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What If Barbie Looked Like A Real Woman?
How podcasts work in Fargo
1. Record your podcast as an MP3, Quicktime movie, whatever you like.
2. Upload it to the normal place. Copy the URL to the clipboard.
3. Create a new post.
4. Put the cursor on the top headline, click the suitcase icon in the left margin.
5. Add a new attribute called enclosure, its value is the URL on the clipboard.
6. Click Save.
If the URL points to something that Fargo is able to access, it will add enclosureLength and enclosureType attributes to the headline, automatically, and will generate an enclosure element on the RSS feed item. All of this will happen without you having to do anything.
Here's a screen shot of the attributes on my test podcast post.
Pizza Dog And The Art Of Comics: Deconstructing 'Hawkeye' #11
Bro. Let me tell you about Pizza Dog.
Pizza Dog isn’t his real name. His real name—at least these days—is Lucky, and before that, it was Arrow. But dogs named Lucky are a dime a dozen, and when you’ve got a comic where the main character’s epithet has its own epithet, well, sometimes you’ve gotta let a Pizza Dog be a Pizza Dog.
So. Pizza Dog belongs to Hawkguy, who is actually Hawkeye, who is really Clint Barton, in a Marvel Comics series about the stuff Hawkeye does when he’s not being an Avenger. The first time we saw him, he was pretty badly beat up (Pizza Dog, I mean, not Hawkguy — although the first time we saw Hawkeye, he was pretty badly beat up, too), after he rescued Hawkguy from some gangsters in track suits and got thrown into traffic for his trouble. Hawkguy, who knows a thing or two about being on the wrong end of a sixty-mile-an-hour collision, got the dog fixed up and adopted him. Hawkguy had another nine issues of adventures, and Pizza Dog stuck around, and then came last week’s Hawkeye #11 — which could be the best single issue of comics you’ve ever read.
Except, we’re not going to go there quite yet, because to get Hawkeye #11, you have to get Hawkeye, which is probably the best book coming out of Marvel these days, a tight little number written by Matt Fraction and (usually) drawn by David Aja and colored in a gorgeously muted palette by Matt Hollingsworth. It’s a comic I keep trying and failing to compare to other books you’ve read. There’s some flavor recognizably borrowed off Chris Ware —more on that later— and a little Jason Lutes and a taste of Howard Chaykin and maybe a tiny touch of Starman-era James Robinson, but for the most part, Hawkguy is Hawkguy, and Hawkeye is Hawkeye, and you should pause a moment before the next paragraph and think about how rare that kind of incomparability is in a big-two superhero book.
The book is weird and wry and understatedly virtuosic in the kind of way that’s going to make it a critical darling and a go-to for comics professors who like to pick apart masterwork machines to see what makes ‘em tick. That might make you think Hawkeye is smugly clever, but it’s also incredibly immersive, and behind all that exquisite intricacy, there’s a whole lot of heart.
Which brings us back to Pizza Dog.
See, Hawkeye #11 is from Pizza Dog’s point of view, and it’s pretty damn close to perfect. It’s one of those books that’s a pain to review, because I’d rather just tell you to sit down and read it, and then read it again, and then maybe read it a third time, because, man, you will never care this hard about another story. And while you’re caring, it’ll sneak up on you that Matt Fraction and David Aja are doing things with comics that you didn’t know could be done.
I mentioned above that this story is from Pizza Dog’s point of view, and I want to take a minute to break down what that means visually. Pizza Dog doesn’t speak English, or Polish, or any language but Dog, at least not fluently, so when people are talking the dialogue is scratched out around the stray words Pizza Dog recognizes: “help,” “don’t,” “Kate,” “collar,” “stay,” “good boy,” and, when he happens across his old owners, “idioto” and “już dobrze.” Pizza Dog notices different things than you notice, makes different connections than you do, thinks in smells and associations unfolding as streams of symbols from doors and people and other details.
It’s an unusually intimate collaboration with letterer Chris Eliopoulos (rightly credited in this graphics-intense issue with the more appropriate “production” rather than “lettering”) that’s a bit like Building Stories-era Chris Ware, but Chris Ware has never, ever told a story with this much heart — not because he’s cold or dry, but because Hawkeye has a whole damn lot of heart, and an awful lot of that is concentrated around Pizza Dog.
But to get there, you have to read Hawkeye #11, which is difficult, at least at first, because even if you’re fluent in visual narrative, this is visual dog narrative, and that’s something else entirely. There’s an element of deciphering a code as you start to realize what the symbols mean and where they lead and how they interact with the story taking place behind and around them; and then at some point you realize that, without noticing, you’ve started to think like Pizza Dog. And then it hits you that even though you are a bleeding-heart animal-lover theory-head judgmental-curmudgeon-of-an-editor like me, you have never cared so much about a comic or a fictional dog as you do today.
