Living the Liminal

Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early

While this makes me laugh, deep down I worry that it’s, you know, funny because it’s true. And by funny I mean scary-as-shit-because-it’s-true.

From the mouths of puppets:

This was created by a group called monochrom which is an:
art-technology-philosophy group having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, context hacking and political activism. Our mission is conducted everywhere, but first and foremost in culture-archeological digs [...]

For all those who think McCain will be a good president . . . for all those who think McCain is a moral man . . . (and for those of us who don’t) . . .

[Update: Disclaimer - It's supposed to be funny and part of the joke is that it is parodying an [...]

The reason that cliches become cliches is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication. — Guards! Guards!

For fans of Torchwood (or fans of Doctor Who who gave up on the spin-off after the first several episode of the first series) - you should head over to Torchwood Babiez and check out the really great webcomic that they are creating. Scroll to the bottom of the webpage to find the starting point. [...]

Link. (Via Gizmodo)

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Smell that french fry aroma . . .     Biodiesel Takes to the Sky
Because Piety does NOT equal Morality . . .    Preacher Refusing to Answer Questions in Senate Investigation
and
    Mitt’s Pious Bullshit
Because Wil Wheaton makes fun of Wesley Crusher–and does it with genuine love and talent . . .    “Wheee! I’m in Starfleet!”
I’m going [...]

Seeing as I have been posting about my new operating system, I think this video is entirely appropriate:

Via SF Signal
(Update: oh, and by the way, Donny Osmond = freakin’ brilliant!)

Technorati Tags: donny osmond, nerdy, seth green, weird al, youtube

. . . that taste great together:Link (This post dedicated to Jeff Jacoby for turning me on to The Flaming Lips and for seeing them live together at the 9:30 Club and for being the type of friend that makes me a better person. We’ve not talked in a while and I miss his rascal attitude that helped balance out [...]

I mean, we all know where this is heading:
Craig Venter, the controversial DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human genetic code, has built a synthetic chromosome out of laboratory chemicals and is poised to announce the creation of the first new artificial life form on Earth.
Of course, that’s not really the problem, [...]