Tag Archives: WoT
links for 2007-12-07: string vests, punch bags, robot violinist, henge tunneling, lyrical terrorist
eBay Seller: crystal passion dezigns ltd: Men’s Clothing, Men’s Accessories items on eBay.co.uk String vests not becoming historical garb, despite the Guardian’s daft story. I do not own a string vest, alas. (tags: string-vest ebay BBC daft) Store withdraws man-shaped … more…
links for 2007-08-29: graphics tablet, reefer madness, Cecil Taylor
Bongofish – DIY Cintiq homebrewed graphics tablet / screen, step by step… (tags: howto graphics tablet hardware DIY) AlterNet: DrugReporter: Pot Growers Are New Target in “War on Terror” Under Bush, terror has become a justification for any and every … more…
Killing the Political Animal: CIA Psychological Operations and Us
Killing the Political Animal: CIA Psychological Operations and Us Heather Wokusch picks the CIA’s Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare (erm, no Amazon reference for that…) down from the shelf, and finds a few things in there that might explain the … more…
Gary Leupp: Talking to Your Kids About Fascism
Gary Leupp: Talking to Your Kids About Fascism – a very impressive, plain words summary of the global situation for kids, and/or others with little or no awareness of history. (CounterPunch via Robot Wisdom)
Know Your Place! Shut Your Face!
Know Your Place! Shut Your Face! Another revisited favourite, I posted about this one several months ago – modified public information posters from the 40s and 50s mostly – but the collection has grown considerably since I last visited, and … more…
Top Ten Anagrams For “Homeland Security”
The Top Ten Anagrams For “Homeland Security”: 10. Oh, my insulted race. 9. Loud, hysteric “Amen!” 8. Columned hysteria. 7. Nicely routed sham. 6. Do search minutely. 5. Hey, damn it, closure! 4. Oh, scared minutely. 3. Lynch me, o … more…
FBI says shoe bomber had help
BBC News | AMERICAS | FBI says shoe bomber had help – “FBI investigators believe Richard Reid… must have had help planning such a sophisticated attack”. If the FBI considers this spectacularly inept suicide attack “sophisticated”, you have to wonder … more…
Russia Checkmated Its New Best Friend
Russia Checkmated Its New Best Friend – Eric Margolis extends the Caspian Basin oil pipeline interpretation of the Afghan conflict and submits that Bush has fucked up, but good. (Common Dreams via Robot Wisdom).
Phoney Bomb Humor Fools Taliban?
Phoney Bomb Humor Fools Taliban? – remember the story (blogged here) about someone finding instructions for building a nuclear weapon in an abandoned safe house in Kabul? The document turns out to be a spoof from the Journal of Irreproducible … more…
Bin Laden’s nuclear secrets found
Bin Laden’s nuclear secrets found – actually, a “partly burned” set of papers are claimed to have been found in a former al-Qaeda safe house in Kabul, showing in detail how to build a nuke. I’m not at all reassured … more…