mrogers writes "The EFF has uncovered a troubling footnote in a newly declassified Bush Administration memo, which asserts that 'our Office recently [in 2001] concluded that the Fourth Amendment had no application to domestic military operations.' This could mean that the Administration believes the NSA's warrantless wiretapping and data mining programs are not governed by the Constitution, which would cast Administration claims that the programs did not violate the Fourth Amendment in a whole new light — after all, you can't violate a law that doesn't apply. The claimed immunity would also cover other DoD agencies, such as CIFA, which carry out offline surveillance of political groups within the United States."
Chroniton writes "The BBC has a story that many Slashdot geeks will be happy to hear: the caffeine from a cup of coffee a day can help prevent Dementia, by blocking the damage of cholesterol. (At least in rabbits) This is in addition to the already-known protection against Alzheimer's Disease. More research is needed to test the effect on humans."
Scientists are using the world's most powerful computer to design drugs that could prevent HIV infection. The researchers are using sophisticated computing technology... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:32 am
Multiple fake reviews for the Funwall App on Facebook have been deleted after it was discovered that the reviews came from employees of Slide, the apps owner. Fake reviews seem to be part of the norm these... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:16 am
The Regsiter reports that a man claims to be receiving text messages from his dead wife. "A Lancashire man whose house has a chilling reputation for poltergeist activity claims he is being haunted by... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:13 am
Wireless technology and data applications provider Qualcomm has upgraded its CDMA2000 network technology to enable operators to support double the existing capacity of 35 simultaneous calls in 1.25MHz of spectrum. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c87429) has announced the addition of Computer Resellers (UK) - Portfolio Analysis to their offering. The Plimsoll Portfolio Analysis - Computer Resellers is a comprehensive evaluation of the UK market. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
NEW courses are being developed at Coventry University to provide students of computer science with cutting-edge skills in two rapidly changing areas. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Hewlett-Packard has unveiled a document-automation product for government and educational institutions. HP said its Forms and Document Automation Solution will enable users to create and distribute on-demand documents. It enables automated secure delivery of on-demand electronic forms. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Erin Callender, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Apr. 3--CHAPEL HILL -- For a woman who knew very little about men's basketball, it's ironic that legendary basketball announcer Dick Vitale would inspire one of her first novels. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. and PARIS, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The service analyzes the market drivers and inhibitors, operator challenges and requirements, technology trends and issues in mobile backhaul, and compares and assesses vendors' vision, strengths, weaknesses, market direction and timing. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Ritz Interactive, Inc., the e-commerce network that includes RitzCamera.com, WolfCamera.com, BoatersWorld.com and other leading online-shopping sites, reported a 30% increase in merchandise revenue for the first quarter of 2008 over the same period last year. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Craigslist, the free-classifieds Web site that has become a global phenomenon, is expected to generate $81 million in revenue in 2008 and could easily top $100 million with a few simple changes that might improve the service, a new report shows. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Bea Hines, The Miami Herald Apr. 3--T rinity Church will present Mosy U. Madugba, international coordinator of Ministers Prayer Network Worldwide, and Steve Olumuyiwa, of Intercessors for Africa, in the Miami Prayerquake scheduled for April 9-12. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
More than a dozen states, including Maryland, sued the Bush administration yesterday, accusing the Environmental Protection Agency of "foot-dragging" to avoid regulating greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. A year ago, the states won a legal challenge in which the U.S. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
New Delhi: Alarmed by the growing influence of China in the oil and gas sector in many African countries, India has decided to turn its focus from the OPEC countries to the African nations for acquisition of oil and gas assets to meet surging energy requirements. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Far from being the loners marine biologists had categorised them as for decades, octopi are pretty lascivious, study reveals Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:31 am
The exercises, which are supposed to help primary school children learn, are based on pseudoscience and a bizarre understanding of how the body works Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:29 am
Shares of Research in Motion Ltd. may trade actively Thursday, following news that fiscal fourth-quarter profit and revenue more than doubled. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:26 am
If you couldn’t make it to Amsterdam, Mike Butcher is live blogging the Next Web conference on TechCrunch UK. Or you can watch a live stream of the entire conference here (in Silverlight) or here... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:23 am
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp unveiled on Thursday a video camera as small as a juice box, saying it was the world's smallest and lightest high-definition camcorder. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:21 am
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A majority of U.S. households now know what a Blu-ray Disc is, while the number of households with a high-definition disc player has crossed the 10... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:18 am
Tim Dowling: In a recent interview with Elle magazine, Madonna revealed that she always sleeps with her BlackBerry wireless device. And so does her husband Guy Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:16 am
By Andrew Liszewski As much as I like the high-tech looks and design of the Dyson vacuums (not to mention their performance) they tend to be a bit overkill if you're not chasing toddlers or shedding pets... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:07 am
HOUSTON, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation announced today the promotion of Jeffrey L. Taylor, 54, currently the company's Vice President, Polyethylene, to the position of Senior Vice President, Polyethylene. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
By Sharif Durhams, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Apr. 3--Recent rain has persuaded Charlotte officials to let residents water their lawns on weekends. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
ARTISTIC residents are being urged to brush up on green issues with the launch of an environmental challenge tackling important issues such as travel, energy use and waste. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
This year marks the 37th anniversary of Earth Day, a global event that encourages people to conserve resources and preserve natural habitats. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["China Cities Urged To Re-Think Planned Water Price Hikes" - Xinhua headline] BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) - China's central government emphasized the importance of combating inflation Wednesday as some cities plan to raise water fees. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
By Bob Ehlert, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Apr. 3--Though California is a densely populated and developed state, there remain green and golden jewels of open space that twinkle in the distance and remind us that nature has a stake in the land. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
By Lourdes Medrano, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Apr. 3--The Oro Valley community task force charged with creating a development plan for the historic Steam Pump Ranch wrapped up its work last week. The town wants to restore the ranch for public viewing and use. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
By Andrew Liszewski At first glance you might look at this new accessory for the PSP and think "Wow! Someone's found a way to read multiple Memory Sticks via the UMD drive!" But unfortunately I was you'd... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 9:52 am
Two thirds of people are opposed to the creation of part-human, part-animal embryos, a Catholic church survey has suggested. The leader of Scotland's Catholics Cardinal Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 9:34 am
The Next Web conference that I ammoderating in Amsterdam just kicked off, and the first speaker was Adeo Ressi, the founder of TheFunded, the invite-only community for venture-funded CEOs to compare notes... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 9:25 am
Here's a kick-ass gallery of a NASA refurb/prep procedure for the Space Shuttle. KOMPRESSOR LIKE BIG MACHINES. Link (Thanks, Spider!) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 8:39 am
John Lochaon does not just survive on less than one dollar a day. He has streched out 15 dollars for nine months in a part of Uganda that climate change is plunging into famine. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 8:19 am
While we haven't solved the Case of the Missing Oil yet, I do have an update, courtesy of a reader. Here is a recent Bloomberg screenshot showing it covering all bases, in a single headline screen attributing... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 8:00 am
U.S. negotiators at a United Nations climate conference say steep emission cuts could further rattle the world economy, especially in the developing world. The EU has proposed that... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 7:57 am
Descendants of slaves of the British Empire will be able to delve into their history thanks to the launch of a huge online register. Social history website... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 7:37 am
A plush telephone, part of "The Plush Electronics Collection" sewn by Blythe Church. Completely wonderful. [via boingboing] Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 7:35 am
Mur sez, "JC Hutchins brought us the killer podcast trilogy 7th Son, but after the novels were done, he invited eight authors from podcasting to write in his world. The audio anthology, called 7th Son,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 7:32 am
Mur sez, "JC Hutchins brought us the killer podcast trilogy 7th Son, but after the novels were done, he invited eight authors from podcasting to write in his world. The audio anthology, called 7th Son, OBSIDIAN, comes out in May and features stories that follow random Americans through the nationwide 2 week blackout that happens in the trilogy. Authors contributing to the Obsidian audio project include Michael A. Stackpole, Scott Sigler, and Mur Lafferty. Right now he's started a video project, showing content submitted by fans and allowing viewers to call in and submit their own 'stories from the blackout' - inviting a new kind of video and audio fanfic in his world. "
THE NATIONWIDE BLACKOUT IS NOW … the violence and chaos are HERE … and YOU are a victim. Call the number in the video below and submit your story of horror and survival! Email your friends this blog post link, encourage them to call and share their “blackout experience!” 7th Son: OBSIDAN is coming….
(Recordings will be played in May, in the OBSIDIAN audio anthology, which chronicles the blackout.)
The ZZ Plural Z Alpha Douglas Adams fan club raises funds by selling "Beeblebears," two-headed, three-eyed, three-armed teddy bears fashioned in the likeness of Zaphod Beeblebrox. I bought one for the kid last week and she loves it in all its mutant splendor.
