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You Won't Believe How Insanely Detailed This Guy's Fictional Maps Are
firehose'By day, he's a train driver for Sydney Rail, the city's commuter train. But when he comes home he gets to work on his imaginary country (a portion of which is shown above). Silva's creation, which he's been working on for several years, took Reddit by storm over the weekend when he leaked a bit about his obsession in a thread asking how users spend their time alone.'
somebody buy this guy some decent fonts
Brazil Sues Samsung Over Worker Conditions
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Wimbledon Champion Retires, Citing Recurring Pain - New York Times (blog)
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Wimbledon Champion Retires, Citing Recurring Pain New York Times (blog) MASON, Ohio — Only 32 days after surprising the tennis world by winning the Wimbledon title, Marion Bartoli abruptly announced her retirement after losing a second-round match at the Western & Southern Open, a warm-up to the United States Open. Wimbledon Champ Bartoli Retires From Tennis Citing Injury TollBusinessweek Wimbledon champ Marion Bartoli announces retirementUSA TODAY France's Marion Bartoli announces retirement from tennisBBC News Houston Chronicle -Newsday -Post-Bulletin all 62 news articles » |
Man Arrested For Making 28,000 Prank Calls To Japanese Emergency Number
Top PC maker Lenovo sells more phones and tablets than computers
Lenovo has managed to do what none of its contemporaries in the PC business has been able to pull off: make a successful move into mobile devices. And to top it off, it’s managed to pull it off at the same time it grabs the number one spot worldwide for PC shipments. Today, Lenovo is reporting that its mobile device sales have eclipsed its PC sales, spurred on by strong growth in its native China, where it holds a 42 percent share of the market.
The company’s also reporting that its shipments of smart devices including phones and tablets are up 41 percent year-over-year — a number that jumps to 132 percent when you just consider smartphones. And next year could be even bigger; the company has said it wants to sell phones in the US within the year. “Smartphones are our new opportunity,” said CEO Yang Yuanqing.
NJ judge asked to order state to allow same-sex marriage in wake of US high ... - Washington Post
NJ judge asked to order state to allow same-sex marriage in wake of US high ... Washington Post TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey judge was being asked to rule that the state allow gay marriage as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a ban on giving federal benefits to married same-sex couples. Oral arguments were scheduled ... and more » |
Where the cops deal Doritos: Thousands expected for post-legalization ... - Calgary Herald
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Where the cops deal Doritos: Thousands expected for post-legalization ... Calgary Herald SEATTLE - A few things will be different at this year's Hempfest, the 22-year-old summer "protestival" on Seattle's waterfront where tens of thousands of revelers gather to use dope openly, listen to music and gaze at the Olympic Mountains in the distance. and more » |
Rockefeller impostor sentenced to 27 years for 1985 Calif. murder - NBCNews.com
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Rockefeller impostor sentenced to 27 years for 1985 Calif. murder NBCNews.com Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, a con man who once passed himself off as a member of the wealthy Rockefeller family asserts in court that the man who he is convicted of killing was actually murdered by the victim's wife. By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News. Exclusive Video: Phony Rockefeller speaks after being sentenced to 27 years to ...Pasadena Star-News Rockefeller impostor sentenced for Calif. murderIdaho Press-Tribune Rockefeller imposter, Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, jailed for murder of landlady's ...The Independent all 56 news articles » |
China zoo faces uproar after 'African lion' revealed to be a dog
A zoo in China is facing an uproar of criticism this week, after it was revealed that its African lion is in fact a dog. The zoo, located in the People's Park of Luohe in the province of Henan, reportedly tried to disguise a Tibetan mastiff as a big cat, putting it on display in a cage marked "African lion", according to AFP. The Tibetan mastiff is a large, long-haired dog with a slightly lion-like mane, but the zoo's charade was exposed after visitors heard the animal bark.
According to the People's Daily, the zoo also tried to replace other exotic animals with even less congruous substitutes. The snake cage, for instance, contained two large rats and exactly zero snakes.
An "African lion" on display at a Chinese zoo. (Image credit: Sina Weibo)
A park administrator told Chinese media that the zoo actually does have a lion, but it had been temporarily moved to a separate breeding facility. The official also said that the dog was housed there for unspecified safety reasons, and vowed that the incorrect exhibit signs would be replaced.
But visitors who paid the zoo's $2.45 admission fee feel they've been duped. "The zoo is absolutely cheating us," one woman told the Beijing Youth Daily. "They are trying to disguise the dogs as lions."
