June 23rd, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, link tips, notes, politics
Carlin, who died at the age of 71, was an American author, comedian and actor known for his dislike of taboos and defence of Free Speech.
A recording of his Seven Dirty Words monologue, which after being aired by a radio broadcaster caused a 1978 American Supreme Court ruling establishing that the F.C.C. can regulate what [...]
June 22nd, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, link tips, linux/unix, notes, politics
For some time, I’ve wanted another blog with a significantly lower threshold for posting short shutouts of those random links that keep me distracted. The source of this text, the notes section on my personal site, should for a number of reasons be kept relatively tidy and reserved for longer posts with my own, [...]
June 6th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, link tips
June 4th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, internet, link tips, notes, politics, technology
Rick Falkvinge, the leader of the Swedish Pirate Party discusses a wiretapping bill called “better adapted military intelligence gathering” that soon may hit hard on the privacy of anyone relying on any electronic communication routed through Sweden. A few quotes from the post:
“At about 20 points in the national information infrastructure network, all traffic [...]
June 4th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in Swedish, link tips, movies, music
Nedanstående reportage (flashvideo från youtube.com) som visades i svensk tv (Rapport i TV2) den 17 maj 1979 hittade jag bland Copyriot-inlägg jag lämnat olästa en tid.
(länk till Youtube)
“Många verkar skratta sig blåa över att Musikerförbundet år 1979 krävde en “särskild diskoavgift” för att rädda dansbanden. Med risk för att skratt hamnar i vrångstrupar, måste jag [...]
May 31st, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, internet, link tips
I hope manbabies.com proves to be too unhealthy for the human mind to become a longstanding mainstream webtard meme. Image borrowed from post #43.
[via:kung fu grippe]
May 20th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, internet, link tips, notes
Much nonsense has been written on the Internet regarding the school massacre in the small town of Jokela last November, but an aspect of great interest to me is how the media involved itself in the aftermath.
As is common at scenes of human suffering all over the world, today’s news media for a moment [...]
May 20th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, internet, link tips
From the Non-allergenic lolcats dept.: Put last year’s mainstream Internet meme on your fridge… tomorrow! Non-US orders accepted.
May 18th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, link tips, notes, politics
These money themed ads made by JWT for the Brazilian business newspaper Gazeta Mercantil are among the better marketing I’ve seen lately. I approve of their message.
Images found at I Believe in Advertising. Click on the images to view them in full size (there are some thoughtful details just waiting to be spotted).
[via:Gothamist, Disinfo]
May 17th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, internet, link tips, movies
I found some properly entertaining use of paint on human built structures in the following short film. I recommend watching this odd and well done little movie titled MUTO using Vimeo’s full screen capabilities (embedded flash from vimeo.com below).
More info about the piece is available on the publisher’s own site and on the video’s entry [...]