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Bruce Schneier's latest Wired column examines the difference between feeling safe and secure and having security.
If we make security trade-offs based on the feeling of security rather than the reality, we choose security that makes us feel more secure over security that actually makes us more secure. And that's what governments, companies, family members and everyone else provide. Of course, there are two ways to make people feel more secure. The first is to make people actually more secure and hope they notice. The second is to make people feel more secure without making them actually more secure, and hope they don't notice.
The key here is whether we notice. The feeling and reality of security tend to converge when we take notice, and diverge when we don't. People notice when 1) there are enough positive and negative examples to draw a conclusion, and 2) there isn't too much emotion clouding the issue.
Both elements are important. If someone tries to convince us to spend money on a new type of home burglar alarm, we as society will know pretty quickly if he's got a clever security device or if he's a charlatan; we can monitor crime rates. But if that same person advocates a new national antiterrorism system, and there weren't any terrorist attacks before it was implemented, and there weren't any after it was implemented, how do we know if his system was effective?
Microsoft's been hoist on its own petard in an Indian tax dispute. Microsoft argued that it should be exempt from paying a royalty tax on sales of its software, since the transaction was a sale, not a license, and so the money wasn't really a royalty. The clever Indian authorities noticed that every inch of Microsoft's packaging and presentation is plastered in license agreements sternly informing customers that they don't own Windows, that they're only licensing it, and furthermore, the license terms are onerous and must be obeyed.
This have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too approach to licensing and sales isn't unique to Microsoft. The musician T-Bone Burnett once explained to me that the standard record deal gives artists seven percent royalties on sales and fifty percent royalties on licenses. However, when artists get paid by their labels for iTunes downloads, they're only paid the seven percent sales royalty, despite the fact that the record companies keep telling courts, Congress and customers that a download is not a sale, it's only a license, and don't you dare try to resell your music, loan it, or give it away -- all stuff you're allowed to do with purchased goods.
So Microsoft uses the sales/license flip-flop to avoid its taxes, and the record companies use it to pocket six-sevenths of the money they owe artists for downloads.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Fred von Lohmann has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the expected Warner Music proposal to allow ISPs to pay a license fee in exchange for the unlimited right of their customers to download music, in any format, using any protocol. In a nutshell, the proposal is fair and works if ISPs can sign up voluntarily because they want to offer a "download all the music ever made" service; it's a problem if the ISPs are forced to pay a tax, whether or not they want to offer the service.
Voluntary for Music Fans. People who do not share music shouldn't have to pay for a license they don't need. After all, we don't have a "music tax on restaurants." Restaurants are free to experiment with no music, public domain music, or CC music, as they see fit. Internet users should have the same freedom. But this means that there will still be some enforcement against those who don't pay but keep downloading. That seems fair, and enforcement to get people to become paying subscribers will look very different from today's "mount a few heads on spikes to scare the rest" approach being used by the RIAA and MPAA.
Voluntary for Artists. Artists shouldn't be forced to participate if they don't want to. That said, the vast majority of creators and rightsholders will likely opt in, rather than opt to sue individual Internet users. After all, 99% of all songwriters are members of one of the three performing rights organizations (PROs) we have today. It sure beats having to find and sue every radio station every time it plays your song.
Not a Collecting Society, but Collecting Societies. Freedom of choice for artists only means something if they have options to choose among. Competition is critical to keeping collecting societies honest and transparent. If you compare the three PROs that service songwriters in the US to the unitary, government-backed collecting societies in the rest of the world, our system wins hands down on these fronts.
Voluntary for ISPs. There is no need to force ISPs to offer blanket sharing licenses to music fans. Some ISPs will voluntarily bundle the license with their offerings ("buy the all-you-can-eat music package for $5 more"), some ISPs may choose not to. Universities might choose to buy campus-wide licenses in bulk in order to stop the RIAA's college litigation campaign. Software companies like LimeWire might choose to bundle the license fee into their software, paid either by subscription fees or advertising. At the end of the day, it's the individual fan who needs the license, and she should have lots of ways to buy it.
African activists, who say the continent is getting a "raw deal" in climate talks, called Thursday for major polluters to commit one percent of GDP to fight the ravages of global warming. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 7:12 am
The finalists for Canada's Aurora Awards for the best science fiction of the year have been announced, and I'm delighted to note that Tesseracts Eleven, the anthology I co-edited with Holly Phillips, is a finalist for Best Work in English (Other)!
