Sunday, May 18, 2008
Sunday Syllabub
Dan Collins asked me lately "why are you not posting" and I have to say that it is work, and I have a terrible case of floaters which requires me to suffer the indignity of proof-reading or the shame of the resulting equivalent of Charles Bonnet syndrome in my writings. Plus blogspot hates my browser. Also, I have my moods.
Yet, I think there may be another reason which I did not fully comprehend, until it was pointed out by the local MSM. They didn't like a pic my husband snapped and complained my image "doesn't really say blogger." I must need some convincing props, like a cabana boy or something , though I swear I was blogging like 30 seconds before DH snagged it with the Iphone.
So now I'm FORCING myself to post, and DH is handing me a cool drink to build my confidence. Adding links all afternoon:
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Light and cool for a humid Sunday -
The auto crash that would not end, yes it goes on and on..
Echidna! That's what she said.
Monotreme fore-play?
You do the math.
A milky supernova in the sky. Warning: do not even think of famous misheard lyrics and Jimi Hendrix.
An Ambiguous animation painted on public walls: "MUTO" Link goes to a brilliant but weird video made with stop motion.
I'm always trying to figure out the transformation art of another artist, M.C. Escher.
The best weird anecdote I ever heard about Escher was how he preferred cheese sandwiches as a child and would be so particular about tiling the cheese slices on the bread. He would peel them off and reassemble for perfection, annoying the friend who related this tale. later on, his descendents would go on to write letters to sandwich shops.
A gallery of Escher's works may be found here.
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Via Neatorama:
Yo! Transforming Citroën C4 car! Well, you have been SERVED by Chevy Aveo. As in, they drove away from your dancing car bootie. Link goes to Youtube.
Here's the original dancing Citroen viral ad (you tube) on which the mocking is based.
ANTS ANTS ANTS! Wacky foreign dadaist Ants! Now is the time on electrical sockets when we dance!
crossposted at Protein Wisdom Pub
Yet, I think there may be another reason which I did not fully comprehend, until it was pointed out by the local MSM. They didn't like a pic my husband snapped and complained my image "doesn't really say blogger." I must need some convincing props, like a cabana boy or something , though I swear I was blogging like 30 seconds before DH snagged it with the Iphone.
So now I'm FORCING myself to post, and DH is handing me a cool drink to build my confidence. Adding links all afternoon:
----------
Light and cool for a humid Sunday -
The auto crash that would not end, yes it goes on and on..
Echidna! That's what she said.
Monotreme fore-play?You do the math.
A milky supernova in the sky. Warning: do not even think of famous misheard lyrics and Jimi Hendrix.
An Ambiguous animation painted on public walls: "MUTO" Link goes to a brilliant but weird video made with stop motion.
I'm always trying to figure out the transformation art of another artist, M.C. Escher.
The best weird anecdote I ever heard about Escher was how he preferred cheese sandwiches as a child and would be so particular about tiling the cheese slices on the bread. He would peel them off and reassemble for perfection, annoying the friend who related this tale. later on, his descendents would go on to write letters to sandwich shops.
A gallery of Escher's works may be found here.
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Via Neatorama:
Yo! Transforming Citroën C4 car! Well, you have been SERVED by Chevy Aveo. As in, they drove away from your dancing car bootie. Link goes to Youtube.
Here's the original dancing Citroen viral ad (you tube) on which the mocking is based.
ANTS ANTS ANTS! Wacky foreign dadaist Ants! Now is the time on electrical sockets when we dance!
crossposted at Protein Wisdom Pub
Thursday, May 15, 2008
INDICTMENT: And Lori Drew would have gotten away with it
If it weren't for the meddling with *MYSPACE*.
Although Missouri authorities declined to file charges against Drew for her participation/ approbation of a scheme to fool a child into revealing confidences to a Trojan Boy (a false internet persona created exclusively to reel her in and gain her confidence), Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have charged her with illegal misuse of the protected computers of the California-based Myspace company.
Despite protestations of Lori Drew's (latest) attorney, Los Angeles-based federal prosecutors do have jurisdictional standing to bring charges, because the crimes charged are actually crimes against the Beverly Hills-based Myspace, and through it one of its clients.
Scott Glover, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer reports:
From ABC news:
Although Missouri authorities declined to file charges against Drew for her participation/ approbation of a scheme to fool a child into revealing confidences to a Trojan Boy (a false internet persona created exclusively to reel her in and gain her confidence), Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have charged her with illegal misuse of the protected computers of the California-based Myspace company.
Despite protestations of Lori Drew's (latest) attorney, Los Angeles-based federal prosecutors do have jurisdictional standing to bring charges, because the crimes charged are actually crimes against the Beverly Hills-based Myspace, and through it one of its clients.
Scott Glover, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer reports:
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles today indicted a woman of fraudulently using a MySpace.com account to "cyber-bully" a Missouri teenager who later hanged herself because she believed she was being rejected by a 16-year-old boy she met on the social networking website.
Lori Drew, 49, of O'Fallon, Mo., faces three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization to obtain information to inflict emotional distress on the girl and one count of conspiracy. ..
Drew's attorney, H. Dean Steward, said he plans to wage a vigorous defense, suggesting that prosecutors in Los Angeles were overstepping their jurisdiction.
"There are a lot of issues we are going to need to raise, including why it's happening in Los Angeles," Steward said. "It seems like a Missouri case no matter how you cut it."
From ABC news:
"This adult woman allegedly used the Internet to target a young teenage girl, with horrendous ramifications," said U.S. Attorney Thomas P. O'Brien in a written statement.
"After a thorough investigation, we have charged Ms. Drew with criminally accessing MySpace and violating rules established to protect young, vulnerable people."
Labels: indictment, Lori Drew, Los Angeles, Megan Meier, Myspace
