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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/08\/31\/national-guard\/","trash":"","name":"national-guard","parent":"","title":"Quotes from Hurricane Irene by people watching the National Guard","date":"2011-08-31 11:47:49","filepath":"posts\/2000454_national-guard.xml.json","type":"post","content":"The video starts off impressive, but quickly devolves into shame...\n\nGuy 1: \"How is that possible?\"\n\nGuy 2: \"It's the Army, bro.\"\n\n...(long pause).\n\nEveryone: \"They're idiots, what are they doing?\"\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C6b54bZepoA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/08\/30\/1945-1998-by-hashimoto-isao\/","trash":"","name":"1945-1998-by-hashimoto-isao","parent":"","title":"\"1945-1998\" by Hashimoto Isao","date":"2011-08-30 14:03:35","filepath":"posts\/2000384_1945-1998-by-hashimoto-isao.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<blockquote>\"I created this work for the means of an interface to the people who are yet to know of the extremely grave, but present problem of the world.\"\n\n-- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/news\/archive\/2010-07\/6\/japanese-artist-nuclear-weapons\" target=\"_blank\">Hashimoto Isao<\/a><\/blockquote>\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I9lquok4Pdk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\nYou can find out the number of nuclear detonations since your birthday with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/2011\/08\/24\/atomicage\/\" target=\"_blank\">Atomic Age<\/a>.\n\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/news\/archive\/2010-07\/6\/japanese-artist-nuclear-weapons\" target=\"_blank\">Wired UK<\/a>\n\n \n\n "}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/08\/28\/spotlight-kawai-japan-has-cute-down-to-a-science\/","trash":"","name":"spotlight-kawai-japan-has-cute-down-to-a-science","parent":"","title":"Spotlight: Kawai! Japan has 'cute' down to a science","date":"2011-08-28 10:30:55","filepath":"posts\/2000415_spotlight-kawai-japan-has-cute-down-to-a-science.xml.json","type":"post","content":"For example, here's a music video by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005BLOYLY\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=zygmy-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B005BLOYLY\">Ponponpon<\/a><img style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=B005BLOYLY&camp=217145&creative=399373\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>! The video itself is wonderful since it blends kawai Harajuku style and absurd visual elements. The creators of the video were certainly having fun making something new and colorful.\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yzC4hFK5P3g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\nIn the video, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu wears bloomer shorts, white gloves, ruffled socks with big pink Doc Martins, which all make her look extremely childish... in Disney\u00a0proportions. \u00a0For the curious, she's 18 years old and recently released a new album called Moshi Moshi Harajuku (<a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/jp\/album\/id453461911\" target=\"_blank\">\u3082\u3057\u3082\u3057\u539f\u5bbf<\/a>).\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tokyofashion.com\/kyary-pamyu-pamyu-ponponpon-music-video-6dokidoki\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tokyo Fashion<\/a> has an excellent write up on the video and some links to some of Kyary's wardrobe choices.\n\nHere are some of my favorite screen captures of the video. \u00a0The large woman dancing made the video perfect!\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/08\/ponponpon0.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-416 alignnone\" title=\"ponponpon0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/08\/ponponpon0.jpg\" alt=\"kyarypamyupamyu ponponpon\" width=\"180\" height=\"101\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/08\/ponponpon4.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-420 alignnone\" title=\"ponponpon4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/08\/ponponpon4.jpg\" alt=\"kyarypamyupamyu ponponpon\" width=\"180\" height=\"101\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/08\/ponponpon3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-419\" title=\"ponponpon3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/08\/ponponpon3.jpg\" alt=\"kyarypamyupamyu ponponpon\" width=\"179\" height=\"101\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/08\/ponponpon1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-417\" title=\"ponponpon1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/08\/ponponpon1.jpg\" alt=\"kyarypamyupamyu ponponpon\" width=\"179\" height=\"101\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/08\/ponponpon2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-418 aligncenter\" title=\"ponponpon2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/08\/ponponpon2.jpg\" alt=\"kyarypamyupamyu ponponpon\" width=\"180\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\nThe song is catchy, but that could be due to the repetitive nature of the lyrics.