- Source AFPPeople's Daily (Chinese)
- Image Credit Wikimedia Commons
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Olympic stuntman killed: The dangers of wingsuit flying - BBC News
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Olympic stuntman killed: The dangers of wingsuit flying BBC News The stuntman who parachuted into the London 2012 opening ceremony as James Bond has been killed in a wingsuit flying accident near Martigny, Switzerland. Police said they did not yet know the cause but it is thought Mark Sutton, 42, died after crashing ... Mark Sutton dies: Olympics stuntman who parachuted into opening ceremony as ...Mirror.co.uk Mark Sutton, Parachuting Stuntman at Olympics, Dies at 42New York Times Stuntman who played Bond at the Olympics diesNew Zealand Herald The Sun -CTV News -The Independent all 148 news articles » |
erikkwakkel: Quack! I dug up this image last year when I first...
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Quack!
I dug up this image last year when I first started to tweet notable pictures from medieval books. This one is special because it is realistic yet filled with humour. The decorator makes us, the observers, part of the hunting scene he drew in the margin of a 14th-century Psalter. Right in front of our noses a fox catches a duck. But the drama continues as sound is added to the scene. Just before being dragged off, we see (hear) the duck utter the single sound in her vocabulary: queck! Or as his modern cousin would say: quack! Love it.
Pic: London, British Library, Add. 49.622 (14th century).
Feed reader developers -- here's an easy way to differentiate your service and have your users love you even more
You all read and write OPML subscription lists, right?
Let's go one step further, and let users subscribe to OPML subscription lists.
How would that work?
- Each such list is readable over the Internet, the same way RSS feeds are.
- As often as you would read a feed, read the OPML file.
- If there's a new feed in the list, and the user is not subscribed to it, add it to their feed list.
- If a feed has been removed from the list, and the user was not previously subscribed to it, remove it from their feed list.
Why is that cool?
- It means the list can be maintained by another piece of software, or by another human being. A domain expert, for example. Ezra Klein might keep a list of feeds a good liberal blogger would read. Or George Will would keep a list for plutocrats.
- Spotify could give you a list of feeds to follow for your favorite bands, and that list would change as your musical tastes evolve.
- The New York Times could provide a list that tracks the major political issues, and when one dies out, it would be replaced by another.
- Jay Rosen, Doc Searls. Josh Marshall, John Gruber, The Economist -- they could all provide opinionated selections of feeds you will find essential.
- You could have lists maintained by applications designed to track your interests and interests of thousands of other people, and add feeds to your list based on what those people are following.
- In other words there are whole new areas of technology waiting for you to add this feature!
The pitch
- Now why should you do it?
- Because it's the kind of feature that will appeal to the early adopters.
- Reporters, editors, bloggers, podcasters, super-fanboy types.
- People with itchy feed-reading fingers. Whose palms sweat when their favorite feeds update. Who love the idea of getting new feeds without doing any work. They want to know what's up before anyone else does.
- These people in turn influence lots of other people. They will talk about your product, and that will build your presence, and help other people learn how cool your stuff is.
Why does Dave want it?
- I want to provide a curated feed list for people who read my blog.
- I already have it, but I'm looking for an excuse to clean it up! :-)
Just do it!
- It takes a couple of days at most.
- The hardest part is maintaining a reference count on feeds, so you know when to remove it from the user's main list (it might be in two or more lists, so having it disappear from one just means its reference count goes down).
- And when you do it, let me know so I can sing your praise. :-)
Update
- Feedly is going to do it in an upcoming release. ;-)
Music: Newswire: Eminem premieres his new single in a Call Of Duty commercial, announces new album
firehosenothing says "NOW WOMEN ARE PLAYABLE" like an Eminem promotion
Eminem will release a new album this fall, his eighth. The news was announced today in tandem with the premiere of a new track from the rapper. “Survival” provides the soundtrack for the new trailer for Call Of Duty: Ghosts, marking the third time Eminem has partnered with the game franchise.
Eminem is on tour in Europe for the rest of August, then will probably be back in the States and on full press assault for the remainder of the fall. All six of his upcoming tour dates are listed below.
Eminem tour 2013
Aug. 15—Pukkelpop—Hasselt, Belgium
Aug. 17—Slane Castle—Slane, Ireland *
Aug. 20—Bellahouston Park—Glasgow, United Kingdom #
Aug. 22—Stade De France—St. Denis, France ^
Aug. 24—Reading Festival—Reading, United Kingdom
Aug. 25—Leeds Festival—Leeds, United Kingdom
* with Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler The Creator, Slaughterhouse, and Yelawolf
# with Kendrick Lamar, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler The ...
Things that correlate with autism
firehosevia multitasksuicide
"This study didn’t show that induction or augmentation during childbirth substantially increases the risk for autism, although it hints at a greater influence of socioeconomic status and by implication, healthcare access. If anything, based on earlier literature, it adds a slight if only mathematical confirmation of the perception that births involving autistic children can be associated with more complications, such as the presence of meconium, gestational diabetes, and fetal distress, than births involving non-autistic children. And that points to induction and augmentation as useful in these situations, not as problematic, and certainly does not affirm them as a risk."
