Posts tagged “culture & society” 

This is perhaps the coolest (albeit experimental) way to browse Flickr: retrievr from System One Labs.

In the interest of observing politics and activism online, I have signed up for numerous newsletters from groups across the political spectrum. The one thing I find very striking is how much freedom is given to an individual to add a personal message or rewrite a letter in support of or against a particular issue by the “left.” The “right,” however, does not seem to have any interest in their activists' opinions.

All this week, the Secretary of State’s office is offering demonstrations of and soliciting public comment on the three finalists for Connecticut’s electronic voting machines.

Here in Connecticut, the Secretary of State is getting ready to purchase new computerized voting machines and is doing an exhibition of the different options throughout the state's five Congressional Districts. As computerized voting is such a hot topic right now, I highly recommend anyone and everyone who lives in my state go to one of the exhibitions and offer some sort of public comment.

I knew things had taken a turn for the worse when DMCA passed and media owners were discussing their desire to spy on consumers' computers in search of illicit media, but who knew it had gotten this bad?

Some interesting news on the Google front: there's been sightings of a new Google universe which looks more than a little scary, especially in light of the mockumentary-with-a-stright-face known as EPIC 2014.

We always knew San Francisco was filled with rainbow pride, but it now seems the source was not what I expected.

It’s true. Follow the link.

Have you ever gone to see a movie that is nothing like the trailer?