Best Long-Form Work in English:
As Fate Decrees by Denysé Bridger (published by EDGE Publishing)
New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson (Grand Central Publishing)
The Moon Under Her Feet by Derwin Mak (Windstorm Creative)
Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer (Tor/Analog)
Cry Wolf by Edo van Belkom (McClelland & Stewart)
People who have the gene variant face at least a 30% greater chance of developing the disease, three studies find. The discovery may help to explain why some smokers will never be afflicted. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
Already a destination for fans, the online community's expected partnership with major record labels would allow them to compete with Apple's download store. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
George S. Switzer, the scientist who acquired the legendary Hope Diamond for the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum, died March 23 from complications of pneumonia at an assisted-living facility in Solomons,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) announced today it has been selected by ISTANBUL KULTUR UNIVERSITESI (IKU) to supply 150 Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 6:30 am
lucas writes "The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has set up a new licence to let DJs format shift their music to use at gigs. DJs will need to pay a licence fee to copy music they already own legally from one format to another for ease of use, and as a back-up in case originals get lost or stolen. Criminal penalties for DJs involved in "music piracy" are up to sixty thousand dollars and 5 years imprisonment. There are also on-the-spot fines of over one thousand dollars."
SHANGHAI, China, April 3, 2008 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited (Nasdaq: SNDA), or Shanda, a leading interactive entertainment... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 6:21 am
Armed with market research that showed Americans spend as much time researching a vacation as they do a mortgage loan (answer: five hours), Zillow.com is launching a mortgage marketplace that allows consumers... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 6:10 am
MissingRainbow writes "To avoid paying taxes in India, Microsoft wanted a court to believe that it is selling its product and that there are no royalty payments involved. Their own EULA worked against them in this particular case however as it states, "the product is licensed, not sold". The court ruled against them."
Not only did Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry smart phone, see its profit more than double last quarter, it may have gotten a boost from a top competitor's strong sales. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 3 Apr 2008 | 4:15 am
Take the role of a battle-hardened robot with a decidedly sensual side, and geeks at sci-fi conventions can get a mixed message. Tricia Helfer explains what it's like to play Six (and live to talk about it).
BigBadBus writes "The BBC is reporting that NASA's twin spacecraft designed to obtain stereo images of the Sun have recorded a Solar Tsunami. The feature includes a fascinating movie of the images captured."
Tennessee-based cemetery-science investigator Elizabeth Agin has used ground penetrating radar, geospatial software and a kite with a camera attached to find hundreds of unmarked graves around the country.
Wade Roush writes "21, the top movie at the box office last weekend, has everyone talking about the real identities of the MIT blackjack team members fictionalized in the movie and in the 2002 book, Bringing Down the House, on which the film is based. Last week a number of stories pointed to former MIT student and Las Vegas resident John Chang as the model for the Micky Rosa character, the club mastermind played in the movie by Kevin Spacey. But Boston-area Internet entrepreneur and real estate developer Bill Kaplan is saying that if anyone is the basis for Micky Rosa, it's him. Turns out Kaplan now battles the "e-mail churn" problem as CEO of Newton, MA, startup FreshAddress, which helps companies correct the outdated e-mail addresses in their customer databases."
AbsoluteXyro writes "According to a Space.com article, NASA scientists have discovered the smallest known black hole to date. The object is known as 'XTE J1650-500'. Weighing in at a scant 3.8 solar masses and measuring only 15 miles across, this finding sheds new light on the lower limit of black hole sizes and the critical threshold at which a star will become a black hole upon its death, rather than a neutron star. XTE J1650-500 beats out the previous record holder, GRO 1655-40, by about 2.5 solar masses."
Wired.com profiles Jeremy Brosowsky, founder and creator of Brijit, a startup that produces 100-word abstracts of newspaper and magazine content both on and offline.
Lucas123 writes "Attorney General Michael Mukasey claims that terrorists sell pirated software as a way to finance their operations, without presenting a shred of evidence for his case. He's doing it to push through a controversial piece of intellectual property legislation that would increase IP penalties, increase police power, set up a new agency to investigate IP theft, and more. 'Criminal syndicates, and in some cases even terrorist groups, view IP crime as a lucrative business, and see it as a low-risk way to fund other activities,' Mukasey told a crowd at the Tech Museum of Innovation last week."
