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22 Oct 18:03
Music: Newswire: Kanye West calls upon his best baseball stadium friend to help him propose to Kim Kardashian
by Sean O'Neal
Kanye West, the Steve Jobs of love, and habitual wife Kim Kardashian made their relationship part of landscapes both legal and environmental last night, when Kanye screamed the question via Jumbotron at San Francisco’s AT&T Park, presented her with a 15-carat diamond ring in front of friends, family, a full orchestra, and assorted birds and satellites, then patiently awaited her answer in the stillness, as one does in these sorts of very personal moments. Fortunately, Kim answered yes, so the San Francisco Giants narrowly avoided living under a 100-year curse that would have seen them plagued by injury and, according to whispers among the groundskeepers, an apparition of a leather pants-clad man sulking in the outfield.
According to TMZ, for whom today is also the first day of the rest of their lives, Kanye rented out the stadium for $35,000—and, we assume, a promise that he ...
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22 Oct 17:49
Oso Opens Tomorrow
by Marjorie Skinner
Last weekend saw the two-day soft opening of Oso Market + Bar, a new wine shop/bar/restaurant/specialty foods market that went into the freshly renovated space right next to Dig A Pony at 726 SE Grand. (Another intriguing new neighbor in the building is the Russian Kachka, opening later this fall.)
Opened by former House Spirits distiller Colin Howard and his wife Holly Johnson (a longtime Bishops employee), It's bigger than I expected, a long hall of white tile and wood floors with shelves upon shelves of painstakingly researched bottles (with prices that range quite a bit), a long bar and table to roll up in for a quiet sandwich 'n' wine lunch, dinner, snack. There's also a small but intriguing collection of specialty grocery items, cheese, and charcuterie. The menu is somewhat meat-centric (I stuck with a perfectly fine salad), and it's lighter, small-plates type fare, perfect for a little post-work nip with someone whose conversation you actually want to hear. They're all done experimenting and ready to roll: permanent hours start tomorrow, in case you're itching for a new spot to put on rotation.
22 Oct 17:41
The Myth Of Social ROI - Business Insider
by gguillotte
Many brands are moving away from metrics that purport to measure ROI on social media.
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22 Oct 17:00
TSA Airport Screenings Now Start Before You Arrive At the Airport
by timothy
firehosenever fly
Bob the Super Hamste writes "The New York Times is reporting that the TSA is now doing background investigations on passengers before they arrive at the airport. The publicly stated reason for this is that it is to streamline the security procedures at airports allowing more passengers to receive less scrutiny while at the air port but this new authority allows the TSA additional information about each traveler. The prescreening that is being performed for domestic travel now uses a simiar standard to that of foreign individuals who where entering the US. The new measures go beyond what is used in the Secure Flight program and while light on details mentions that the passengers passport number will be used. The article does however point out the data sources that are available to the TSA to conduct these pre-screening with such as tax identification number, past travel itineraries, property records, physical characteristics, and law enforcement or intelligence information. Also mentioned is that individuals who do not have a passport will not be subjected to the rules and from my reading will not be eligible for lesser screening at that airport. The stated goal of this program is to have 25% of all airline passengers in the US receive lighter screening at the airport so that they don't have to take their shoes off, remove jackets, or remove laptops from bags. Additionally passengers who are in higher risk categories can receive additional screenings. Also mentioned is that all passengers are currently prescreened and that airlines are required to share your passport data with the TSA if they have it." One thing I've noticed as a passenger is that the most dangerous-feeling aspect of flying right now seems to be the winding security line itself. 
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22 Oct 16:48
Omaha comic store robbed at knife point … for ‘Yu-Gi-Oh! cards
by Kevin Melrose
22 Oct 16:37
Stan Lee Media loses appeal in fight for Conan the Barbarian
by Kevin Melrose
22 Oct 16:32
Geneticists Use Herpes to Confirm Ancient Human Migration Routes
by George Dvorsky
Who needs archaeological evidence when you can study the spread of cold sores? By analyzing the full genetic code of the all-too-familiar HSV-1 herpes virus, biologists have confirmed a long held theory of ancient human migration routes, namely the “out-of-Africa” hypothesis.
