Princess!

Today's entry is a collection shared by photographer Peter Carr, from an event in Liverpool, England last year. Said Peter: "As part of Liverpool's Capital of Culture year, the French group La Machine were commissioned to create a large piece of street theatre, on the scale of their earlier work, the Sultan's Elephant. Many were expecting to see something using the iconic Liverbirds, the symbol of the city but instead we got a spider. The total cost of the event was £1.8 million and caused some complaints about how the funds could better be used. It also attracted protests from arachnophobe groups about how it would terrify some people. Despite these complaints the event drew in over 200,000 people in the few days it was on and produced something wondrous that got everyone in the region talking." All photos and captions courtesy Peter Carr, who has agreed to answer questions in the comments below.

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Watch a video below.

Windows Multitouch = New oxymoron

We've spent some time with Windows 7 Beta's new touch and multitouch features this week, and came away largely disappointed. It's not that they don't work, at least on occasion, it's that they don't really provide a comprehensive or pleasurable method for using a computer. The primary enhancements to the OS that really make touch usage possible include a taller taskbar, pinch to zoom and tap-and-drag scrolling. There's a fancy new onscreen keyboard that's actually usable, and those quick-swipe gestures from Vista remain for forward, back, copy, paste, undo and redo.

It sounds like a lot, but really adds up to very little. Interactions are inconsistent from program to program, including Microsoft applications, gestures seem to work when you don't want them, and don't work when you need them, and at least 50 percent of the OS is still too small to use with touch -- making the improvements to touchability of the rest of it slightly pointless.

Read the rest here and watch the video as well... Great for laughs!

Is Canada going to Think Open?

Canada has a Request for Information (RFI) related to No-Charge Licensed Software (typically referred to as Free and Open Source Software or FOSS and also applicable to freeware). For the purpose of the RFI, No Charge Licensed Software means Licensed Software that is available at no charge for the Licensed Software and is typically made available as a free download from the Internet. No Charge Licensed Software may also have No Charge Software Support Services (NCSSS) available at no charge from the Internet.

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All while our greek government spreads the rotten ECDL and Micro$oft solutions all over the place.

spit@greek politicians

Congratulations to Brazil

Userful, ThinNetworks, and Positivo today announced that they have been selected to supply 324,000 virtualized desktops to schools in all of Brazil's 5,560 municipalities.

This initiative will provide computer access to millions of children throughout Brazil. It is a historical achievement being: the world’s largest ever virtual desktop deployment; the world’s largest ever desktop Linux deployment; and a new record low-cost for PCs with the PC sharing hardware and software costing less than $50 per seat.

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If only more countries would go this way asap!

CIA spies ftw

Are you martial arts master?

Do you speak and write in many languages?

Do you rape people?

Then go and work for the CIA. Job position is guaranteed!

According to an affidavit signed by a State Department security investigator, in the past two years Warren allegedly drugged and then raped two Algerian women. Though the CIA won't confirm it, numerous U.S. government officials acknowledged to NEWSWEEK the revelation, first reported by ABC News correspondent Brian Ross, that Warren was serving in Algiers as CIA station chief.

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roflmao @ greek TV news

I mean we are good for laughs, aren't we? They were spreading left and right that India will make a laptop which will cost ~8 euro (10 US dollars). What the fuck is wrong with the greek reporters?

First of all, that 10 dollars laptop is OLD news. Second of all, it will cost 100 dollars and not 10. Third of all, did I mention that its oooooollllldddd news?

Besides there are already alternatives out. Why wait for it anyway?

Most greek people are STILL living in the middle ages when its time for technology. Hey, but don't let people like me interrupt their great professional reporting.

We are so proud

Thanks to the lovely Pavlos and his iPhone, AppleSeed's fame travelled in the galaxy far far away... USA!

Enough of words. The picture explains everything :)

Tokyo!

I watched the trailer here the other day.



But I watched it once again in full HD from Apple here. One word: UNBELIEVABLE !

I cannot wait to watch this movie. This seems like one for the records.

2009: What a year for sci-fi

GI Joe?



Check!

Star Trek?



Check!

Combined with the rest of my posts plus tons of more movies coming this way, like say Wolverine, we are going to live in movies heaven this year ;)

I was taken by Liam Neeson

TAKEN stars Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills, an ex-government operative who has less than four days to find his kidnapped daughter, who has been taken on her first day of vacation in Paris.

Watch the trailer here.

If you live in Europe perhaps you already saw the movie. If you didn't watch this movie, please do it NOW.

Liam Neeson is surprisingly fresh in this kick ass action drama movie orgasm. HIGHLY recommended. If you don't like it you can rot in hell. Get lost.

Get Furious

How about no pants at all? New model. Old parts. Loving it!



Old story.

I feel like SpongeBob

You know... Wet square pants and all that.



That was jaw dropping even for Optimus Prime ;)