When critics have talked about Hawkeye #11, they’ve been batting around phrases like “best comic of the year.”
They’re not wrong, but they’re not quite all the way right, either.
It’s not just that it’s the best comic of the year.
Hawkeye #11 might be the best comic ever.
Hawkeye #11 is on sale now in finer comics shops and digitally.
Security Analysis of Children
This is a really good paper describing the unique threat model of children in the home, and the sorts of security philosophies that are effective in dealing with them. Stuart Schechter, "The User IS the Enemy, and (S)he Keeps Reaching for that Bright Shiny Power Button!" Definitely worth reading.
Abstract: Children represent a unique challenge to the security and privacy considerations of the home and technology deployed within it. While these challenges posed by children have long been researched, there is a gaping chasm between the traditional approaches technologists apply to problems of security and privacy and the approaches used by those who deal with this adversary on a regular basis. Indeed, addressing adversarial threats from children via traditional approaches to computer and information security would be a recipe for disaster: it is rarely appropriate to remove a child’s access to the home or its essential systems; children require flexibility; children are often threats to themselves; and children may use the home as a theater of conflict with each other. Further, the goals of security and privacy must be adjusted to account for the needs of childhood development. A home with perfect security -- one that prevented all inappropriate behavior or at least ensured that it was recorded so that the adversary could be held accountable -- could severely stunt children’s moral and personal growth. We discuss the challenges posed by children and childhood on technologies for the home, the philosophical gap between parenting and security technologists, and design approaches that technology designers could borrow when building systems to be deployed within homes containing this special class of user/adversary.
General Mills Celebrates Gay-Pride Month with New Lucky Charms
firehosevia Overbey
General Mills is celebrating gay-pride month with one of its most famous breakfast cereals. The Huffington Post reports that the Minnesota food conglomerate is bringing Lucky Charms out of the closet.
The new campaign centers around the leprechaun-loving toasted-oat-and-marshmallow cereal and uses the handle #LuckyToBe. General Mills announced the campaign in the video above and in a press release sent to homosexual lobbying group GLAAD, in which the company declared, "We're celebrating Pride month with whimsical delight, magical charms, and two new rainbow marshmallows.#...#If you're lucky enough to be different, we're celebrating you."
Of course, General Mills has long been a nemesis of activists concerned about childhood obesity; no word yet on whether the #LuckyToBe campaign will prove sufficient to charm Michelle Obama. But who knows? Given President Obama's own "evolution" on homosexual marriage, perhaps the magically delicious cereal will soon be standard fare at the White House breakfast table.
The Old Reader
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Sonalysts Corporate - What is a Corporate War Game?
firehosedo you want to play a shandowrum
Brits on Broadway - Playbill.com
firehoseold news; just a reminder that this will happen
"Tickets will be available to the general public beginning July 22 by visiting www.telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200.
Directed by Sean Mathias, the productions will begin previews Oct. 26 at Broadway's Cort Theatre with an official opening Nov. 24. This limited season will run 14 weeks only. (Prior to Broadway, No Man's Land will play a brief engagement at Berkeley Rep Aug. 3-31 with McKellen, Stewart, Crudup and Hensley directed by Mathias.)"
Ubisoft hacked, account info accessed
While Ubisoft's Uplay service is never mentioned specifically, as the only system housing customer data, it's a safe bet Uplay was used to access this information. Last year, a browser exploit was identified with the Uplay plug-in that endangered users by allowing certain malicious websites access to player computers.
Ubisoft introduced Uplay back in 2009 as a cross-game interface allowing for digital distribution and social services across Ubisoft games. In February, Ubisoft added third-party games from studios including EA, Warner Bros. and Focus Home Interactive.
Continue reading Ubisoft hacked, account info accessed
Ubisoft hacked, account info accessed originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 02 Jul 2013 12:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Don’t Look Now, but I Think PayPal is Getting Into Space Money
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Fire-Breathing, Bagpipes-Wielding Dragon on a Unicycle Plays the Game of Thrones Theme Song
firehoseno new music, just Get Lucky remixes and GoT theme covers
The living are only a species of the dead.
K-pop vs. democracy: Hong Kongers vote with their feet at annual protest rally
firehose'Hong Kong youths faced a dilemma yesterday: join an annual rally for democracy in the middle of a typhoon, attend a K-pop concert funded by property developers, or just stay home.
The choice was simple for three soaked and giggling 16-year-old girls. “We like K-pop, but we don’t like the government. Coming here is more meaningful,” said Mimi. Her friends Holly and Eliza, huddled under umbrellas, nodded their approval. They joined throngs trudging from Victoria Park to Central District in the rain. Organizers estimated attendance at 430,000; police estimated the tally at 66,000.'