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22 Oct 16:31
Ubuntu Touch On a Nexus 7: "Almost Awesome"
by timothy
firehose"The battery life was, to put it mildly, terrible. ... launching apps (and, occasionally, moving between apps) can cause the device to freeze and begin flashing the screen rapidly."
colinneagle writes "I installed Ubuntu Touch "1.0" on my first-generation Nexus 7 tablet and have been using it as my main tablet system for the last four days. Here's how it went. First off, the installation was surprisingly painless. I followed the official instructions and didn't encounter a single problem. That being said, the installation is really geared toward software developers, power users or people already comfortable on a Linux command line. If you're not in one of those categories, I recommend holding off for the time being. Once installed, Ubuntu Touch booted up rather quickly — in only just a few seconds (a fair bit faster than Android 4.x on the same tablet). And, immediately, I was presented with a short tutorial that appears the first time the system is booted, which, I might add, has got to be one of the slickest, least annoying tutorials I've seen. But... there were problems. The battery life was, to put it mildly, terrible. Performance has been mixed, and the OS was prone to what I call 'The Pulsating Seizure Feature' a few dozen times over the weekend. In a nutshell: launching apps (and, occasionally, moving between apps) can cause the device to freeze and begin flashing the screen rapidly." 
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22 Oct 16:26
Report: Sony cracking down on Beyond: Two Souls nude leak
by Alexa Ray Corriea
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Sony is looking to wipe out all screenshots taken from manipulated footage of Beyond: Two Souls running on a PlayStation 3 debug unit showing actress Ellen Page naked — as well as cracking down on publications running articles on the footage, according to reports from several websites.
Earlier this month, a Reddit user posted screenshots of the game's shower scene taken from a PS3 running in debug mode. The user manipulated the game's camera angle to obtain a full view of Page's body and take the screenshots, which a mark on top of the screens identified as a running in a "quality assurance" menu. Kotaku confirmed that the nude model of Page is accessible in the game by testing Beyond in debug mode.
The original images have since been removed from the Imgur account on which they were posted, but according to The Eskimo Press and Cinema Blend, Sony is reaching out to websites that ran stories on the incident to ask that related articles be taken down.
"The images are from an illegally hacked console and is very damaging for Ellen Page," a representative for Sony Computer Entertainment America told Cinema Blend. "It's not actually her body. I would really appreciate if you can take the story down to end the cycle of discussion around this."
According to the Eskimo Press, a representative for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe told them the images had to be removed for "legal reasons," and several sites hosting the photos have been removed or shut down.
This isn't the first time a celebrity's likeness in a video game has caused a greater issue. In 2009, rock band No Doubt sued Activision for using their in-game avatars in Band Hero to sing songs other than the band's own. That same year, Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, sued Activision for breach of contract, stating she did not approve the use of her late husband's likeness in Guitar Hero 5. Earlier this year, singer Beyoncé and developer Gate Five settled a lawsuit out of court in which the company accused the musician of pulling out of deal in which she would provide motion capture for a dancing game.
Polygon has reached out to Sony to clarify the situation and confirm they are asking publications to take down related articles. We'll share more details as we receive them.
22 Oct 16:23
Let's Talk About Sex, Texas
firehosewhile working for and with college newspapers, the bottom of the staff's esteem list usually went, from least to most despised:
- music reviewer
- game reviewer
- liberal and conservative columnists (T)
- sex columnist
I mean, the sex columnist could be on time and word count nearly every week, and the editors would still complain that it was a waste of column inches that cost them ad revenue, which cost them reporters who would actually fucking show up to things. And then run it anyway, which, hey, at least they were in favor of being a forum for student views.
I'd be more supportive of college sex columnists if most weren't also unqualified college students who used the columns to gossip more than they offered constructive advice. (The linked piece tries to pivot on how Texas is an abstinence-only sort of state and culture, which is true, but if that's the case maybe... have the columns written by people who didn't? Maybe a grad student with some sort of experience?)