\n\n<em>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/ameblo.jp\/kyarypamyupamyu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's blog<\/a>.<\/em>\n\n<em>Buy Ponponpon from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005BLOYLY\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=zygmy-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B005BLOYLY\">Amazon MP3 for $0.99<\/a><img style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=B005BLOYLY&camp=217145&creative=399373\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>.<\/em>\n\n<em>Give the MP3 song Ponponpon to a friend with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poptoken.com\/item.php?d=d&asin=B005BLOYP0\">PopToken for $0.99<\/a><\/em>"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/08\/27\/how-the-media-controls-political-candidates\/","trash":"","name":"how-the-media-controls-political-candidates","parent":"","title":"How the media controls political candidates","date":"2011-08-27 11:13:38","filepath":"posts\/2000401_how-the-media-controls-political-candidates.xml.json","type":"post","content":"Here's Jon Stewart from the Daily Show showing how the media (liberal, conservative, or otherwise) is ignoring Ron Paul whom received a\u00a0respectable\u00a0amount of votes during the Iowa Straw Poll. \u00a0He was only short 1% of winning, yet no one on CNN, Fox, or MSNBC give any air time to Mr. Paul.\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#000000;width:520px;\"><div style=\"padding:4px;\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/mgid:cms:video:thedailyshow.com:394630\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" base=\".\" flashVars=\"\"><\/embed><p style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;padding:4px;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/mon-august-15-2011\/indecision-2012---corn-polled-edition---ron-paul---the-top-tier\">The Daily Show - Indecision 2012 - Corn Polled Edition - Ron Paul & the Top Tier<\/a><\/b><br\/>Get More: <a href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/full-episodes\/'>Daily Show Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href='http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/'>Political Humor & Satire Blog<\/a>,<a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyshow'>The Daily Show on Facebook<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\nNo wonder he has such a difficult time getting large national support when he is treated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/democracyinamerica\/2011\/08\/ron-paul-and-michele-bachmann\" target=\"_blank\">unfairly by the media<\/a>.\n\nIt is obvious Mr. Paul is a threat to the Democrats and the Republicans. \u00a0Unlike other candidates Ron Paul has been known to not follow party lines and vote with his\u00a0conscious\u00a0especially when it comes to reform. \u00a0This is an absolute threat to the gravy train both parties have built for themselves over the past half century.\n\nI do welcome Ron Paul's new ideas and how he rocks the boat bringing attention to how government should be changed, but I don't back him fully. \u00a0He is far better than the majority of Republicans, but his solutions to governmental problems are not fully thought through.\n\nFor example, he wants to audit the Federal Reserve then subsequently dismantle it. \u00a0The Fed does need scrutiny, but simply shutting it down is no solution. \u00a0We would lose the\u00a0benefits\u00a0the Fed provides even if we rid ourselves of the risks created by the powerful agency.\n\nAnother of my beefs with Paul is his take on religion in America. \u00a0I am vehemently against religion in government (or religion anywhere for that matter) but I want to stress that the topic of religion isn't my <strong>one issue<\/strong>. \u00a0Yet, the topic separates the\u00a0chafe\u00a0from the wheat in regards to the comprehension of the US Constitution, US History, and whether a candidate supports the basic American principle of Freedom of Religion.\n\nRon Paul claims to be a libertarian and a constitutional champion, yet he fails utterly when he claims:\n<blockquote>\"The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of our Founding Fathers. On the contrary, our Founders' political views were strongly informed by their religious beliefs. Certainly the drafters of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, both replete with references to God, would be aghast at the federal government's hostility to religion.