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Apple's Revenge: iMessage Might Eat Your Texts If You Switch To Android
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Newswire: Glenn Greenwald loves Sony, now that they’ve bought the rights to his Edward Snowden book
Like a columnist jumping all over a movie he hasn’t seen, Sony Pictures has pounced on the movie rights to Glenn Greenwald’s new book, No Place To Hide: Edward Snowden, The NSA, And The U.S. Surveillance State.
“I’m very happy to be working with Amy Pascal, Doug Belgrad and the team at Sony Pictures Entertainment, who have a successful track record of making thoughtful and nuanced true-life stories that audiences want to see,” said Greenwald of the same executives he had previously accused of producing “the ultimate hagiography of the most secretive arm of America’s National Security State” when they made Zero Dark Thirty, but now heartily endorses, because they’re giving him lots of money.
“We are extremely proud that […] Glenn chose Sony to bring this riveting story to the big screen,” added Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, the Sony subsidiary Greenwald likened to ...
Open Thread: Arrow Season Finale – Unthinkable
cleolinda: the1001cranes: #this line out of context seems like...
#this line out of context seems like an excerpt from the kinkiest fic your ever had the privilege of stumbling across#this like IN context also sounds like that#I’m sorry this is straight up the most sexually complex proposal ever heard in a so-called kids film#IN ANY FILM#i could write essays on the consent dynamics that this implies and the delicious world of possibilities it implies#for a grown up Sarah should she decide to revisit later on her own terms#(which is the only way Jareth would have it any way - hence the emphasis on her needed to choose)#(over and over and over)#left or right up or down stay or go take the crystal forget the baby look what I’m offering you#but none of it means a thing unless she chooses it#he’ll rig the game as far as he dares but when the message comes that the girl is at the gate on her way to get Toby#he’s genuinely scared - call out the guard! take the baby and hide it! - because he knows she is a danger#he’s an all powerful probably immortal wizard and king - but he knows that her choice is the pin that can undo him#KIDS MOVIE(harrietvane)
We the generation who grew up on this movie turned out to be an interesting bunch of people, let’s put it that way.
cabell: harrysflaccidcock: Someone at my school made these in...
Someone at my school made these in response to my principal announcing a dress code that, as usual, only applied to girls, and I’m kind of proud
If one of my kids did this, their bedtime would be never.
http://fuckyeahreactions.tumblr.com/post/85347175923
firehosevia Rosalind
paizo.com - Paizo / About Paizo / Job Opportunities
firehosewell, here we go again
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General Position Summary
Assist the Editorial Staff to ensure the accurate and efficient production of roleplaying game material, fiction, and marketing copy. The position will focus on copyediting, with an emphasis on both grammar and complex house styles, but also includes the potential for developmental editing and creative copywriting.
This is not a game development or design position. While knowedge of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, its campaign setting, and the wide variety of Paizo products is required, new rules and world canon are created by other departments—this position is focused on polishing existing prose through editing and small amounts of layout.
This is a contract-to-hire position with a trial period of at least 3 months, but Paizo reserves the right to waive the initial contract period for specific candidates.
Functions / Major Responsibilities
- Edit material for upcoming products with regard to grammar, style, layout, and continuity.
- Help developers guard against canon and world continuity errors.
- Aid in generation of blog content, marketing copy, and small amounts of prose for copyfitting.
- Assist in customer interaction and sales at specific conventions (PaizoCon and Gen Con) and online.
- Perform other job duties as assigned.
Job Scope
This job is not routine. Responsibilities and tasks vary from day to day depending on deadlines and what is most necessary for the smooth production of our assorted books and game products. The employee in this position is not responsible for policy or style decisions, though input is often requested. Errors in judgment or an inability to edit effectively at the required pace could lead to late products, a lack of quality in products, or the estrangement of readers/customers. Creativity is required in the editing process and brainstorming sessions.
Supervisory Responsibility
Job has no supervisory responsibility.
Interpersonal Contacts
Contacts are made both inside and outside the organization. Internal contacts frequently include the rest of the editorial staff as well as the art staff, customer service staff, marketing staff, tech team, warehouse staff, and Paizo management.
External contacts include customers and freelance editors and authors. Interactions are predominantly information exchange: providing an outward face for the company on messageboards and at conventions, as well as potentially working with freelance authors or editors to provide editorial feedback and guidance regarding grammar and style. Contacts occasionally include sensitive or confidential information.