As usual, the best takedowns of the columns are by recent alumni in the comments--ie. "As a woman who grew up in Texas, I both resent and giggle at the implication that we are all prim girls who never experiment with self-stimulation"--the problem isn't so much that the columns aren't wanted because they talk about sex, but it's that they're bad columns that extrapolate personal experiences inappropriately broadly (or are just badly written).
Four new sex columnists for the UT Austin’s Daily Texan are titillating students with masturbation how-to’s and ‘freak in the sheets’ tell-alls. Cue the conservative backlash.
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22 Oct 16:05
'Fake Banksy' sells five times as many paintings as the real Banksy on a New York street
by Rich McCormick
firehosestupid fucking new york
Earlier this month, street artist Banksy held an impromptu sale of his stencils on canvas in a New York street. He only managed to sell eight works to three customers across a full day of trading. Yesterday, a fake Banksy held an impromptu sale on a New York street. He sold all 40 of his works in one hour.
The sale was created by artists Dave Cicirelli and Lance Pilgrim. They copied Banksy's own sale from a week earlier, setting up a stall in the same location, with the same signage, selling copies of Banksy's works for the same price — $60 — as the original artist. The only difference: the stall was clearly marked as a fake. Salesman Michael Pilgrim posed for pictures with buyers holding a sign clearly marked "Fake Banksy," and all purchases came with a Certificate of Inauthenticity.
Such clear notification of fakery — plus Banksy himself stating that his earlier, unannounced sale was a one-off — didn't deter a flock of New York residents from posing for photos and picking Cicirelli and Pilgrim's stall clean. Demand was so great that when the stall had run out of stenciled canvases, a customer bought the price sign.
The stall was clearly marked "Fake Banksy," but sold out within one hour
Cicirelli spoke to ANIMAL about his stall, saying that he and his collaborators "wanted to complete [Banksy's] statement about the nature of hype and the value of art." It's not the first time Banksy's works have been appropriated by New York residents during the artist's time in the city. Earlier this month, a local group began charging for viewings of a Banksy beaver stenciled on a wall in East New York. Many of his other works have been tagged over or removed entirely. The artist's "Better Out Than In show will continue in the city until the end of October.
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22 Oct 16:04
Twitter / KevinCManahan: The U.S. wants to send Josh ...
by gguillotte
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The U.S. wants to send Josh Freeman to Syria -- where he can overthrow an entire government
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22 Oct 15:58
Wikipedia wants to erase propaganda and bias from its pages
by Amar Toor
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The Wikimedia Foundation is cracking down on deceptive and spammy Wikipedia entries, as part of an ongoing effort to maintain the online encyclopedia's credibility. At issue are two related practices known as — whereby Wikipedia users create fake online identities "for the purpose of deception" — and paid advocacy editing, which pays users to edit Wikipedia pages on behalf of a brand, product, or company.
The Daily Dot exposed the breadth of these practices in a report published earlier this month, describing a sockpuppet network that, as of September, encompassed more than 300 confirmed and 84 suspected offenders. Paid and deceptive editing have been an ongoing issue for Wikipedia, though the sockpuppet operation uncovered last month was the largest such network known to date.
"We consider it a 'black hat' practice."
Sue Gardner, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, responded to the report in a blog post published Monday, confirming that the organization is investigating the matter, and that users have already shut down or banned more than 250 fraudulent user accounts.
"Unlike a university professor editing Wikipedia articles in their area of expertise, paid editing for promotional purposes, or paid advocacy editing as we call it, is extremely problematic," Gardner writes. "We consider it a 'black hat' practice. Paid advocacy editing violates the core principles that have made Wikipedia so valuable for so many people."