Hong Kong youths faced a dilemma yesterday: join an annual rally for democracy in the middle of a typhoon, attend a K-pop concert funded by property developers, or just stay home.
The choice was simple for three soaked and giggling 16-year-old girls. “We like K-pop, but we don’t like the government. Coming here is more meaningful,” said Mimi. Her friends Holly and Eliza, huddled under umbrellas, nodded their approval. They joined throngs trudging from Victoria Park to Central District in the rain. Organizers estimated attendance at 430,000; police estimated the tally at 66,000.
Citizens took their grievances to the streets on a public holiday marking 16 years since Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China. Road access restrictions caused bottlenecks, and occasional scuffles erupted as police blocked protesters. Along the route, pan-democratic groups shouted slogans and demanded that Chief Executive CY Leung resign. Giant placards demanded universal suffrage and mocked Leung in caricature. Some protesters waived colonial, British or Taiwanese flags; others burned pages from Hong Kong’s Basic Law, the territory’s mini-constitution.
The protesters’ biggest competition came from the K-pop concert across the harbor. The “Hong Kong Dome Festival” was ostensibly meant to draw attention to how much Hong Kong needs a bigger performance venue; tickets were offered at a cut-rate price of HK$99 (US$13). To many Hong Kong democracy activists, it was a blatant attempt to subvert the protests.
“I can feel the pressure increasing from government and pro-establishment groups,” said Jackie Hung of the Civil Human Rights Front, which has organized the annual protest rally since 2003, when roughly half a million people swarmed Hong Kong’s streets to oppose an anti-subversion law. In the aftermath of that protest, Hong Kong’s first chief executive, Tung Chee Hwa, resigned and the government indefinitely shelved the law known as Article 23.
Hung stressed that the coming months are crucial for ensuring true democracy for Hong Kong. The city was previously scheduled to implement universal suffrage for its chief executive in 2012, but Beijing delayed the date until 2017. Beijing officials have said that only candidates “who love China and Hong Kong” will be allowed, raising fears that pro-democracy opposition candidates don’t stand a chance.
During the Dome Festival, hometown acts spoke out against their critics as the audience of 18,000 (mostly teenagers) waded through the water at the uncovered Kai Tak development site. The group RubberBand—which like other participating bands was blasted by fans for distracting from Monday’s protests—was particularly outspoken, playing an anthem for 1989′s Tiananmen Square democracy protest and calling for universal suffrage onstage. After the show, the group played again for the protesters in Central.
Hong Kong was also the site of numerous celebrations of the handover anniversary. (In previous years, Handover celebrations occurred during the morning; this year they coincided with the afternoon protest.)
A police officer said 2,000 people attended one event at government headquarters that concluded prematurely due to rain.
The nationalistic Voice of Loving Hong Kong hosted a carnival in Tsim Sha Tsui where people read an oath to “protect Hong Kong” and condemned next year’s planned Occupy Central protest. Protesters are planning a series of events that will culminate in a 10,000-strong civil disobedience campaign on July 1, 2014 if Hong Kong’s government does not provide satisfactory details about political reform.
Meanwhile, the Hong Kong Celebrations Association, a coalition of pro-Beijing groups, coordinated discounts at more than 1,000 stores offering up to 50 percent off various goods and services. “(July 1st) was the return of Hong Kong’s sovereignty to China, to its motherland after 160 years of separation,” said association committee member Yeung Yiu-chung. “It represents the unification of China. Up until now, only Taiwan is still away.”
Hung mocked the promotions. “There is no discount for universal suffrage,” she said. “We are not trying to ask for any discount on Hong Kong democracy because we can’t sell our dignity.”
Film: Inventory: 6-foot-8, weighs a fucking ton: 22 truly badass pop-culture presidents
firehoseshared entirely for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7iVsdRbhnc reference
1. Harrison Ford, Air Force One (1997)
With Air Force One, director Wolfgang Petersen and star Harrison Ford answered a question that had haunted moviegoers since the summer of 1988: What if John McClane was elected president of the United States? Granted, Ford’s commander-in-chief bears little physical resemblance to Bruce Willis’ squinty, smirking beat cop in Die Hard, and he doesn’t supply a steady string of bemused one-liners. But his methods are vintage McClane: Once Kazakh terrorists seize control of the titular aircraft mid-flight, taking the first lady and first daughter hostage, President James Marshall puts his military training to good use, creeping around in the shadows of the plane, making contact with the authorities at ground level, and engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the very Hans Gruber-like villain (Gary Oldman, during his ’90s-supervillain stage). Later, Marshall even dramatically zip-lines to safety. Giving new meaning to the expression ...
