I’m visiting the Daegu Photo Biennial in Korea this week as a portfolio reviewer. You can see photos from the trip on my Flickr page.
I’m visiting the Daegu Photo Biennial in Korea this week as a portfolio reviewer. You can see photos from the trip on my Flickr page.
Months after being thrust into the national spotlight by John McCain, Sarah Palin hinted yesterday that she might reveal her medical records after mounting pressure from the press and the public. Meanwhile, days after being thrust into the spotlight by John McCain, American archetype Joe the Plumber issued an impassioned plea for his own privacy, [...]
In Portland, OR, a family monitors its Obama yard signs with a webcam: “We got an Obama sign a few months ago and it was stolen off our lawn within five days. On September 20 we got another one … and put it up on the lawn again. The next morning it was gone, so [...]
In the UK, security services announced plans to monitor social networking sites, creating a ‘super database’ of people’s online behavior. Meanwhile, Facebook software engineers held a cupcake party to celebrate the 10 billionth photo uploaded to the site.
Favorite research discovery of the day. In 1996, Rupert Murdoch – upset over the fact that Fox news wasn’t available on Time Warner cable in New York – hired a blimp to fly over Ted Turner’s Braves during the World Series with the message, “Ted, play baseball, not monopoly.”
Evan Roth, TSA Communication. Metal plates designed for carry-on luggage to be viewed through X-ray scanner by airport security personnel.
Multiple Sidosis (1970) Sid Lavarents. I don’t really know how to describe this. Amazing analog sound-mixing one-man band. Jump to 5 minutes in for the best part. (Thx Saige.)
[This report was sent in by Christopher Robbins of Ghana Thinktank, which has been working on solving Westport's problems as part of the Optimism exhibition.] “My neighbors think my dog barks too much, but he doesn’t.” This problem was submitted anonymously to Westport Arts Center by a local resident , and produced some pretty diverse [...]