Wikipedia has established guidelines on neutrality and verifiability, and deceptive editing is prohibited in its Terms of Use. Sockpuppet investigations, as reported by the Daily Dot, are typically carried out by a small team of administrators, who use a tool called CheckUser to determine whether suspected fake accounts come from the same computer. It was this process that uncovered the massive sockpuppet network in September, though Wikipedia seems intent on taking further steps to mitigate the problem.
Gardner notes that such practices can severely damage a brand's reputation, as well as the credibility of Wikipedia's information. She writes that the organization is currently "assessing all the options at our disposal", and that it will have more information "in the coming weeks".
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22 Oct 15:54
What people miss out on when they’re online
by Simone Foxman
firehosesorry, everybody
Americans do less of all these things when they’re spending leisure time online.
Scott Wallsten/NBER
Most of us have heard our parents or grandparents complain that the digital age has corrupted the youth and taken them away from doing “better things.” Whether or not this is an accurate assessment, no one had ever really figured out how much our computer time cuts into other activities—at least not until now. New research from Scott Wallsten, an economist at the Technology Policy Institute in Washington, DC, attempts to show exactly what Americans are missing out on because they’re glued to their computer screens.
Wallsten limits his study to “online leisure,” or time spent online doing things like combing social networks, browsing for non-work purposes, instant messaging, etc. (Online games—even though they can take up a lot of leisure time—are excluded because of the way the data Wallsten used are collected by the US Census Bureau. Despite the data’s shortcomings, Wallsten finds that online leisure time still crowds out other activities.)
The amount of time Americans spend online for leisure has picked up sharply since 2008.
Scott Wallsten/NBER
Unsurprisingly, the time people spend on the computer “for leisure” has increased exponentially in the last few years. However, computer leisure still comprises a mere 13 minutes of the five hours of leisure time the average American has in the day.
Even so, this computer time has a notable impact, eating into things like sleep, work, travel, and household chores. For every minute that they spend lazing on the computer, Americans spend approximately 16 fewer seconds working, seven fewer seconds sleeping, six fewer seconds traveling, four fewer seconds doing household chores, and three fewer seconds educating themselves. Although Wallsten can’t prove that more computer time causes less sleep, for instance, he concludes, “that online activities, even when free from monetary transactions, are not free from opportunity cost.”
This trend is particularly strong among young people. For example, every minute 15- to 19-year-olds spend online leads to 18 fewer seconds doing educational activities. For Americans 20-24 years old, however, the same minute of online leisure is only associated with losing about seven seconds of educational activity. For older Americans, the impact is even smaller. This data suggests—though does not definitely prove—that teenagers are more likely to devote time that would otherwise be devoted to educational activity to surfing the web or instant messaging than do slightly older young adults.
Last but not least, if one wants to enumerate the effects of the digital age on human relationships, then look no further than the number of minutes the average American spends socializing offline. From 2003 to 2011, the average American cut her offline socializing time by almost 5 minutes.
The number of minutes the average American spends socializing offline has been declining.
Scott Wallsten/NBER
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22 Oct 15:52
Still A Steal: Monaco Gets Huge Free Halloween Update
by Nathan Grayson
By Nathan Grayson on October 22nd, 2013 at 2:00 pm.
Delightful co-op heister Monaco is getting in the holiday spirit… of Christmas, for Halloween. The Jim-approved wonder has stolen from the, I guess, someone to give bounteous gifts to the poor/you, resulting in an update that will knock your socks off (or your entire Halloween costume, if you’re going as gigantic sock). For one, there are zombies, because there are always zombies, but also the update’s added an entire mini-campaign titled Monaco Origins that’s rich with character-driven backstory. Details belooooooooooooooooow.
The Origins mini-campaign goes a little something like this:
“The Mini-Campaign is called Monaco Origins, and it tells the backstories of our eight naughty thieves. Each mission includes new features, such as key-doors, trophies, keys and cash that can be carried by NPCs, RPG Guards, and the new player class, the Blonde!”
Also included in the update are Linux support and Zonaco: Your Flesh Is Mine, which is the greatest name. It turns the game world into a “zombie wasteland” full of assorted nasties like Bloaters and Wretches. And then everyone lives happily ever after or something I guess.
