TV Will Destory Your Mind (if it hasn’t done so already)

09 April 2008

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$TV Will Destory Your Mind (if it hasn\'t done so already)$

It’s once again Web Wednesday in Hong Kong tonight. This week’s special guest is from television — no she’s not famous. She’s Ivy Wong, COO for TVB.com (one of Hong Kong’s local broadcasters — Warning: the site’s not English-language friendly).
However, since the Web Wednesday gathering is really about the schmoozing, …

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Way New Maps Will Lead Humanity Out of The Darkness

22 January 2008

Jay Oatway

Culture Wars | Way New Maps

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Way New Maps Will Lead Humanity Out of The Darkness

Google maps and Google Earth continue to provide a rich backdrop onto which we can mash all sorts of amazing data (examples, examples, examples). These new maps provide more than just directions, they often show us where we can make a difference.

That’s what Ushahidi.com has done in Kenya, where post-election violence has gripped the nation [via the Web ...

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Clockenflap a flop — multimedia arts and music festival missing its multimedia arts

13 January 2008

Jay Oatway

Beating a Different Drum | Culture Wars | Jump the Shark | Rise of The Creative Class

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Clockenflap a flop -- multimedia arts and music festival missing its multimedia arts

Yesterday’s music-cum-arts festival, Clockenflap, in Hong Kong had all the promise to be a seedling SXSW festival for Asia — showcasing musical acts, celebrating the creativity and passion behind the coolest new media technologies, cultivating the art and business of independent filmmaking.

The massively talented Robot collective had driven the hype of a multimedia exhibit, …

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Innovate or GTFO

10 January 2008

Jay Oatway

Culture Wars | Rise of The Creative Class | Video Replaces Writing

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Here’s a quick lesson on the evolution of animation [via BoingBoing TV] — and a much hard lesson to grasp from a true innovator on just what it means to think outside the box:

Today on Boing Boing tv — more subversive animated genius from David O’Reilly, a 22-year-old experimental filmmaker from Ireland whose style lies somewhere between Kubrick and …
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The Popular Future

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Earth Day 2008: Five Easy Steps To Save The World

In celebration of Earth Day 2008 (W00t! We survived another year!), here is the Portension guide for green living this year:
Step 1) Do Whatever Al Gore Tells You…

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Half-Man / Half-Robo-Killing-Machine: The Exoskeleton Soldier / Office Worker of The Future

The army of one just got a bit stronger thanks to Sarcos, who’s won a contract to deliver an exoskeleton to the military next year. Here’s a recent demo video that’s making the rounds (as seen on Engadget, Communist Robot, Wired …

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Your Next Phone Will Be A MID (Mobile Internet Device)

I’ve been out in the wild for the past week, using my new HTC TyTn II to create a mobile lifestream. The new "phone" has been doing a pretty good job — considering its just about the most full-on Pocket PC money can …

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Friday Frivolity With Topless Power Rangers (NSFW)

Because Japanese pr0n is just so wierdly futuristic — it doesn’t matter that this video is ancient and has been making the viral rounds longer than the Bird Flu. Warning: bare breasts! Not safe for work.

Are you at home? Good. Enjoy Topless Power Rangers.

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What they saw has never been explained. And they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official reports.
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Sometime in the next 10 years we can expect an earthquake of a similar magnitude to the 2004 Sumatra quake that triggered the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami.