I’m ambivalent about Anonymous, but they’ve actually managed to get the Church of Scientology’s attention and that’s fun.
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Do you remember techno? I remember techno.
A couple friends have recently reminded me that I actually liked techno, before there were too many indecipherable genres to choose from. Back when it was all just “techno”, it was amazing and I’m more than a little nostalgic for the days when the whole rave scene seemed so innocent and people talked like there was a lot more “e” and smart drugs than there ever were. I got sucked in by the remixes. Hey, I was a nerdy highschool kid from the sticks, it’s amazing I heard about anything electronic.
Thanks to the magic of YouTube, I don’t have to dig out my tape player (really, this was pre-CD for me):
Sesame’s Treet: 
Speed Racer: 
James Brown is Dead: 
“This is Sparta” would’ve fit right in, in the early 90s:
I’ve collected a short list of interesting studies that give a little taste of why we now have ethical guidelines for research. Most of them come with YouTube videos embedded, for maximum enjoyment.
1. Go to scienceblogs.com.
2. Start reading.
Using “bacn” to mean email you want, but not right now, is just wrong. I understand spam being email you don’t want at all (based on the Monty Python skit, of course), but bacon is always desirable. Who ever turned down bacon even temporarily. Seriously, I don’t know anyone who ever procrastinated about eating bacon.
This is wrong, Boing Boing, and you know it.
This video is nearly 48 minutes long, so don’t think it’s good for a laugh during lunch:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8669488783707640763Tony Wilson, a man largely responsible for the Manchester scene via his TV show, club, and record label, has died.
Thank you, Tony for Joy Division, New Order, and the Happy Mondays among others.
If you haven’t already seen 24 Hour Party People, you need to rectify that situation. It’s a love song for the Manchester scene and a semi-fictional biography of Tony Wilson, but still an enjoyable movie, even if you don’t care about A Certain Ratio.
As always Warren Ellis has the perfect succinct take.