The update’s available right now, and again, it’s entirely free. Go grab it, as a child would on Halloween night, eager hands fumbling through a candy bucket minefield for anything that’s not Raisinets*.
*Disclaimer: I love Raisinets. Children are dumb.
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22 Oct 15:51
How the holographic gaming rig Valve didn't want aims to conquer the virtual world
by Colin Campbell
When Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson parted ways with Valve last February, they took away the thingamajig they'd spent the previous year developing. And now it's got a Kickstarter.
CastAR is a 3D holograph-style game display that runs through a pair of glasses. In the shorthand blurb of the gadget's Kickstarter, it's basically like that "let the Wookie win" scene in which R2-D2 and Chewbacca play a chess-style game.
Valve wasn't interested in the curious project, and released it to the departing duo, who became Technical Illusions, setting up shop in Johnson's living room. They started pulling together electronics junk to make a prototype.
"CastAR includes a very fast and highly precise tracking solution, allowing you to change your experience by holding your 3D world in place while you are free to move around," says the promotional material and, indeed, that is exactly how it works.
Playing a demo at the recent Gaming Insiders Summit, I was confronted with a floating 3D gaming world that feels significantly different to one that's on a 2D screen. It offers a sense of depth that feels tangible. The product is due to launch next September for $189, coming with glasses and a projection surface that you can well imagine being draped over the kitchen table.
The sensation of playing CastAR is novel, but nowhere near as "wow"-inducing as, say, Oculus Rift. It would be a mistake to think of these as opposing competitors for the future of game displays. CastAR is a gentler experience. It offers a 3D world that sits in front of the player, not all around.
"When you play it, you can see the other players," said Johnson. "Social gaming is social. If I am playing against you I can see your reactions. With VR you can't see anything else."
Although CastAR can run any kind of video game, the big play, at first, is going to be augmented reality table-top games. Using an RFID grid (Radio Frequency Identification) and RFID pads in game pieces, players can control the game world using a wand.
"You can track figures, playing cards, board pieces, and augment it with health bars and other types of data that are useful," said Johnson.
This is about a good deal more than goofy animations when my bishop takes your queen, or when Irkutsk is overrun with Mongolian hordes.
"You can play with your friends across country. They can see the same game, the same set-ups and you can save the game and come back to it," he explained.
Also, different players sat around the same table can see the game differently, offering a lot of interesting new takes on board games. Figurine battles like Warhammer will feature augmentations that take measurement and reckoning out of combat.
So CastAR is more than just a new display system or a funky sci-fi retro gizmo. It's a way for video games to try something new, to cross the divide into the realm of toys.
Ellsworth's experience is in designing electronic toys. Her best known work is a Commodore 64 joystick that included 30 '80s games installed, and became a darling of the gadget-hacking community.
"My background is in chip design and toy design," she said. "What they do is look for something that was really expensive a couple of years ago but there is some kind of market force that has helped the price come down."
Market changes brought about by growth and competition in smart phones have helped CastAR come into existence at an affordable price. "Cell phone cameras are very inexpensive and they have some properties that work really well for our head tracking system," she explained. "Some clever applications of optics allowed us to use these image sensors that make excellent head tracking sensors.
"Also, micro display manufacturers have been bringing sizes down considerably. We have overcome some of the issues in terms of taking a very small projector and making it work."
After the Valve split — diplomatically Johnson says it just "wasn't a good fit" — the two started work in his living room, which has now become an engineering den crammed with electronics junk.
CastAR is less like the software programming innovations that we tend to associate with inventors these days, and more like the sort of thing Doc Brown might have concocted. The glasses currently have that lovely taped-together feeling of a proper prototype.
"I live for this," said Ellsworth. "I have done very boring video compression work in the past and I don't feel really good about it. But this is one of these projects that, from day one, people say, 'oh wow, this is incredible.' That means we are really pushing the boundaries."
The Kickstarter's $400,000 goal was reached and breached within the first two days of a 30-day campaign, so the team are waiting on seeing how many of these things will need to be made for the first-roll-out.
It's clear that a tech like this is just the sort of thing that could easily work in conjunction with branded games from very powerful family entertainment companies. Ellsworth said meetings had taken place with "large companies" but that it's still early days.
Even so, a successful Kickstarter bodes well for CastAR and its aspirations. The gadget could be a quirky cult favorite, but it also has the flavor of a Wii-like mass-market phenomenon. How such an eventuality would be received within the corridors at Valve towers can be well imagined.
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22 Oct 15:50
Dark Matter is not available on Steam for the apparent time being, following complaints over the game's incomplete story and lack of labeling as an episodic adventure. The game was removed this morning, with a notice going up on its Steam page saying "Currently there is a known issue at the end of the game. The developer is aware of the issue and they are working on a patch as a solution."
Meanwhile, GOG.com is offering refunds to those who bought the game before its description was updated on the site. Now GOG's listing indicates Dark Matter is the "first half" of a story, an update that "adequately reflects the game" according to the retailer.
Dark clouds circled around Dark Matter over the weekend, when players vented their anger over its "to be continued" ending, accusing developer InterWave Studios of seemingly releasing an unfinished product. Erik Schreuder, CEO of publisher Iceberg Interactive, responded by clarifying that the 2.5D horror platformer is the first episode of a larger overall saga, one that was originally planned as standalone game.
InterWave Studios brought Dark Matter as that standalone game to Kickstarter earlier this year, with plans to sell it for $30. The game wasn't funded, and a few months later Iceberg Interactive released the now controversial first episode, also called Dark Matter, for $15.
Schreuder said Dark Matter is "exactly as described on Steam," but the store page makes no mention of the game being episodic. Schreuder was forced to concede the ending "may cause confusion and is not satisfactory," and noted a "more conclusive and satisfying ending" is in the works - as perhaps indicated by the new notice on Steam. At the time of writing, the game remains on sale at GOG.com
Dark Matter temporarily removed from Steam, GOG offering refunds
by Sinan Kubba
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Meanwhile, GOG.com is offering refunds to those who bought the game before its description was updated on the site. Now GOG's listing indicates Dark Matter is the "first half" of a story, an update that "adequately reflects the game" according to the retailer.
Dark clouds circled around Dark Matter over the weekend, when players vented their anger over its "to be continued" ending, accusing developer InterWave Studios of seemingly releasing an unfinished product. Erik Schreuder, CEO of publisher Iceberg Interactive, responded by clarifying that the 2.5D horror platformer is the first episode of a larger overall saga, one that was originally planned as standalone game.
InterWave Studios brought Dark Matter as that standalone game to Kickstarter earlier this year, with plans to sell it for $30. The game wasn't funded, and a few months later Iceberg Interactive released the now controversial first episode, also called Dark Matter, for $15.
Schreuder said Dark Matter is "exactly as described on Steam," but the store page makes no mention of the game being episodic. Schreuder was forced to concede the ending "may cause confusion and is not satisfactory," and noted a "more conclusive and satisfying ending" is in the works - as perhaps indicated by the new notice on Steam. At the time of writing, the game remains on sale at GOG.com
Dark Matter temporarily removed from Steam, GOG offering refunds originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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22 Oct 15:49
Shake, A Funny Book of Dogs Photographed While Shaking Off Water
by Kimber Streams
Shake is a fun book collection of high-speed photography by Carli Davidson of dogs caught in the middle of shaking off water. The book is available to purchase online at Amazon, and individual prints of the hilarious photos can be bought on Davidson’s Shopify.
Original, amusing, and brilliantly documented, Shake is a heartwarming collection of sixty-one beguiling dogs caught in the most candid of moments: mid-shake. This glorious, graphic volume will stop you dead in your tracks as you are presented with images of man’s best friend caught in contortion: hair wild, eyes darting, ears and jowls flopping every which way.