The band that loves to turn the industry on its head launches a remix contest. There's a cool voting widget, but shockingly little info on what happens to the hottest tracks.
9gezegen writes "An offer for free tickets to theme parks for service members turned out to be an email scam, a ploy that was in actuality a security exercise run by the Army. Involved servicemen and DoD civilians received an email, allegedly coming from the 'Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command Office,' and directed them to a phishing site which asked for personal information. After rebuttal and warning by Army MWR, the website revealed that it was a security exercise after all. Army MWR later verified the exercise and announced they were not informed beforehand."
An anonymous reader writes "Is letting users manage their own PCs an IT time-saver or time bomb waiting to happen? 'In this Web 2.0 self-service approach, IT knights employees with the responsibility for their own PC's life cycle. That's right: Workers select, configure, manage, and ultimately support their own systems, choosing the hardware and software they need to best perform their jobs.'" Do any of you do something similar to this in your workplace? Anyone think this is a spectacularly bad idea?
Edie sez, "I'm in the market for a digital SLR, and found something rather disturbing. B&H Photo says that to purchase a Fujifilm IS-1 camera, you must fill out an end user license agreement.
Even weirder is the EULA itself: It asks what 'legitimate business purpose' (their words, not mine) the camera will be put to.
Additionally, if the camera is sold, lost or transfered, you have to notify Fujifilm. WTF BBQ?"
Apparently, this is one of those infrared see-through-clothes cameras, but I'm with Edie, WTF?
INFORMATION ABOUT END USER BUSINESS
(1) Is End User purchasing a Fujifilm Infrared or Ultraviolet Sensitive Digital Camera for a legitimate business purpose? _______
(2) How long has End User been engaged in his/her profession or business? _________
(3) Please state End User’s legitimate business purpose?________________________________________________
(4) Has End User presented reseller with recognized forms or identification for End User and End User’s business? ___________
(5) Has End User provided reseller with copies of forms of identification presented in connection with (3), above? ____________
(6) Was End User Questionnaire completed at a business location of a Pro Digital Camera Authorized Reseller? ______________
(7) Please provide the business address where End User will pick up the camera listed below_________________________
By signing this End User Questionnaire, End User certifies that (1) the subject camera is being purchased by End User for the above
stated legitimate business purpose, (2) End User will make its best efforts to safeguard the camera from being used by others, and (3) in
the event End User transfers the camera or the camera is lost, stolen or is otherwise no longer in End User’s possession, End User will
immediately notify Fujifilm of such event.
Wired's crew brings you the highlights from the year's biggest cellphone industry show, with hands-on looks at the Samsung Instinct, Sony's Xperia X1, a Nokia phone made of recycled materials and more.
The amazing Jessica Joslin has an exhibition of her curious creatures opening tomorrow night at the Lisa Sette Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona. Running until April 26, the exhibition coincides with the release of Joslin's new monograph, titled Strange Nature, that Mark blogged about here. Above, "Cosimo" (antique hardware, brass, bone, antique glove leather, glass eyes) and "Silvio" (turtle shell, brass hardware, beads, bone, antique vestment trim, leather, glass eyes).
Link(Thanks, Kirsten Anderson!)
Previously on BB:
• Jessica Joslin: Strange Nature art book Link
• Marco the Monkey sculpture Link
• Turning a departed pet into a cool work of art Link
Best Long-Form Work in English:
Recently on Boing Boing Gadgets we've looked at an upcoming exhibit showcasing the plush electronics of Blythe Church; Penny Arcade's new indie games download platform; the all-too-timely death of Richochet wireless; Nike's new iPod-less SportBand training bracelet; the ClarityLife phone for the elderly; a way to send hot leaden death from the mouth of a plush kitty cat; Creative's campaign against a driver hacker, as well as his first public response; 9 common phrases that come from technology; Babbage's Difference Engine coming to California; baggage handlers stealing gadgets from luggage; a cute line of handmade clay robots; Microsoft's latest failure to convince the FCC that White Space devices can work; video of the "awesomest Finder bug of all time"; a snap-on glove radar for checking baseball pitch speeds; Comcast's latest HD over-compression disaster; a simple way for African villagers to shell peanuts without pain (top hat and cane optional); a British newspaper's attempt to wheedle stories of videogame sociopathy; a clever twist-cap for instant tea; the old Kodak disc cameras; a thumbs-up for a Kyocera mandoline; and Denmark's latest contribution to childish sniggering, DONG Energy.
