Bush’s gov’t gets the big FU!

“Lewis Carroll notwithstanding,” the court wrote, “the fact that the government has ’said it thrice’ does not make an allegation true.”

You stay classy Ralph:

Nader accused Obama of attempting to “talk white” and appealing to “white guilt” in his quest to win the White House.

The best thing ever: The Website Is Down (this should win some kind of short film award)

This makes me SICK:

House Democrats who flipped their votes to support retroactive immunity for telecom companies in last week’s FISA bill took thousands of dollars more from phone companies than Democrats who consistently voted against legislation with an immunity provision

My heart goes out to Zimbabwe

Thing I did not know:

The pink triangle was one of the Nazi concentration camp badges, used by the Nazis to identify male prisoners in concentration camps who were sent there because of their homosexuality.

Expect to start seeing this at a mall near you: Lady Spins on an Escalator

White Noise Lounge gets mad props from David Battino:

The project started as a joke, but like everything Justin touches, it’s elegant and thought-provoking. (He and I worked together closely during the early days of the Digital Media site.) I told him it reminded me of the One-Minute Vacation field recordings, although the photos take it to another level.

Thanks man!

New from Apple (and Andy): icePhone

Ok, now this is hot: HighTech’s Ammonite concrete washbasin

OMG, I am going to listen to Oh My God by Ida Maria ALL AFTERNOON

Stephanie just posted the sound of Mt. Tamalpais grass to White Noise Lounge

I just released the latest version of the Random Image Plugin for WordPress, now with proper support for WordPress 2.5 galleries and widget-enabled themes

I’ve stumbled upon this in the past, but wanted to link to it now cause it’s such a great name: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist

NSFW: These AIDS prevention ads just won a bronze medal at Cannes (via Webb and Boing Boing)

This is the world we live in: at the same time that one hundred and fifty thousand Americans are fighting a very unfortunate war in Iraq, another group of Americans and their robot apparently found ice on planet Mars (and announced it via Twitter)

To read later: When It Sizzles

Neat visualizations of open source software commits: code_swarm

This is what the low road is like: Exams show torture of U.S.-held detainees-report

What a great read:

The fact that your kid can’t tie their shoelaces because they have velcro and have never owned a shoe with a lace is probably a good thing. You don’t know how to hunt your own food or start a fire, and it just doesn’t matter. The same goes for programming.

Man, man. Abu Ghraib Christmas (does this count as protest?)

Firefox is updated automatically via my operating system (yay Ubuntu!), but I decided to download it manually just for grins and giggles: Download Day 2008

A big day: Same-Sex Marriages Begin in California

Totally awesome! Wear Science’s line of “Teach the Controversy” tees invite Creationists to consider other “scientific controversies” that might be taught in school. (Man, I’m tempted to augment my wardrobe with all of these)

Something I discovered on my trip: Europe has a way different (and a much cooler) Honda Civic than North America (more here)

I just posted the latest White Noise Lounge episode, the last that we recorded in France: Les grenouilles (the frogs)

Key differences between the Canon Digital Rebel XSi, XTi, and the upcoming XS (aka 1000D) positioned in between the two

Andre on his third anniversary at Federated Media (my 2nd is coming up on the 19th)

Incredible photo: Several houses in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, wash up against a railroad bridge on the Cedar River

This is classic: World of World of Warcraft

Mark Pilgrim remixes xkcd: Purity

MC Soleil just posted the very soothing Waves in Nice to White Noise Lounge

It’s amazing the power of word of mouth sometimes. I read this post by Michael Ruhlman, and now I totally want to spend ~$200 on a Cuisinart Brick Oven Toaster (or is it a brick toaster oven?)

Nice: Lego patch

Love it! State sees economic windfall in gay weddings

Bruce Schneier:

Search “photographer rights” on Google and download one of the several wallet documents that can help you if you get harassed

Something to keep in mind:

It is important to remember that Roe v. Wade did not mean that abortions could be performed. They have always been done, dating from ancient Greek days. What Roe said was that ending a pregnancy could be carried out by medical personnel, in a medically accepted setting, thus conferring on women, finally, the full rights of first-class citizens—and freeing their doctors to treat them as such.

My advice to the gay community living in Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah. Move to California.

The latest White Noise Lounge is up: Riding BART