With Shake, photographer Carli Davidson proves how eager and elated we are to see our pets in new ways. The result is a one-of-a-kind book: a colorful assemblage of photographs that are simultaneously startling and endearing, consistently hard to look away from, and revealing.
photos and video via Carli Davidson
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22 Oct 15:48
Cambridge, Massachusetts
In the mid-19th century, Cambridge was the center of a literary revolution when it gave the country a new identity through poetry and literature. Cambridge was home to some of the famous Fireside Poets—so called because their poems would often be read aloud by families in front of their evening fires. In their day, the Fireside Poets—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, and Oliver Wendell Holmes—were as popular and influential as rock stars are today.[citation needed]
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22 Oct 15:47
Battlefield 4 story trailer punches a dog right in the face
by John Funk
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By John Funk on Oct 22, 2013 at 10:21a
A trailer for the single-player campaign of Battlefield 4 tells the story of the USS Valkyrie, an aircraft carrier left blind in the Pacific with the destruction of the navy's Pacific command.
Beset by enemies, the men and women of the Valkyrie fight on land and sea to save their ship in a journey that ends up taking them to Shanghai, China. A new member of the player's squad, however, doesn't seem to be telling them everything about herself.
The trailer also features a soldier punching a dog, which can be easily interpreted as a shot across the bow of Battlefield's main rival Call of Duty: Ghosts.
Battlefield 4 hits current-gen systems on Oct. 29, and will be a launch title for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
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22 Oct 15:46
The World's Greatest GIF-Maker Will Depress You
firehose'Burke sits here alone in the dark day after day, for about 100 hours a week, watching dozens of sports events simultaneously.
“My job is to know at all times what’s happening in every game,” Burke said in a recent interview in the Burke-puter.'
TW: NYT uses an inaccurate pronunciation of GIF
Tim Burke of Deadspin is known for his ability to capture the moment — whether as a still, a video clip or a GIF — better, faster, more frequently and from more sports events than just about anyone.
22 Oct 15:41
Owl City's Adam Young Reveals Himself As Creator Of iOS 7's Sounds
According to his discography page, Owl City founder and singer Adam Young is the creator of iOS 7′s sounds.
22 Oct 15:41
Maddox’s ‘I Hate BuzzFeed’ Is The Best Takedown Yet
"Nobody at BuzzFeed gives a sh*t about you, Michigan State University or the problems Hawaiians are suffering from. You’re a pawn. They’re using you for clicks to sell you to the highest bidder. You mean less than nothing to them.”
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22 Oct 15:40
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22 Oct 15:39
If Beer Ads Were Forced to Be Honest, A Beer Commercial Parody by Cracked
by Justin Page
firehose"It'll make you feel different than you usually do--in a good way. But then the next day it'll feel like you were poisoned--which you were. So don't be surprised or complain to us about it!"
“My family is proud of our tradition of making fine gut poison.”
Cracked has created a beer commercial parody that imagines what it would be like “If Beer Ads Were Forced to Be Honest.” The beer spokesman (Roger) may have gone into a little too much detail while breaking down the creation process of his “addictive liver brain poison.”
Breweries would go out of business in a hurry.
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22 Oct 15:36
Amazon increases free shipping minimum to $35
by Jacob Kastrenakes
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Amazon increases free shipping minimum to $35 | The Verge
By Jacob Kastrenakes on October 22, 2013 10:39 am
Amazon has offered free shipping to US customers for over a decade now on all eligible orders above $25, but that's changing today as the online retailer bumps up its minimum order requirement to $35. Amazon notes that this is the first time it's increased the total order requirement for its "Free Super Saver Shipping" option in more than 10 years, and that members of the $79 per year Prime service will still receive free shipping on all orders. While Amazon doesn't detail why it chose to increase the price requirement, the decision could be a matter of increased shipping costs and an interest in positioning its Prime service as a more attractive option. Now that buyers will need an even bigger order to get free shipping, it's possible that Prime's promise of no minimum for no-charge, quick delivery will be all the more enticing.
- Via Lifehacker
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