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Bookmarks for 2011-01-19

BLDGBLOG: Project Iceworm
"Camp Century—aka "Project Iceworm"—was a "city under ice," according to the U.S. Army, a "nuclear-powered research center built by the Army Corps of Engineers under the icy surface of Greenland," as Frank J. Leskovitz more specifically explains. A fully-functioning "underground city," Camp Century even had its own mobile nuclear reactor—an "Alco PM-2A"—that kept the whole thing lit up and running during the Cold War…"
(tags:architecture history )
Why A Music Social Network Won't Succeed – Less Fan Interest Than We Imagine [INTERVIEW] – hypebot
"…shorter fame cycles don't allow for social cohesion to occur around the artist/brand. The nascent interactions around the briefly famous don't coalesce into anything enduring. The potential community member just moves on to the next titillation."
(tags:culture )
Review: Nonobject | ICON MAGAZINE ONLINE
"Nonobject is a collection of fantastical, impossible designs created by former IDEO member Branko Lukic. There are all-bristle toilet brushes, forks bent into right angles and crystal toilet bowls. It's a fun sort of book – think of an updated Heath Robinson, or perhaps a monograph on industrial design by The Onion."
(tags:design+fiction )
Found Objects: The Number Lady
"Title sequence to never-broadcast TV series. Filmed by Southern TV in 1975, and abandoned for reasons that have never been fully explained (though all sorts of rumours abound). Even the subject of the series is unclear, some claiming it is a straightforward drama about shortwave number stations, and others that it's a supernatural story about a a boy who can communicate with ghosts that have been trapped by pylons in a field near his home…"
(tags:fake video hauntology )
Predicting political hotspots: Professors' global model forecasts civil unrest against governments
"The model, named the Predictive Societal Indicators of Radicalism Model of Domestic Political Violence Forecast, is currently five for five in predicting which countries will likely experience an escalation in domestic political violence against their governments within the next five years…"
(tags:pol war comp )
The Art & Comics of Romantic Mr. Sheldon Vella
Nick Lowe at Marvel sent me a bunch of his pages AT EXACTLY THE SAME TIME that I'd clicked through to his website from a Brandon Graham link. SPACE GODS REWIRING MY BRAIN
(tags:comics )
New reactor paves the way for efficiently producing fuel from sunlight
"Using a common metal most famously found in self-cleaning ovens, Sossina Haile hopes to change our energy future. The metal is cerium oxide—or ceria—and it is the centerpiece of a promising new technology developed by Haile and her colleagues that concentrates solar energy and uses it to efficiently convert carbon dioxide and water into fuels."
(tags:sci tech eco energy )
ancient robots (19 Jan., 2011, at Interconnected)
"Around 450 BC, the ancient Greek island of Rhodes was so well known for its robots that the poet Pindar wrote…"
(tags:history tech robots )
Study claims 100 percent renewable energy possible by 2030
New research has shown that it is possible and affordable for the world to achieve 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, if there is the political will to strive for this goal.
(tags:sci eco pol energy )

Joe Casey: "Creators are the ones with the real power… be...

Joe Casey: "Creators are the ones with the real power… because no one else in the chain can do what we do. No one else can think of the shit we think of on a regular basis, and having some talent never goes out of fashion."

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Night Music: Kinit Her

Because sometimes you want to finish the night with ritualistic apocalyptic neofolk summonings from Madison, Wisconsin.

G'night.

Today I worked extensively on a couple of new things, and...

Today I worked extensively on a couple of new things, and possibly accidentally agreed to two business trips to Europe. I also relentlessly mocked new Marvel Comics Senior Editor Nick Lowe, briefly shouted at Adam Greenfield about UFOs, received word from Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer that the other Warren Ellis sends his love, and read an interesting and fun new science fiction comic by Thorsten Sideb0ard, which you too can read at this link here. That is all.

Brandon Fucking Graham

(from here)

Headline Of The Day

Robotic ghost knifefish is born

The previous post indicates that Ariana got the old del.i...