\"\n\n--Ron Paul, 2003 - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/paul\/paul148.html\" target=\"_blank\">The War on Religion<\/a><\/blockquote>\nIt shows his lack of historical education and his lack of understanding of the founding fathers. \u00a0For my explanation of why this is so, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/18th_century\/bar1796t.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Treaty of Tripoli<\/a> or read an email I wrote to a relative on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/2011\/08\/18\/what-i-will-teach-my-children\/\">what I will teach my children<\/a>.\n\nThat being said, I would vote for Ron Paul over Rick Perry any day. \u00a0This comes from someone whom hasn't voted Republican for President ever and someone who was born and raised in Texas.\n\n<strong>Update (8\/27\/2011):<\/strong> One more reason why Ron Paul isn't a good candidate: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/6JyvkjSKMLw\" target=\"_blank\">Ron Paul doesn't believe in evolution<\/a>."}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/08\/27\/smooth-snoop\/","trash":"","name":"smooth-snoop","parent":"","title":"Spyware: Smooth Gestures on Chrome tracks your browsing","date":"2011-08-27 10:41:19","filepath":"posts\/2000430_smooth-snoop.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-431\" style=\"margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" title=\"smooth gestures on chrome is spyware\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/08\/smoothgestures.png\" alt=\"smooth gestures on chrome is spyware\" width=\"77\" height=\"77\" \/>I love using mouse gestures on my browser. \u00a0For a while I used <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/lfkgmnnajiljnolcgolmmgnecgldgeld\" target=\"_blank\">Smooth Gestures<\/a> on Chrome until I found out it is <strong>spyware<\/strong>.\n\nEvery time\u00a0you visit a page while having the Smooth Gestures enabled, the extension sends the URL of the page you visited to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smoothgesturesapp.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.smoothgesturesapp.com<\/a>.\n\nThere is an option for the extension to disable gesture usage, but it does nothing. \u00a0Even when you disable sending usage, the extension continues to send your data to another server.\n\nIt is <strong>not\u00a0recommend<\/strong> to use Smooth Gestures if you care about security and dislike spyware.\n\n<strong>Note:<\/strong> You too can see what is being sent by the extension if you open <em>Tools -> Developer Tools \u00a0(or CTRL+Shift+I) -> Network. <\/em>Then refresh a page like http:\/\/www.asdf.com and watch the http request timeline. \u00a0Keep an eye open for smoothgesturesapp.com."}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/08\/26\/melt-sand-into-3d-glass-shapes\/","trash":"","name":"melt-sand-into-3d-glass-shapes","parent":"","title":"Melt sand into 3D glass shapes","date":"2011-08-26 11:23:58","filepath":"posts\/2000389_melt-sand-into-3d-glass-shapes.xml.json","type":"post","content":"I've been\u00a0fantasizing\u00a0about doing this on the moon or mars. \u00a0I'm overjoyed to hear someone has created a working prototype that uses solar light to melt sand to create structures.\n\nThink of the possibilities. You plop this automated machine on the moon and it cranks out airtight sealed tunnels for lunar colonies to live in. \u00a0There would be no need to transport the living space, which is expensive, and the people living in the containers could wait until the automated construction has completed making the prospect safer.\n\nNot only that, thick glass and stone is effective\u00a0radiation\u00a0shielding. \u00a0On Mars, the containers wouldn't need to be super air tight if they were used for farms. \u00a0Just add a little heat to the room and plants should thrive since they don't depend upon oxygen like we do.\n\nThe breakthrough would be when this device can create a quality lenses with the found materials. \u00a0Then it could concentrate even more sunlight or make duplicates of itself. \u00a0Beautiful!\n\nMy hat is off to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.markuskayser.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Markus Kayser<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.markuskayser.com\/work\/solarsinter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Solar Sinter Project<\/a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/25401444?