I just organized a bunch of snapshots from past Boing Boing tv shoots into a Flickr set. Link to photoset. Most of them I snapped and uploaded from my iPhone inbetween whatever we were shooting for the show, but the one above is kinda special. Here's the story, and the related episodes.
In this video clip from New York University's annual talent show four years ago, Stefani Germanotta — aka Lady Gaga — performs two songs she wrote herself. She came in third place. At the end of her performance, one of the judges says: "Norah Jones, look out!" Little did she know that ... More.
Marc Owens's augmented reality project "Avatar Machine" puts its users in VR helmets that display the world around them as though they were playing a third-person game, so that their own body is seen from behind. Owens theorizes that "The system potentially allows for a diminished sense of social... More.
A judge dismissed charges against Steve Kurtz, professor and member of the Critical Art Ensemble, who has been in a four year legal battle after police discovered biological lab equipment and harmless bacteria in his home. The cops were at his house because he called 911 to report that his wife had ... More.
PeaceLove sez, "My buddy Chris 'Orbit' Brown just hipped me to this lovely video of one Dimitri Arleri doing some amazing card flourishes, set to an unidentified piece of ambient opera. Most flourish videos are rapid-fire montages of jaw-dropping excellence (ie. the brilliant Buck Twins) but this ... More.
Photo: PDVos In 1909, British explorer Ernest Shackleton aborted an attempt to reach the south pole. He abandoned two cases of scotch at base camp. A century on, we've found it. Whyte & Mackay, the drinks group that now owns McKinlay and Co., has asked for a sample of the 100-year-old scotch for ... More.
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Oh, lord. A beaver shot.
Heh heh! I can tell the photo was taken not far from what was the infamous PepperMill restaurant, whose parking lot is adjacent the Apple campus.
PepperMill was a transplant from Las Vegas, and the waitress' outfits demonstrated it!
So what's there now? A place called BJ's!
Um...nice beaver?
Does anyone else see a certain irony in BoingBoing postings being sponsored by "Windows Mobile" or is it just me?
aahmyeyes...
One of the ways you subvert the dominant paradigm is by taking money from the dominant paradigm and using it however you want. by posting pics of Apple! or whatever...
yes, there is irony but i hope this isn't an attempt at taking the already dead horse that has been beaten to a bloody pulp and putting it through the blender... pardon the visual.
@ #5
I guess so.
I wasn't trying to beat a dead horse, wasn't aware it had been discussed so frequently.
It's only been mentioned five or six hundred thousand times.
Ah, so you did keep count.
Insurgent paradigms are more interesting. Dominant paradigms have more money. I have no problem with the latter paying to support the former.
Make them Pay!
Oh, wow. FWIW, I hadn't posted the Compubeaver image shown here with the intent of raising a middle finger at the sponsor. I try *not* to be mindful of ad/editorial confluence, to keep blogger blinders on and just do our thing, without thinking much about whether something is going to please or annoy a given advertiser. That said, the sponsor in question (whose support we are grateful for, it keeps the server lights on and allows us to do this, instead of, say, waiting tables) might actually dig this image. You could interpret it as meaning that the Apple campus is infested by rodents, right? Those sharp teeth can't be good for profit margins.
Work with me here, people.
Yay for the Compubeaver! I have a deep respect for those who go for the ridiculous.