Bugle Tumble

Schneier on Security: Separating Explosives from the Detonator

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:35:13 +0000

Schneier on Security: Separating Explosives from the Detonator:

What sort of magical thinking is behind the rumored TSA rule about keeping passengers seated during the last hour of flight? Do we really think the terrorist won’t think of blowing up their improvised explosive devices during the first hour of flight?

Christmas tree made out of bicycle parts

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:23:16 +0000

Christmas tree made out of bicycle parts:

London, England

A Pictorial Guide to avoiding Camera Loss

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:18:17 +0000

A Pictorial Guide to avoiding Camera Loss

Worst Gadgets of the Naughties

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:31:09 +0000

Worst Gadgets of the Naughties:

Hey, I like the CueCat! Did you buy any of these?

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Review (Part 1 of 7)

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:45:09 +0000

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Review (Part 1 of 7):

Yes, it’s a 70 minute long evisceration of a worthless movie from the last century. But it’s also one of the best explanations of narrative and movie-making I’ve ever seen.

LED stoplights blamed in crashes

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:45:54 +0000

LED stoplights blamed in crashes:

The bulbs don’t burn hot enough to melt snow and can become crusted over in a storm — a problem blamed for dozens of accidents and at least one death.

Abandoned Gingerbread House Building Sites

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:01:21 +0000

Abandoned Gingerbread House Building Sites:

When the global economy unravelled last year the Irish countryside was left with a lot of empty, unsold, and unfinished housing estates. This holiday season I thought it would be nice to celebrate these unique landscapes by making them into picturesque gingerbread-house decorations that will rot and eventually be thrown out much like the unfinished housing estates themselves.

Wallpaper Roundup: Holiday Cheer and Happy Snowmen

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:17:42 +0000

Wallpaper Roundup: Holiday Cheer and Happy Snowmen:

Christmas is less than two weeks away, and if you’re inclined to celebrate the holiday season—Christmas or otherwise—it’s time to swap out your winter wallpaper for a holiday-themed one.

65-foot-high Lego Cathedrals Store 19 Billion Pieces a Year

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:21:24 +0000

65-foot-high Lego Cathedrals Store 19 Billion Pieces a Year:

Up in the distance I could see a robot working. I zoomed with my camera and saw how it took some boxes out, then put others in. “They are taking the boxes to packaging and decoration,” Jan—one of the Lego PR guys in Billund—pointed out, “every time there’s a production run, computers order the robots to retrieve whatever boxes are needed, according to the number of bricks necessary for a set. Everything is done on demand,” he said with a big smile, proud of the efficiency of their system.

Gaudi's Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:12:30 +0000

Gaudi's Sagrada Familia, Barcelona:

Suite une conversation avec mes amis.

I forgot how crazy Ch 11 is

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:23:33 +0000

“WTTW holds a place of infamy as being the only station fined by the FCC for excessive commercialism.”

In the US, the big cats that stalk our cities are real

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:36:17 +0000

In the US, the big cats that stalk our cities are real

Intensive Land Management Leaves Europe without Carbon Sinks

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:06:45 +0000

Intensive Land Management Leaves Europe without Carbon Sinks:

Stimulating the “free service” of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems — carbon sinks —is considered one of the main, immediately available ways of reducing climate change. However, new greenhouse gas bookkeeping has revealed that for the European continent this service isn’t free after all.

Bas Princen, Mokattam Ridge

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:58:04 +0000

Bas Princen, Mokattam Ridge:

I first thought Princen’s photograph was fake. How could this be real? Looking online for the location of the photo, Mokattam, i discovered that the image is authentic. It’s a hilly suburb of Cairo called Garbage City. The Zabbaleen, a community of mainly Coptic Christians, live there. Since the ’50s, they have been making a living by collecting, sorting and disposing of Cairo’s waste.

Battling Back the Asian Carp

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:46:36 +0000

Battling Back the Asian Carp:

The invasive Asian Carp has been detected past the electric barrier on the Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal, just 6 miles upstream of Lake Michigan. This is nearly 20 miles closer than previous tests had shown.

The Evolution of the Hipster 2000-2009

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:12:50 +0000

The Evolution of the Hipster 2000-2009:

I got stuck somewhere between Twee and Mountain Man.

Trolls

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:06:57 +0000

Trolls:

I’ve thought a lot over the last couple years about the problem of trolls. It’s an old one, as old as forums, but we’re still just learning what the causes are and how to address them.

Moderation, Response Rate, and Message Interactivity: Features of Online Communities and Their Effects on Intent to Participate

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:06:12 +0000

Moderation, Response Rate, and Message Interactivity: Features of Online Communities and Their Effects on Intent to Participate:

Part of the Bugle’s reconsideration of our comments policy.

Also, how far would you walk for 30 cents?

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:12:36 +0000

Also, how far would you walk for 30 cents?:

Earn yourself minimum wage with Blake Fall-Conroy’s Sculpture (via Make magazine’s website)

James Lipton's beard says...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:51:45 +0000

James Lipton's beard says...:

“Give it a ponder” before you send a text.