Serkadis

The right v. the ACLU

davidkirkpatrick — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:27:50 +0000

Conor Friedersdorf has a great post at True/Slant on one example of how the right (wrongly) vilifies the ACLU. That’s one thing I’ve always found very, very strange. The ACLU and the Cato Institute walk in virtual lockstep on practically every civil liberties issue. Since civil liberties are the sole focus of the ACLU and [...]

The right v. the ACLU

davidkirkpatrick — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:27:50 +0000

Turkle talks technology, intimacy

Harvard Gazette Online — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:26:11 +0000

“Technology proposes itself an architect of our intimacies,” explained Massachusetts of Technology Professor Sherry Turkle to an engrossed audience at the Harvard University Extension School. The event, “The Tethered Life: Technology Reshapes Intimacy and Solitude,” was the concluding public event of the School’s yearlong centennial celebration.

“As we instant message, e-mail, text, and Twitter, technology redraws [...]

Turkle talks technology, intimacy

Harvard Gazette Online — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:26:11 +0000

“As we instant message, e-mail, text, and Twitter, technology redraws [...]

Busty Barbie Too Hot For The Toy Aisle — Barbie Basic Collection Creates Stir

Castina — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:26:10 +0000

Is this Barbie dressed inappropriately?

Along with Cabbage Dolls and G.I. Joe action figures, Barbie owns a place in the record books as one of the most treasured toys in American history. After all, she’s a quintessential icon of modern femininity. But she’s no stranger to controversy, and the plastic dynamo — who masquerades as [...]

Busty Barbie Too Hot For The Toy Aisle — Barbie Basic Collection Creates Stir

Castina — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:26:10 +0000

Is this Barbie dressed inappropriately?

Mom Who Used Son’s Facebook Account Found Guilty Of Online Harassment

Serkadis — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:24:37 +0000

We’re somewhat skeptical of the various “cyberharassment” laws out there, as they leave themselves wide open to interpretation (often in dangerous ways). In April, we wrote about one case involving a son who sued his mother for harassment after she used his Facebook account (she went to the computer and he had not logged [...]

Mom Who Used Son’s Facebook Account Found Guilty Of Online Harassment

Serkadis — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:24:37 +0000

Who’s the greenest roommate in the land?

BKessler — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:24:03 +0000

Green Right Now Reports

Got a rabidly green roommate who times your showers, follows you around turning off lights and has lined all the window sills with edible plants?

Apartments.com is looking for the Roommate of the Year

Turn this difficult experience into a winning proposition: Nominate him or her for Environmental Roommate of the Year. They [...]

Augmented Reality Space Invaders: Expensive. Impossible. Awesome. [Video]

MG Siegler — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:23:20 +0000

Augmented Reality may not be super practical yet. But it sure is cool, and a lot of fun. And a new Android game looks to make it even more fun.

Space InvadAR is a new Android game by Zenitum. It’s the world’s first “vision-based” AR game, according to the team. And it looks awesome — watch the [...]