    
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Cops accidentally record themselves admitting they harassed activist at rodeo owners' request: "God, we're gonna get sued"
firehosevia multitasksuicide
everything SHOULD be watching these assholes beat
An anti-rodeo/animal right activist was subjected to a blatantly illegal, harassing traffic stop after he was asked to leave an Oregon rodeo. How do we know it was illegal? Because the cops who stopped him forgot to turn off their own cameras and recorded themselves admitting that the rodeo (which is a major donor to the Malheur County Sheriff's Department) had demanded the traffic stop. The same cops who participated in the stop were previously at the center of a lawsuit that the county settled in which they were alleged to have fabricated evidence, so they've got form for this. Some dialog highlights:
I didn't want to stop the man.
God, we're gonna get sued.
We're gonna be in a world of hurt here.
All because of that rodeo board, you know that right?
Dammit I was still recording!
It's a pretty neat indication of why we should want transparency for the strong and privacy for the weak.
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STFU Startup Douchebag: a tumblog of greatness
firehosevia multitasksuicide: "Attn: everyone"
#startupculture
no alarms and no surprises here~
whereforeartthouwolves: Rule one for the internet: Never read the comments Seriously.
Boston Festival of Indie Games narrative panel to feature industry vets
firehose"Boston: The -Cradle of Narrative Games- Center, or Hub if you will, of the Universe"
By Megan Farokhmanesh on Aug 14, 2013 at 11:00p
Boston Festival of Indie Games' featured panel on narration, "Boston: The Cradle of Narrative Games," will feature four industry veterans and be moderated by narrative game designer Matthew Weise.
Attendees can expect to hear from Terri Brosius, who helped write titles such as Dishonored and Thief; Austin Grossman, novelist and game designer for System Shock, Deus Ex and Epic Mickey; Infocom founder and co-author of Zork, Dave Lebling; and writer of Infocom's text adventures Wishbringer, Trinity and Beyond Zork, Brian Moriarty. The panel begins at 6:30 p.m. ET and will take place in the festival's main theater.
Boston Festival of Indie Games kicks off Sept. 14 and is free and open to the public. Journey executive producer and Funomena co-founder Robin Hunicke will deliver the event's keynote speech.
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Aereo can turn a profit with fewer than a million users, says CEO
So far, major TV networks have been dismissive about Aereo, the startup that streams free terrestrial broadcasts over the internet. But CEO Chet Kanojia is making it clear that his company doesn’t need millions of users to turn a profit, only hundreds of thousands, reports CNET. Speaking to a group of entrepreneurs at the Startup Grind event in New York, the CEO reportedly added that his company would have a "fabulous" business with a million users, and an "extremely fabulous" one with five million.
Unlike other video services like Netflix and Hulu, Aereo doesn’t pay any licensing fees for the content it streams (much to the chagrin of the networks), giving it a considerably lower cost structure. Last year, former TV mogul and current Aereo investor Barry Diller said that if the service found "10 to 20 million" subscribers it would be "very profitable," a sentiment that Kanojia echoed onstage today. From the sounds of it, as long as the company can successfully head off the legal challenges posed by the likes of CBS, NBC, and Fox, and continue to execute its aggressive expansion plan, Aereo should be in the money.
- Source CNET
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OK Canadians, what’s up?
‘WE DON’T SEE (THIS) OFTEN.’
OFTEN?!
OFTEN?!
A FLYING BEAR KILL TWO PEOPLE IN A FREAK ACCIDENT AND THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME YOU’VE SEEN IT?!
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What the hell do you guys DO in Canada?!
What happens here stays here
Female Comedians Campaign For More Dongs on HBO [VIDEO]
Dog Gets Super Excited When ‘Star Trek’ Comes On TV
Chappo the dog gets super excited and starts howling repeatedly when the 1989 film Star Trek V: The Final Frontier comes on the television.
video via lindyannajones
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Man Learns How Not To Launch A Site For Women
firehosevia saucie
"We're different, because we recognize how many diverse interests are shared amongst the next generation of women ... Creating an amazing blend of content — one that puts news and politics right beside fashion tips is what will set us apart."
Putting aside the hard feelings around how female entrepreneurs are notoriously underrepresented when it comes to venture funding for similar projects, and that Goldberg raised $6.5 million to get Bustle off the ground, and further putting aside that he named the site Bustle, both sexes reacted with swift fervor to the claim that his site is "different" for recognizing "diverse interests" among women.
He also included this line, which earned ire: "My job, as CEO, is to hire the right people. ... Knowing the difference between mascara, concealer, and eye-liner is not my job." (Goldberg says the mascara line was intended to be tongue-in-cheek.)
The launch of a venture-backed new women's site was complicated by its founder's claims that it was "different" and that as CEO, "knowing the difference between mascara, concealer, and eye-liner is not my job."