The previous post indicates that Ariana got the old del.icio.us crossposter working with my new links-wrangling service, pinboard.in. I imagine it took a wrench. Ariana is brilliant. Pay allegiance to Ariana. Because of her, my links collation will be appearing here again on an automated basis.

Bookmarks for 2011-01-18

Followers of Ramtha cult murder police officer

"A further controversial issue regarding Ramtha's teachings involves the so-called end times, which are linked to a belief that the Mayan civilization predicted the world would end in 2012. Some of the cult's students believe that they can obtain powers to raise the dead, freeze a rocket in mid-air, make gold appear out of thin air, and predict the future."

(tags:crime cult )
As if Quantum Teleportation Weren't Spooky Enough, Physicists Propose 'Time Teleportation' | Popular Science

"As if the idea ideas of quantum entanglement and time travel weren't difficult enough to wrap one's head around separately, two physicists at the Universtiy of Queensland in Australia have further compounded the headache by merging the two ideas via a new kind of quantum entanglement that links particles not across space, but across time."

(tags:sci timetravel )
Synth Britannia on Vimeo

another excellent BBC music documentary

(tags:video tv music docu )
wtchmn

music in the witchhousey mode

(tags:music )
Caligula's tomb found after police arrest man trying to smuggle statue | World news | The Guardian

The lost tomb of Caligula has been found, according to Italian police, after the arrest of a man trying to smuggle abroad a statue of the notorious Roman emperor recovered from the site.

(tags:history )
BBC News – Wikileaks given data on Swiss bank accounts

"Although it was not confirmed what activities might be covered by the data Mr Elmer has passed on, the Wikileaks head noted that previous data from Julius Baer provided by Mr Elmer had shed light on tax evasion, the hiding of proceeds of criminal acts and "the protection of assets of those about to fall out of political favour"."

(tags:pol money )
Quite honored to be here in Dubai to announce the title and c… on Twitpic

title and cover art for Jeffrey Deaver's new James Bond novel, CARTE BLANCHE

(tags:covers )
Bulwarks with brains: automatic alarms

Siemens is researching a monitoring technology that detects damage to levees at an early stage. The researchers expect that with the help of sensors it will be possible to monitor the stability of the protective walls, with measurements accurate to within one meter. On the basis of the measurements, self-controlling software can then forecast dangerous situations before they happen, making it possible to implement measures in good time.

(tags:architecture )
English Russia » Doomsday Doesn't Scare Us Anymore

"Russian scientists are building Noah's Ark. Now the mankind has a chance to survive."

(tags:architecture design+fiction future )
Disquiet » Sleepy Drones (MP3s)

"The drones that comprise Somnogen by Saffron Slumber, aka Kevin Stephens, are more dynamic than they might seem at first…"

(tags:music )
UNDERCITY on Vimeo

Andrew Wonder and Steve Duncan exploring the NYC underground. Thanks to Siege for passing me the link.

(tags:video cities )
Found Objects: BBC Drama: Artemis '81

God, I remember this. Absolutely mad. I vividly recall watching it with my dad, and afterwards looking at each other and saying "…what in hell WAS that?"

(tags:video tv sf )
Ladies: sew a synthesizer with needle and thread. | Beyond The Beyond

"Build a synthesizer in a new way using needle and thread instead of soldering iron and fabric instead of circuit boards. Syntjuntan is an ensemble of female composers, musicians and instrument builders and they will give a workshop where you literally stitch together a synth using needle and thread!"

(tags:tech art bruces music )
Broken20 Podcast 07

"…a beautiful mix of ambience, field recordings and experimental sounds."

(tags:music podcast )

Police have seized a "large amount" of weapons and ammuni...

Police have seized a "large amount" of weapons and ammunition from an Arlington businessman while investigating if comments he allegedly made online were intended as a threat to U.S. Congressmen and members of the U.S. Senate.

Arlington Police Chief Frederick Ryan has also suspended the firearms license of Travis Corcoran, 39, who runs the online comic book business HeavyInk.com in Arlington…

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