Topic: MUSIK - on September 6, 2010 at 11:04:00 AM CEST
Miles Davis Beer
In honor of the 40th anniversary of the original release of Bitches Brew, Miles Davis’ 1970 paradigm-shifting landmark fusion breakthrough, we’ve created our own Bitches Brew – a bold, dark beer that’s a fusion of three threads imperial stout and one thread honey beer with gesho root, a gustatory analog to Miles’ masterpiece.Featuring the album’s iconic artwork, created by the late Mati Klarwein, on its label, Dogfish Head’s Bitches Brew was unveiled at SAVOR, An American Craft Beer & Food Experience, June 5, 2010 at the National Building Museum, Washington DC.
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Topic: MUSIK - on September 6, 2010 at 11:02:00 AM CEST
A History of the Black Panthers and Music
Musicians don't often end up on FBI watch lists, but the Last Poets did, thanks to their links with the Black Panthers. Dorian Lynskey looks back at a time when pop and politics collided as never before.
One day last December, Umar Bin Hassan of the Last Poets attended a gathering in Chicago to commemorate local Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton, who was shot dead by the police 40 years earlier. There were about 30 people, including the widows of Hampton and fellow Panther Eldridge Cleaver, and former members of radical groups such as Weatherman. "We laughed and drank wine and talked about what we all had been through," Hassan says. "I'm glad I made it. It was good to see a lot of those people still living, you know?"
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Topic: MUSIK - on September 6, 2010 at 11:00:00 AM CEST
DJs unite for Love Parade track
Three of the world's most successful dance DJs have joined forces to pay tribute to those who died at the Love Parade festival in Germany in July.
Paul Oakenfold, Armin van Buuren and Paul van Dyk have created the track Remember Love, which will be released under the name DJs United.
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Topic: 404 - on September 6, 2010 at 10:56:00 AM CEST
35 Entertaining 404 Error Pages
“404 Not Found.” These three little words can make any Internet explorer an unhappy camper. After all, who hopes to click on a broken link or stumble upon a moved or deleted page while cruising around the web?
Luckily, some web designers have chosen to end the misery of encountering a 404 error page. Instead of letting their site readers bump heads with a nasty dead-end error message, they’ve managed to squeeze a little entertainment out of it.
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Topic: Green - on September 6, 2010 at 10:55:00 AM CEST
Tiny solar cells fix themselves
Researchers have demonstrated tiny solar cells just billionths of a metre across that can repair themselves, extending their useful lifetime.
The cells make use of proteins from the machinery of plants, turning sunlight into electric charges that can do work.
The cells simply assemble themselves from a mixture of the proteins, minute tubes of carbon and other materials
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 3, 2010 at 2:51:00 PM CEST
Sicherheitsmängel beim neuen Personalausweis?
Das ARD-Magazin "Plusminus" hat im Sicherheitssystem des neuen Personalausweises, der am 1. November 2010 eingeführt wird, gravierende Mängel festgestellt. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Chaos Computerclub prüfte die Redaktion Testversionen der Basis-Lesegeräte. Für Betrüger ist es demnach problemlos möglich, geheime Daten abzufangen - inklusive der geheimen PIN-Nummer. Die Lesegeräte sind nötig, wenn man den neuen Personalausweis am heimischen Computer nutzen wolle und sich somit für die Abwicklung von Internet-Geschäften zu identifizieren.
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 3, 2010 at 2:43:00 PM CEST
New government ID cards easily hacked
The sensitive personal information found on the new German identification cards with data chips scheduled for nationwide introduction this November can be easily hacked, according to testing done by a TV news show.
Public broadcaster ARD’s show “Plusminus” teamed up with the hacker organisation the Chaos Computer Club to find out how secure the controversial new radio-frequency (RIHD) chips were.
Set to air Tuesday evening, the report shows how they used the basic new home scanning machines that will go along with the cards, and found that scammers would have few problems extracting personal information.
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Topic: MUSIK - on September 2, 2010 at 11:37:00 AM CEST
Download: Radiohead DVD – Live In Praha
Für Projekte wie dieses liebe ich das Internet: Am 23. August 2009 hat ein Gruppe von Radiohead Fans beschlossen, ein Livevideo von Radiohead in Prag aus möglichst vielen verschiedenen Kameraperspektiven zu drehen. Gesagt, getan. Nun ist die DVD ist fertig und kann kostenlos heruntergeladen werden. Das Audio Master wurde von Radiohead gestellt.
testspiel.de Radiohead lend their music to fan-made live DVD [guardian]
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Topic: ART - on September 2, 2010 at 11:34:00 AM CEST
Fresh Stuff From Banksy
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Topic: CARS - on September 2, 2010 at 11:32:00 AM CEST
Tesla Motors Pays Fine For Lacking Emissions Certificate Of Conformity... Even Though It Lacks Emissions
Sometimes, technology moves faster than rules and regulations. For instance, in some parts of Kansas, shops must provide water troughs for horses. A more recently inanity is the requirement that electric vehicles receive an emissions "Certificate of Conformity" from the EPA to comply with the "Clean Air Act." And, while Kansan storekeepers have long been excused from abiding by the obviously obsolete ordinance, such is not the case for America's best known electric car maker, Tesla Motors.
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Topic: SEX - on September 2, 2010 at 11:29:00 AM CEST
Hundreds race on sex dolls down Russian river
MORE than 500 people rode inflatable sex dolls down river rapids at the eighth annual instalment of a bizarre but popular Russian race, The St Petersburg Times reported.
The competitors - and their odd props - spent three minutes hurtling down the Vuoksa River's Losevo Rapids in the Bubble Baba Challenge.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 2, 2010 at 11:26:00 AM CEST
Man jumps 40 stories onto this Dodge - and survives!
A suicidal man jumped to a seemingly certain death from a 40-story Upper West Side rooftop yesterday -- but miraculously survived when he landed on a sports car, police said.
Tom Magill, 22, suffered just a broken leg, a shattered ankle and a collapsed lung after his 10:44 a.m. leap from atop the West End Towers on West End Avenue at 63rd Street.
"I can't believe this. My car saved his life," said Guy McCormack, 40, a worker at a nearby construction site who had borrowed the 2008 red Dodge Charger from his wife.
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