Specific Job Skills
- Impeccable grasp of English grammar and ability to quickly learn and implement stylistic conventions.
- Love of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and its campaign setting.
- Good organizational skills.
- Ability to quickly and competently edit large amounts of text, including the ability to read large amounts of small text (10-point font or smaller) for long periods of time, often under tight deadlines.
- Ability to manage time and multitask effectively, moving nimbly between multiple projects.
- Ability to keep confidential information secret.
- Ability to deal with customers and/or contributors who might be overtly hostile or impolite.
- Basic computer skills.
- Ability to communicate and work effectively as part of a team, both handling individual projects and working in close concert with others as needed.
- Physical ability to operate telephone and computer hardware/software including keyboard and mouse, to type quickly, to sit for extended periods of time, and occasionally to lift/carry up to 20 pounds.
- Knowledge of general office policies and administrative procedures and practices.
Education and/or Experience
- Minimum of four-year college degree in English, Journalism, or a related field required.
- Minimum of six months professional editing experience required, preferably in gaming or fiction fields.
- Familiarity with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and campaign setting highly recommended.
- Proficiency with Macintosh OS, MS Word, and Adobe InCopy or InDesign highly recommended.
- Familiarity with The Chicago Manual of Style recommended.
Job Conditions
- Office located in Seattle, Washington area. Must be local or willing to relocate at own expense.
- Normal office working conditions.
- Job might require hours that exceed 8 hours per day and/or 40 hours per week during peak periods.
- Job will require rapid adaptation to the large workload and the ability to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously.
Application
Resumes should be sent to james.sutter@paizo.com.
Big Black Bird: what depression after a cancer diagnosis feels like
firehosevia Leontocephaline
"Support isn't texting somebody the right ten words and never talking to them again. It's not going to the doctor with them and otherwise being an asshole. It's watching Pootie Tang with them, again, and pretending like you don't even mind the smell of weed, really, it's fine. It's lying next to somebody at night while they wrestle with that big black bird, and being there with them when the light comes back. Every day."
Meals on Wheels: Food Trucks Descend on Somerville Every Thursday
firehosevia Amy Lynne Grzybinski
'owner Keith Schubert tells Eater that the goal is to create "a sort of mini food truck park (like you would find in Portland, OR or Austin, TX)."'
we call them pods
[Photo: Taco Party Truck/Facebook]
Somerville is still woefully devoid of food trucks aside from occasional special events, but starting tonight, there will be a weekly duo of trucks parked in the loading dock area behind Brooklyn Boulders, which is located partway between Union Square and Porter Square, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Taco Party, a vegetarian taco truck, is leading the charge; owner Keith Schubert tells Eater that the goal is to create "a sort of mini food truck park (like you would find in Portland, OR or Austin, TX)." He wants to foster a "patio-like vibe where folks can come relax after work and eat some good food from some of Boston's best trucks."
Each week, Taco Party will be joined by a revolving guest truck — tonight, it's Fugu Truck. They'll start off with a basic assortment of tables and chairs, but a tent and picnic tables will appear in coming weeks. The fun will last until October.
· All coverage of food trucks on Eater [~EBOS~]
Opening shots from CW's extended Flash trailer are of Portland. Is the show filming here?
firehoseA: no, they probably just used stock footage. Still, Flash runs west across the Morrison bridge in the trailer's first shot.
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DogePDX... if you are interested in dogecoin there is an event this Saturday here in Portland
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Department of Better Technology: Designer/Frontend Developer to Fix America
firehoseshared for hed
Location: USA
URL: http://www.dobt.co
- Why We Design for Bureaucrats First: http://blog.dobt.co/2014/05/12/Bureaucrat-First/
- An Open Government Story: http://blog.dobt.co/2013/05/29/an-open-government-story/
To apply: Send a note to designjob@dobt.co
Apparently German Gamers Love Simulators
firehosevia Christopher Lantz
Texas woman who posed as 15-year-old student fooled coworkers, boyfriend - New York Daily News
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Texas woman who posed as 15-year-old student fooled coworkers, boyfriend New York Daily News Charity Johnson, 34 - who was busted after spending nearly a full year posing as a sophomore at New Life Christian School in Longview - had apparently tricked coworkers and her boyfriend, too, according to a report. The woman was arrested this week, after ... Woman, 34, Accused of Posing as High School Student for 7 MonthsABC News Woman, 34, posed as teenager, enrolled in Texas schoolThe Times-Picayune 15 Going on 31Northdallasgazette Techsonia -Toronto Sun -The Independent all 311 news articles » |
A Creationist Schism Is Tearing Apart A Christian College
The evolution-creationism debate has returned to Dayton, Tennessee—the site of the Scopes Monkey Trial. Except this time, the venue is not a courtroom but a Christian college, where faculty members have resigned and students have mounted protests. The issue? Whether Adam and Eve were the progenitors of humanity.