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/25401444\">Markus Kayser - Solar Sinter Project<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user4229723\">Markus Kayser<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <\/p>\n "}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/08\/25\/prowling-how-its-done-by-a-sneaky-cat\/","trash":"","name":"prowling-how-its-done-by-a-sneaky-cat","parent":"","title":"Prowling: How it's done by a sneaky cat","date":"2011-08-25 09:52:33","filepath":"posts\/2000392_prowling-how-its-done-by-a-sneaky-cat.xml.json","type":"post","content":"Imagine youself a bird or a mouse while watching this video. \u00a0Scary! \u00a0If that doesn't work, imagine the cat 10 times the size (or a lion or sabertooth tiger).\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eylWoZYwWvc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\nThe primitive instincts of cats are frightening even if they are cute at the same time."}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/08\/24\/atomicage\/","trash":"","name":"atomicage","parent":"","title":"Find out how many nukes exploded since your birthday","date":"2011-08-24 13:48:56","filepath":"posts\/2000374_atomicage.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<img class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"atomicage\" src=\"http:\/\/zygmy.com\/images\/logo_alpha.png\" alt=\"atomicage\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/>A Facebook app called <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.facebook.com\/atomicage\/\" target=\"_blank\">AtomicAge<\/a> was created in an effort to raise nuclear weapon proliferation awareness by showing the sometimes surprising number of nuclear weapon detonations since your birthday.\n\nIt was nice to see the app only asking for my birth year and month. \u00a0It obviously wasn't created to data mine.\n\nThe app also has this gem:\n<blockquote>\"Note: We don't need to know your exact birthday and we suggest you don't give your exact birth date to strangers.\"<\/blockquote>\n \n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/apps.facebook.com\/atomicage\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-375 aligncenter\" title=\"516\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/08\/516.jpg\" alt=\"516 nukes\" width=\"473\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a>\n\nThere's also a really neat (yet scary once you think about it) video created by\u00a0Hashimoto Isao once you find out your <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.facebook.com\/atomicage\/\" target=\"_blank\">Atomic Age<\/a> reminiscent\u00a0of Atari games."}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/08\/22\/libhex-hex-map-gen\/","trash":"","name":"libhex-hex-map-gen","parent":"","title":"LibHex: Hex map generator","date":"2011-08-22 12:22:27","filepath":"posts\/2000359_libhex-hex-map-gen.xml.json","type":"post","content":"While doing some brainstorming on hex maps, I ran across <a href=\"http:\/\/libhex.firetree.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">libhex<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.firetree.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Tingle<\/a>. \u00a0It's written in C++, has a python interface, and a JavaScript implementation.\n\nLook at the neat map of England generated from the lib:\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.firetree.net\/2008\/02\/06\/a-hex-map-of-england\/\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-360 aligncenter\" title=\"hexengland\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/08\/hexengland-300x300.png\" alt=\"hexengland\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\n\nThere's also a good article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamedev.net\/page\/resources\/_\/reference\/programming\/sweet-snippets\/coordinates-in-hexagon-based-tile-maps-r1800\" target=\"_blank\">Coordinates in Hex Maps<\/a> for those looking to implement a game\/map with a hex grid.\n\n<em>via <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.firetree.net\/2008\/02\/06\/a-hex-map-of-england\/\" target=\"_blank\">firetree.net<\/a><\/em>\n\n "}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/08\/21\/how-people-in-the-software-development-industry-see-each-other\/","trash":"","name":"how-people-in-the-software-development-industry-see-each-other","parent":"","title":"How people in the software industry see each other","date":"2011-08-21 13:19:08","filepath":"posts\/2000395_how-people-in-the-software-development-industry-see-each-other.xml.json","type":"post","content":"The developer row is fairly accurate.\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/08\/original.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-396 aligncenter\" title=\"software\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/08\/original.jpg\" alt=\"software\" width=\"475\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a>\n\n<em>via commenter <a href=\"http:\/\/sfist.com\/2011\/08\/16\/graph_shows_how_journalists_see_eac.php\" target=\"_blank\">Jason McKinnon<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfist.com\" target=\"_blank\">sfist.com<\/a><\/em>"}}
