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The ‘Ban Skyrim’ Petition is too Ridiculous to be Real
According to “Stephenson B.”, Bethesda’s newest title, “The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim” should be banned, and all current players should be prosecuted. Continue reading
US Lawmakers Could Pass Controversial Bill that Breaks the Internet
A controversial bill called “COICA” was in the spotlight last year, for its aggressive approach to internet censorship. Though it didn’t pass, it’s been revamped again this year, with a new name and even more potentially devastating internet restrictions. Continue reading
The Internet and Politics: It’s All Good (Except When It’s Not)
In a stirring piece for The Atlantic, Alexis Madrigal reports on Tunisian authorities’ attempts to steal the passwords of Facebook users—and comments on what such a move means for the Internet’s role as a means of fomenting political change. Continue reading
Wikileaks, Nirvana, and the Net of Indra
In a post at the Atlantic today, Jaron Lanier offers to reframe the Wikileaks question. But what he does looks much more like the infamous mission statement of the National Review: to stand athwart history yelling “stop!” Continue reading
The Chilling Effects of Politicized Science
A political stunt threatens science funding with a misleading take on the nature of basic research. It’s too bad that we can’t send the responsible members of Congress to the corner until they learn to behave. Continue reading
Obama is a Twitter Fraud
I am shocked… SHOCKED about the recent revelation that Obama has not authored any of his 418 tweets posted to his Twitter account, @BarackObama. Doesn’t he have a free second between ruling the free world and meeting with world leaders to fill us in about… oh I don’t know… what he’s eating for lunch, maybe? While in China, Obama was quoted as saying “I have never used Twitter but I’m an advocate of technology and not restricting internet access.” Right,... Continue reading
The Real American Beauty
I’d hit it and then take it to a buffet in my Ford. The real “American Beauty” looks more like this than Mena Suvari. Mena’s got a monster forehead anyway. You ever seen that thing? The size of a damn billboard. Link
Meet Your New President of Tech
Overlord Obama has officially announced our new commander-in-geek. Vivek Kundra was proclaimed our new president of everything cool and internet-y (along with the FCC head), or the U.S. government’s Chief Information Officer if you want to get “technical” about it. See what I did there? That’s called a “pun.” Kundra has been known to encourage open sourcing and accessible coding, as well as documenting the governments doings on the interwebz. You know, that whole “transparency” thing we’ve forgotten about in... Continue reading
UNDFTD Obama T-Shirt
Barack Obama clothing is everywhere these days. In order to give your even more Obama wardrobe options, UNDFTD teamed up with Geoff McFetridge to make this shirt featuring likenesses of the Democratic Presidential candidate. UNDFTD’s Obama shirt is part of a voter registration drive. They’re releasing the shirt at an event in Las Vegas on October 4th. It’s a pretty cool shirt, but I can’t help but think that it looks a bit like a ripoff of Pharrell’s last album... Continue reading
Obama and Biden Unleash iPhone App
In a terrible attempt to stay partisan, we’ll just point you to the link on the iTunes store where you can download a Obama/Biden ’08 iPhone application. It has campaign news, an Election Day ticker, donate button and plenty of other information. You can even call your friends to get the word out. Anyone used it? Decent? Since McCain has admitted he’s out of touch with technology, I doubt we’ll see an iPhone app from him anytime soon. Link