Great Job, Internet!: Ride a flaming unicorn to victory as Kim Jong Un in Glorious Leader!
firehose"Glorious Leader!, a side-scrolling run’n’gun (’n’Un) that casts you as Kim Jong Un, righteously fighting against Western imperialism with your trusted sidekick Dennis Rodman"
A terrible weight burdens your soul.
Night after night you awake, sweat-drenched and trembling, at the nagging thought that there is something wrong with this world—that you were meant for more. You cannot explain it, but you know it; you can feel it inside you with the same palpable certainty as the heart beating in your chest. It is a notion ever-present in the periphery of your mind, quietly driving you mad: You have yet to realize your greatness.
You should be the Supreme Leader of North Korea.
Atlanta-based indie game studio Moneyhorse Games knows your plight and seeks to relieve your suffering with Glorious Leader!, a side-scrolling run’n’gun (’n’Un) that casts you as Kim Jong Un, righteously fighting against Western imperialism with your trusted sidekick Dennis Rodman.
Glorious Leader! isn’t the first retro game about North Korea, but it is the only one ...
WotC vs. Cryptozoic
firehose'Cryptozoic develops and publishes the digital trading card game, Hex: Shards of Fate, a clone of the world famous tabletop collectable trading card game, Magic: The Gathering®, and its digital expressions, Magic Online® and the Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers® franchise.'
They funded a $2.2M Kickstarter last year. Their closed beta started about three weeks ago.
Escapist: "The lawsuit cites a post on Threshold: The Hex Podcast that lays out the similarities between Hex and Magic. A chart in the lawsuit summarizes all the similarities between the two games, including the number of starting life, the win conditions, tapping cards to activate actions, five types of spell and creature colors, analogous card types, identical turn structure, and many other similarities."
Cryptozoic isn't a minor CCG publisher: they have more than three dozen licensed board and card games, including licenses for the LotR and Hobbit movie franchises, DC Comics, the Walking Dead, Penny Arcade, Pen Ward's stuff (Adventure Time, Bravest Warriors, etc.), Capcom, and Ubisoft. They're also the company that picked up the KS clusterfuck "Doom that Came to Atlantic City".
In other news, We Have Reached This Point where lawsuits are filed over M:tG podcasts
Wizards of the Coast has filed suit against Cryptozoic Entertainment over IP infringement. Source From the WotC website: Today Wizards of the Coast LLC, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington against Cryptozoic Entertainment, LLC and its alter ego, Hex […]
bankuei: silveranadalus: likestepsonthemoon: someone wrote...
someone wrote this dialogue
I know, isn’t it great
See, this is why I liked old Peter Parker in Earth X:
"Let me guess. You’re my daughter from a future timeline where you bonded with the Venom symbiote, right?"
"Wait, how’d you know?"
"You do this long enough, you can guess these things."
Meanwhile, clueless ass Scott, who’s BEEN dealing with time travel shit for decades now, still ain’t got a basic lexicon…even to talk to his DAMN SELF…
This Hat is Making Eyes at You #WearableWednesday
firehosevia Bunker.jordan
You may recall that Lucas Morgan made a great EL wire shirt a while back. It looks like this mad tech artist is at it again with a new top hat called “All Seeing Eye”. This is a great example of Adafruit’s NeoPixels — 704 to be exact! Two eyes move around randomly and appear to be staring at passersby. They are almost a bit spooky, like something you would see in a zombie flick (zombies beware!). Actually, Lucas has a love for music fests, so chances are this hat will be on tour.
The project started with a mock-up using the 30 LEDs/meter and then moved off to the 144 LEDs/meter. That’s a lot of bling! One of the issues Lucas faced was finding a hat that was a true cylinder. Apparently most top hats have a slight taper, but he did manage to find a decent one at a costume shop. The next step was aligning the strips, and conveniently there are holes near the LEDs that he was able to pin to help line up the rows. As far as hardware, he used a Tinyduino Microcontroller and a level shifter to convert the power to 5V for the NeoPixels. Not to get all Adafruit here, but the 4 Button Ribbon Cable Input Pad is a really cute way to operate the different animations on the hat. There’s a lot more detail on his blog Enviral Designs, so get ready for some cool pics.
Okay, enough with all the details; you know what’s coming and we’ve got the tutorial all ready for you — the Guggenhat. It’s a hat inspired by the famous Guggenheim Museum with its delightful curves. It will be your own personal billboard, so you can go to your next red carpet event (or graduation) in style. Coil NeoPixels like a pro and have your own original message out there for the world to see.
Every Wednesday is Wearable Wednesday here at Adafruit! We’re bringing you the blinkiest, most fashionable, innovative, and useful wearables from around the web and in our own original projects featuring our wearable Arduino-compatible platform, FLORA. Be sure to post up your wearables projects in the forums or send us a link and you might be featured here on Wearable Wednesday!
goatmusk: i always feel inclined to reblog this because it is...
i always feel inclined to reblog this because it is literally the best hair flip in the history of hair flips
Salt & Straw Expanding to Los Angeles in August | Portland Monthly
firehosehmm
First Look at Jeffrey Morgenthaler’s The Bar Book | Portland Monthly
firehose"It’s not all Portlandia bluster"
AfricanFossils.org Virtual Lab: View and Download 3D Models of Human Ancestors #3DThursday #3DPrinting #3DScanning
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An excellent proof of concept for how 3D scanning and 3D printing can be of benefit to science and science education, this world class collection of fossil finds from Lake Turkana in East Africa has been made available to world as a digital exhibition thanks to a partnership between Dr. Louise Leakey with Autodesk:
This virtual lab showcases a spectacular collection of fossils and artifacts found mostly at Lake Turkana in East Africa. The digital collection of animals, human ancestors, as well as ancient stone tools offers a unique tool for scholars and enthusiasts to explore and interact with the collection online.
It also provides an opportunity to download models for 3-D printing as well as to comment and share images of your favorite printed fossil objects on our forum. Additional specimens will be added regularly to this online collection so please visit us often. Welcome to the lab!
And from a news announcement around the launch of the project back in 2011:
Dr. Louise Leakey (TBI, Stony Brook University) and 3D software company Autodesk have teamed up with the National Museums of Kenya to create an ongoing interactive showcase famous fossil discoveries from the Turkana Basin in virtual 3D.
AfricanFossils.org enables visitors to explore a virtual “lab” filled with numerous famous fossil finds which can be enlarged, rotated, and viewed from any angle. While offering a limited selection of fossils at the moment, Leakey plans to continually update the library to comprise not only fossils of human ancestors but the other prehistoric animals with which they shared their environment.
Leakey was awarded a grant from San Rafael, CA-based Autodesk which enabled her to work with the National Museums of Kenya to digitize a number of scientifically important fossils in the Museum’s collection. The process involved making numerous photos of each specimen from a variety of angles and using Autodesk’s proprietary technology to create an immersive virtual environment in which visitors can closely examine some of the most important pieces of evidence for human evolution.
“This is a fantastic use of this revolutionary new technology,” says Leakey. “People from all over the world will now be able to enjoy these fossils which previously were available only to scientists visiting the museum.”
Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!
Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!
The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! We also offer the LulzBot TAZ – Open source 3D Printer and the Printrbot Simple Metal 3D Printer in our store. If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!
Spritz Integration
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A couple months ago we came across a new technology called Spritz. It’s a tool that helps you read faster. Given how far behind I typically am in my Old Reader queue, we thought it would be a good thing to try out in the application. We were so happy with the results that we’ve decided to roll out the beta Spritz integration to our users today.
To enable Spritz, you’ll need to go into your settings and click the Spritz checkbox. You’ll then see the Spritz icon in your feeds which you can click on (or use the ‘i’ hotkey). The first time through you’ll need to create a Spritz account, but after that it should be clear sailing and fast reading.
Here’s an article about the new functionality on TNW.
Let us know what you think!