For the uninitiated, the Web seems like some sort of a strange inside joke. Chuck Norris is more popular than he ever was offline. Rick Astley's prone to popping up at random moments. And the cats. Always with the cats.
The state Senate today passed a bill allowing the sale of gourmet beers in Alabama.
Jamie Dubs investigates the origins & evolution of the "Yo Dawg" image macro More info & images on the Internet Meme Database:
"Heard (or read) and interesting comment the other day to the effect that the political left was going to dominate social campaigning online in much the same way that the political right has dominated talk radio. I don't know whether that's a real possibility or not."
"MyJambi is a social marketplace where users can buy and sell services online without the use of anonymous service postings.
This looks to be a very cool social network exclusively for politics. While still very new, this site seems to be on the cutting edge of a new era of niche social networks.
A representative of Students for a Free Tibet tells Boing Boing that 6 American bloggers and pro-Tibet activists who went missing in Beijing for days after being detained by authorities have re-appeared -- and that authorities have given them a sentence of ten days in jail each f …
Free Art & Technology Lab member, James Powderly, is currently being detained in China. As of 10:30 AM EST, he has been detained for almost 48 hours with still no word on his condition or whereabouts.
Artist and Eyebeam alum James Powderly was detained by Chinese authorities in Beijing early Wednesday, according to a message received by Students for a Free Tibet around 5PM Beijing Standard Time, said an SFT spokesperson.
"Internationally known artist, technologist and co-founder of the Graffiti Research Lab, James Powderly, was detained in Beijing early this morning while preparing to debut a new work and technology of protest, the L.A.S.E.R. Stencil.
Atlas Shrugged, all right, and Vadim Perelman has blinked.
Tim Russert, NBC News' Washington bureau chief and the moderator of "Meet the Press," died Friday after a sudden heart attack at the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58.
"Stop making advertisements. We'll even pay you to do it. That's right, the AAAFFF is initiating the Anti-Advertising Agency Foundation For Freedom Award. This one-time grant will transition deserving individuals from the occupation we all hate.
Artists James Powderly and Evan Roth recently went on a daring graffiti mission. The goal? Tagging New York's Brooklyn Bridge. They waited for rush hour to die down and tried to be as incognito as people milling around bridges can be in this post-Sept. 11 world.
A 23-year-old Smiths Station man is behind bars today, accused in the murder of 18-year-old Auburn University freshman Lauren Burk.
UPS is using a "package flow" software program to pre-plot delivery sequences for its 95,000 vehicles, saving some 28.5 million miles from its delivery routes, 3 million gallons of fuel and reducing carbon dioxide emissions nearly 69 million pounds.
Atlas Shrugged — a novel of gargantuan scale, as beloved by many as was Gone With the Wind in its time, and with characters and scenes just as cherished and iconic — poses extraordinary challenges for filmmakers, especially in meeting fan expectations.
Lionsgate has brought on Vadim Perelman to rewrite "Atlas Shrugged" and direct Angelina Jolie in the starring role.
Academic research project into mapping of images to expand, resize, retarget, and even edit using advanced algorithmic method that detects multidirectional seams within the image.
Hollywood star Bill Murray was taken to a police station in Stockholm on Sunday night after being stopped by police while driving a golf cart from an upmarket nightclub to his city centre hotel, Expressen reports.
A new study published claims serious depression strikes artists ten times more often than it does the general population. Is that quite hard to believe?
A crocodile survived a fall from the 12th floor of a Russian apartment block after making an escape bid through a window, emergency services said on Wednesday.
Okay, the world title for fastest text messaging is still raging in the streets.
News Corp. (parent company to MySpace) and the management of Dow Jones have agreed on a $5 billion purchase price. The next step is a vote by the board of directors of Dow Jones this evening.
The Brady Bunch 2.0, a video art piece by fi5e.