The camo-obscuring of sensitive sites on Google Maps by the Dutch Intelligence Service (MVID) is a dynamic process. One of my favorite sites I found last November is a complex along the Maas in Rotterdam. The polygonal camo zone is surrounded by an equally artificial-looking geometric landscape[.] ¶ But when I pulled up that old post, the embedded Google Map showed a new, unobscured image[, t]hereby revealing the existence of a previously classified football field.
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An attempt to cast a pall over internet usage
As you’ve surely learned by now, Justice Cowdroy handed down his judgment in Roadshow Films v iiNet this morning. In a nutshell, internet service providers are not liable for the transgressions of their customers.
The legal implications and likelihood of appeals have been well canvassed elsewhere. What struck me while reading the 200-odd pages was the picture his Honour painted of the conduct of the parties both prior to and during the hearing.
What follows is a selection of excerpts from the judgment that I think capture its overall tone.
These Kodachrome photos of 1940s London are beautiful, but the real excitement comes from this comment:
When we launch The Retroscope around July, it will be possible to stand at the same vantage points and, using a smartphone, see these pictures hovering over the scene as it is now, in Augmented Reality[.]
¶ In a similar vein, the Museum of the Phantom City iPhone app allows people to find and then view imagined landscapes.
Here’s an interesting interview with David Thompson, whose Art Deco Buildings is a stunning blog documenting architecture in Melbourne and around the world. [via] ¶ Lonsdale House is currently being demolished. For shame.
Re:collection, an online archive of Australian graphic design, 1960-1980:
The project was borne out of frustration at the lack of Australian graphic design reference material available… [Rick] Poynor attributes the deficiency to ‘a tendency for Australian design to underplay itself,’ a modesty that would be understandable if there was, in fact, nothing worthy of acknowledgment. It is my hope and aim that visitors to this site will appreciate that this is not the case.
Fantastic stuff, from the black-on-brown photos of Tomorrow’s Canberra and the “audacious” grey spreads in this Leger catalogue, to the colour and geometry in these Ducats milk cartons and Decor brochures. [via]
A man has broken a world record by playing ‘keepy-uppy’ 30 miles across London, visiting every Premier League stadium in the capital.
I ended up being carried 9.4 miles from the entrance of the Staten Island Ferry to 141st St & Broadway by 155 different people.
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MeFi — man vs sun, et al — 8-bit Medley
Trundle is “a free game you need” on your iPhone. Better grab it now, before the plagiarism catches up with it. Update: As expected…
It’s a pretty funny prank: put a blindfold on your patsy, tell them they win a prize if they score a half-court shot, have the crowd pretend they made it, and laugh at their reaction. But what happens if the victim really does make the shot? Better make sure you have the prize…
5-year-old Malachai Nicolle is the brains behind Axe Cop: “But just then Axe Cop thought about the evil Psydrozon. Psydrozon was a giant robot with two swords and one eye.” Words cannot describe how awesome this is. (Stay tuned for Ask Axe Cop…) [via]
Vindaloo Against Violence: “Protest racially motivated violence in Melbourne. Dine at your local Indian restaurant on Wednesday 24 February 2010.”
Max and the Magic Marker is the best “crayon physics” game I’ve ever seen. For WiiWare, with a browser-based playable demo.
Ross Berens’s solar system posters are great. (When I look at his Mercury, I see …Men.)
Massimo Vignelli’s cookery isn’t a big surprise:
I like things that require very little preparation. For instance, lamb chops. You just put some rosemary on top and put the pan in the oven for a few minutes. Bingo, it’s done. … It has to do a lot with my minimalist attitude. It’s amazing how all these things relate.
But he does say that his wife is “a hurricane”, and that “I can’t stand the mess, but I like her cooking better.” Nobody likes to see the sausage factory. ¶ I want his cutlery. ¶ Vignelli’s schematic chart of ideological and design changes also caught my eye this week.
Remember La Roux’s bogus views on women drummers? Looks like Tom Tom Magazine is the antidote:
In my opinion, women could use all the encouragement they can get because we’re just not encouraged to do it, and we’re not promoted when we do in the same way that guys are. If you pick up a drum magazine, there aren’t any women in there. And women should play the drums because it’s an empowering instrument. It’s therapeutic, it’s powerful and it requires a lot of confidence—all of these are great skills to have.
The average NFL broadcast includes just 11 minutes of actual playing time, 17 minutes or replays, and 67 minutes of players standing around:
A regulation NFL game consists of four quarters of 15 minutes each, but because the typical play only lasts about four seconds, the ratio of inaction to action is approximately 10 to 1.
What a sport.
Ask me a question. I might even answer it.
About time — NBA Jam is being reincarnated for the Wii, with the original game’s creator at the helm. Yardbarker’s been thinking about possible player combos, and I can’t wait to take Bosh and Hedo all the way. This is going to be great.