Monthly Archives: May 2007

Eliza The Twittering Denial Of Service Attack

Posted on 30 May 2007 by Chris Barrus

Twitter has been buzzworthy for several months now, and I’m shocked, SHOCKED that someone hasn’t yet set up a Twitterbot that posts blocks of spam. For that matter, why haven’t we seen any kind of Twitter/Jaiku/etc. bot? It seems like … Continue reading →

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Jose Chung Now In Outer Space

Posted on 29 May 2007 by Chris Barrus

R.I.P. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=u6lkxmn-dsQ[/youtube] Fave Match Game episode out of many: Reilly frustrates Gene Rayburn so much that Rayburn sits down and make Reilly host the show. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=eCM-58J_3Ig[/youtube]

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links for 2007-05-24

Posted on 24 May 2007 by Chris Barrus

Punk Zine Archive Old issues of Maximumrocknroll, Flipside, and Suburban Voice available as PDFs. I hope they get around to Ink Disease soon. (tags: music magazine culture) Drive-in era revived in O.C. LA Times article on the first drive-in movie … Continue reading →

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Nukes vs. Zeppelins vs. Pterodactyls

Posted on 24 May 2007 by Chris Barrus

A couple of worthy stories over on Airminded. The first comes from a DOE atomic bomb test in 1957 to see what would happen if a Navy airship was used to deliver a nuclear depth charge. In short, the bomb … Continue reading →

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Damon & Naomi on Take Away Shows

Posted on 24 May 2007 by Chris Barrus

La Blogotheque’s Take Away Shows has been kinda up and down lately (Arcade Fire in the elevator was just too obvious), but this week’s episode with Damon And Naomi covering the Everly Brothers’ “I Wonder If” amidst a 3am Paris … Continue reading →

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Would you like to play a game?

Posted on 23 May 2007 by Chris Barrus

Following on from the previous post about hobby World War III, I have to admit that WarGames is one of the few things I consider to be capital-GS Geek Scripture. I can’t think of anything more custom designed (computer hacking, … Continue reading →

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Model Arms Race

Posted on 22 May 2007 by Chris Barrus

I used to joke that the SRL/Make Magazine crowd would rule the Earth after World War III, but after seeing this radio controlled missile transport and launcher in action I’m not going to joke about them anymore. Obviously they need … Continue reading →

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Gmapping my life

Posted on 18 May 2007 by Chris Barrus

Google rolled out it’s custom “my maps” feature awhile back and I took a crack at drawing out my 2005 cross-country road trip: Next map up will be the 1994 “Loop The USA” road trip.

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links for 2007-05-18

Posted on 18 May 2007 by Chris Barrus

How To Be An Alaskan Fisherman So you just watched “Deadliest Catch” and want to work an Alaskan fishing boat… Includes fish guts, mutant crabs, and a brave cat. (tags: alaska photography fishing)

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Online guide to castle and palace hotels

Posted on 18 May 2007 by Chris Barrus

My sister’s website (basically the online version of her book) just went live. Also don’t miss her blog about walking the Camino de Santiago trail.

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