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new-aesthetic: “At the same time, police around the country have been affixing high-tech scanners to the exterior of their patrol cars, snapping a picture of every passing license plate and automatically comparing them to databases of outstanding warrants, stolen cars and wanted bank robbers. The units work by sounding an in-car alert if the scanner…
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bashford: Greg Borenstein pointed FaceTracker at Matt Jones’ Hello Little Fella Flickr group. An exploration of machine pareidolia. I’m glad someone has tried this. After reading and re-reading Gibson’s Zero History in which an “ugly shirt” trips up the indexing of facial recognition software, I began to wonder what kinds of patterns would “distract” that…
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barackobama: “While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.” – The White House, responding this morning to a petition on SOPA and online piracy
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The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. Albert Einstein on intuition vs. rationality (via curiositycounts)
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Two moms, bound together by cancer (one has lymphoma; the other’s daughter has leukemia) are asking—quite nicely—for Mattel to make a “Beautiful and Bald Barbie” to help young girls who suffer from hair loss due to cancer treatments, Alopecia or Trichotillomania. Will the doll giant bow to public demand? Eh, probably not, but let’s spread…
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dropouthangoutspaceout: Where at the Academy of the Impossible we talk about Minecraft, style, practice, play and why this is so cool. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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dropouthangoutspaceout: Where at the Academy of the Impossible we talk about Minecraft, style, practice, play and why this is so cool. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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monstereatsdesign: (via Macaco art toy. on Toy Design Served)
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The latest culprit is the new LEGO Friends product line. Five friends—all gorgeously thin with long hair and doe eyes—hold hands and giggle at each other in the online teaser. Their bios reveal their passions: Emma loves “drawing, fashion and giving my friends makeovers!” Mia loves sports in addition to animals, but her scenes only…
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Scoreboard Jesus
thenewinquiry: (image via) Can Tim Tebow, the latest American exemplar of “muscular Christianity,” get a witness? by Elissa Lerner Unless you’ve avoided all sports news since Thanksgiving, you’ve probably heard the name Tim Tebow, the Denver Broncos quarterback and evangelical Christian who likes to thank his lord and savior Jesus Christ for winning football games.…