All I wanted to do was check out some pictures of one of my favorite bands, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals. All I got was frustration. This site is sheer hell. Even if Flash is acceptable for bands, artists, or whatever, that doesn't mean it has to be harder than hell to use. My comments: I liked Whiskeytown, R...
[Web Pages That Suck -- Examples of Bad Web Design]
10:38:25 AM
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I Won't put the whole quote here. Click through. Big implications for the future of BitTorrent though.
Xeni Jardin:
Snipped from the Department of Homeland Security press release:
Acting Assistant Attorney General John C. Richter of the Criminal Division,
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement Michael J.
Garcia, and Assistant Director Louis M. Reigel of the FBI's Cyber Division announced today the
first criminal enforcement action targeting individuals committing copyright infringement on peerto-
peer (P2P) networks using cutting edge file-sharing technology known as BitTorrent.
This morning, agents of the FBI and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) executed 10
search warrants across the United States against leading members of a technologically sophisticated
P2P network known as Elite Torrents. Employing technology known as BitTorrent, the Elite
Torrents network attracted more than 133,000 members and, in the last four months, allegedly
facilitated the illegal distribution of more than 17,800 titles - including movies and software - which
were downloaded 2.1 million times.
Link to copy of DHS press release (PDF).
More information in the public affairs section of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement website (DHS):
News Release (PDF Version)
Elite Torrents Video (AVI) Video Transcript
IPR Fact Sheet
(Thanks, Jason!) [Boing Boing]
10:31:22 AM
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Saturday, 28 May 2005
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These are just priceless.
Cory Doctorow:
Back in February, I blogged about this project to remix romance novel covers, adding funny new titles suggested by the cover art. There's a new batch of covers up, with lots of titles suggested by readers of the site, some of which (e.g., WHEN COUSINS MARRY, THE CLEAVAGE OF MARY-ANN PUSHUP, THE SMUG VIKING WHO SHAVED HIS NIPPLES, HE WAS SO PRETTY I FELT LIKE A LESIBAN, etc) are blisteringly funny.
Link
(Thanks, Tom!)
[Boing Boing]
11:41:17 PM
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WTF???: New Left Behind book: Antichrist the son of gay people.
Authors Tim Layhaye and Jerry B. Jenkins of the famous Left
Behind Series finally jump off the diving board of BIASED
INSANITY...
The Left Behind series, which concluded its main portion last
year, is a series dealing with the end times, at least according
to Tim Lahaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, the authors of the series.
Pilot Rayford Steele organizes a ragtad troupe to take on...
[morons.org headlines]
11:28:11 PM
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Isn't this great!
Cory Doctorow:
In a competition on the Leno show, a pair of Morse coders kicked the asses of two SMSers for speed. MAKE blog has links to the video and comments from the competitors.
Link
Update: JVC sez, "A museum in Sydney did something similar last month, pitting 93-year-old Gordon Hill against several teenagers."
[Boing Boing]
10:52:58 PM
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A growing number of so-called asexuals insist that their indifference toward sex isn't a pathology, but an "orientation" like being gay. But some experts say that instead of comforting themselves with a label, "amoebas" should seek help
[Salon.com]
10:19:19 PM
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Cory Doctorow:
Women's increased urinary urgency with age does not appear to be the result of a shrinking bladder, but rather reflects a treatable muscular disorder.
Women with normally aging bladders had weaker bladder sensation; while women who experienced increased bladder sensation actually had an underlying condition called detrusor overactivity (DO). DO is a common condition, often referred to as overactive bladder, where the detrusor muscle that controls the emptying of the bladder contracts involuntarily, creating a strong, sometimes uncontrollable urge to empty the bladder.
"Now, when a woman comes to her doctor and says that she thinks her bladder is shrinking, we realize that it is more likely she suffers from DO than from a smaller bladder," said Dr. Resnick. "The good news is that DO is treatable, so that any woman experiencing urgency or incontinence should see her doctor."
Link [Boing Boing]
8:11:01 PM
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Friday, 27 May 2005
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Intel chief executive Paul Otellini was pressed by Walt Mossberg about security on the Wintel platform, to which he offered a startling confession: He spends an hour a weekend removing spyware from his daughter's computer. Asked whether a mainstream computer user in search of immediate safety from security woes ought to buy a Mac instead of a Wintel PC, he said, "If you want to fix it tomorrow, maybe you should buy something else.
"[The Macintosh News Network]
1:31:46 AM
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Cory Doctorow:
50,000 spider crabs have swarmed the ocean floor near Australia's Port Phillip Bay, crowding 10 deep over an area the size of a football field.
Link
(Thanks, Adrian!)
[Boing Boing]
1:17:52 AM
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Wednesday, 25 May 2005
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What's going on?
Not only do Cream
(the sound and inspiration of my youth) re-form for some gigs in
London, but in the last few weeks I've established contact with two
(now) women (then young girls) that I knew (and who were each important
to me) in high school. Totally unexpected, totally pleasant. I'm
talking a 35 year gap I think. In their absence, for different
reasons, and for all that time, I've loved them both.
12:01:30 AM
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Tuesday, 24 May 2005
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Friday, 13 May 2005
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A Chinese man jailed for 11 years for murdering his wife - who then turned up alive - wants compensation.
This is why we don't like torture.
[BBC News | World | UK Edition]
12:22:15 AM
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Investigators in Rome reopen the inquiry into the 1975 murder of director Pier Paolo Pasolini, reports say.
Apparently the convicted murderer may have been the stooge of others.
[BBC News | World | UK Edition]
12:02:09 AM
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Thursday, 12 May 2005
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Cory Doctorow:
The Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form is a project to write a definitional limerick for every single word in the Oxford English Dictionary.
artery
The arteries carry the blood;
Without them our bodies would flood.
They're elasticized â?[per thou] sorta;
The chief's the aorta.
If it ruptures, that's all for you, Bud!
Link
(Thanks, Philip!)
Update: Chris J Strolin, Editor in Chief of the OEDILF sez, "We are in the process of writing limericks for every definition of every word in the English language, NOT just those in the Oxford English Dictionary. That *was* our original goal but the OED lawyers weren't happy with the idea and so, since then, we've tried to maintain a respectful distance."
[Boing Boing]
11:36:58 PM
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Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Pure capsaicin "hottest sauce science can make" is potentially deadly. Cory Doctorow:
A limited edition hot-sauce made of pure capsaicin is described as the "hottest science can make, "like having your tongue hit with a hammer."
The sauce is 30 times hotter than the spiciest pepper and 8,000 times more fiery than Tabasco.
Diners must sign a disclaimer recommending â?[ogonek]protective gloves and eye wearâ?? â?[per thou] but even sweating testers in safety gear were blinded by tears for 30 minutes.
Link
(via Fark!)
[Boing Boing]
12:22:08 AM
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The transcript of a closed hearing between the girl and a judge
was obtained by a Florida newspaper.
We've previously reported on the case of a 13-year-old girl in
Florida who is pregnant and wants an abortion. The Florida
Department of Children and Families got a court order preventing
her from doing so. The ACLU has filed an emergency appeal on... [morons.org headlines]
12:03:34 AM
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Monday, 9 May 2005
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Sunday, 8 May 2005
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