For Our Consideration: Use Your Illusion
firehose"Part of the reason BioShock Infinite ultimately fails as a visual illusion is its insistence on padding out the story with periods of exploration when there’s really nothing to explore. Tons of modern games do this, just to occupy your time. When you start poking at the corners in Infinite, Tomb Raider, and any number of games targeted at a broad audience, their eye-candy environments become a burden. They’re just an effect, and once you recognize it, you get pulled right out."
Life, Doctor Who & Combom: Another producer leaving Doctor Who?
firehosew/r/t Marcus Wilson
stars continuing to align for a possible (hopeful) Moffat exit
Why Xbox Fans Are Called 'Gropers' In Japan
firehoseTW: Bashcraft
tl;dr: 'The groper nickname originated back when the first Xbox launched in Japan in 2002. According to Nico Nico, the media interviewed people lined up at Akihabara retailer Messe Sanoh for the Microsoft console. In a separate line, there was a customer waiting to buy an adult computer game called Ryoujoku Chikan Jigoku who also said he planned to buy the Xbox. Thus, "chikan" apparently came into use online to describe Xbox gamers. Games like Dead or Alive, Dream Club, or Japan-only visual novels with young female characters only reinforced the "chikan" nickname and made the Xbox seem like a pervy console.'
Mobile Login Bug | Building Feedly
firehoseseems like they might have anticipated what would happen or something
"This new version has been published to the Google Play store and should be available within minutes. This new version has also been submitted to Apple for review. It will take up to 7 days for Apple to review it."
Version 16.0.522 of feedly mobile has login bug. During the login, it tries to connect to Google Reader to help you migrate your feeds. Unfortunately, Google is returning HTML instead of JSON and the feedly mobile client 16.0.522/530 has trouble digesting that, showing a error card instead[1] (note: if they are already logged in, it should keep working as long as they don’t logout).
We were able to reproduce and fix this problem tonight. The problem has been fixed in version 16.1. This new version has been published to the Google Play store and should be available within minutes. This new version has also been submitted to Apple for review. It will take up to 7 days for Apple to review it. We are very sorry for the inconvenience.
If you are an iOS user, now might be the perfect time to try some of the new apps which integrate with feedly: Reeder, Newsify, Mr Reader and Byline
[1] error card.
Cloud.typography: Web Fonts by H&FJ
firehosevia Ryssian Sloverbedges
Big news from H&FJ:
Now all your communications can speak in the same clear voice. Introducing Cloud.typography from H&FJ, the webfont solution for design professionals.
There are two separate technically impressive aspects to this. The first is the fonts themselves, which they’ve painstakingly tweaked to render beautifully, even at small sizes, across all modern operating systems and display types. The second is the web app you use to control — and I do mean control — your font styles.
Just one of many nice touches: any fonts you’ve previously purchased from H&FJ — as regular old fashioned desktop fonts — are already available to you as web fonts.
Astyanax (Jaleco - NES - 1990) videogamesmademegay: It’s cool...
Astyanax (Jaleco - NES - 1990)
It’s cool kid. I am also impressed by such thighs.
(Advert for the NES version of Astyanax, via.)
Map of the Atlantic-Pacific Railroad (1883)
firehosetrains~
maps~
train maps~
Map of the Atlantic-Pacific Railroad (1883)
Map showing the new transcontinental route of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad and its connections Map of the Atlantic-Pacific Railroad and Connections (1883) Date: 1883 Author: GW and CB Colton and Co Dwnld: Full Size (14.90mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of railroads that you might want to check...
the BIG Map Blog - Interesting maps, historical maps, BIG maps.
Bullet time with a ceiling fan
firehosedear friends, take a lesson from my father's penis and do not fire roman candles from your lap
Bullet time has been around since at least the first Matrix movie (actually there was a Gap ad before that), and despite it being an oft-used cinematic technique, it still hasn’t gotten old. [Jeremiah] wanted to tap into the awesomeness of bullet time, and managed to come up with a great camera rig using only a GoPro and a ceiling fan.
The build really relies on only two components: a GoPro camera and a ceiling fan. In [Jeremiah]‘s videos, a ceiling fan is mounted between two trees on a sturdy piece of lumber. The GoPro is suspended from one of the fan blades with the help of a piece of wood, a hinge, and a short bit of cable. After [Jeremiah] wired up the fan to a dimmer switch he could control the speed of the fan and Bob’s your uncle.
This isn’t the first time a GoPro has been used for a bullet time rig. In fact, our buddy [Caleb] did a similar build by spinning the camera around on a lazy suzan. Gotta love the high frame rate available on the GoPro, huh?
Vidias after the break.
Filed under: digital cameras hacks
pleatedjeans: he retired this year. [article]
firehosevia Tadeu
A Ladydrawers History of Women's Rights, Part VI: "The Crazy Cat Lady"
firehosevia billtron
There's a Bunch of Cats Out There
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