I made this, you play this, we are enemies — the weirdest goddamned game I’ve ever played

Dec 042008
 

weareenemies I made this, you play this, we are enemies the weirdest goddamned game Ive ever played

BongBoing today posted a link to a game called “I made this, you play this, we are enemies”

I don’t know that I’ve ever seen any computer art quite as — I’m sorry, there’s no other way of putting this — as fucked up as “I made this, you play this, we are enemies,” a Flash game that really strongly resembles the unmistakable bonkerosity of the complicated sketches left behind the crazy people who used to sit at their own tables in the library I worked at, furiously drawing for 10 hours at a stretch. It’s brilliant and terrible all at once and that is why I love it.

I just played the first three levels and I must say I completely agree with Cory Doctorow. Apart from the gameplay itself, the soundtrack totally reminds me of the early Frank Zappa album “Freak out”.

Link.

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Worm up for auction on marktplaats.nl

May 172008
 

Worm the Rotterdam stage for culture and music is on sale on marktplaats.

Disregarding a very positive response by the Rotterdam Council for Art and Culture (RRKC) to WORM’s plans concerning 2009-2012, it will not be possible to keep the organisation afloat with the amount of money assigned to it by this same council. It seems like we have perished amongst the waves of good intent, crushed by cultures mammoth-tank vessels in a pond which is too small. The fact that we would perish for budgetary reasons only – if RRKC’s advice is utilised in its present form – seems ridicules and has caused for much grief at Achterhaven 148.

Mike van Gaasbeek, the financial director and a good friend of mine, indicates that every bid from at least €400.000 will be taken seriously.

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Henk Hofstra: environmental art in Leeuwarden

May 072008
 

People who read my blog now that I frequently post articles I have read on Boing Boing. This post is not different from that rule. There is just one funny twist about this one: I find it unbelievable that I have to read an American blog to know what is happening in Leeuwarden. Afterall my sister is living there.

So much for the intro.

Henk Hofstra installed a couple of fried eggs in the center of Leeuwarden. The project is called: art-eggcident. Each of the eggs is about 30 metres wide and will remain in the city for the next six months.

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Wikileaks.org

Mar 102008
 

I finally found my way to wikileaks.org. Wikileaks is a website for whistleblowers, it accepts classified, censored or otherwise restricted material of political, diplomatic or ethical significance. I read a lot about it during the time they were brought offline by the Swiss bank, but never found a moment to just have a look at the site. Until today that is. Apart from a description of the US equipment in Iraq in 2007 they have a report desribing how former Stasi employees help out to classify the old Stasi reports.

 However from November 2006 allegations started to circulate, most notably in the German news paper Die Welt that the BStU, tasked to guard the Stasi files, had been infiltrated by a number of former Stasi officers and informers. In response the German government commissioned an investigation.

By June 2007, the investigative team, led by Prof. Hans Hugo Klien, a former judge of the German Federal Constitution Court and CDU politician, had completed its confidential report into the infiltration.

The report has been obtained by Wikileaks and is the subject of this analysis.

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Top 10 Ways to Get Cables Under Control

Mar 072008
 

Lifehacker has the 10 best ways to get rid of your cablesalad.

charger box Top 10 Ways to Get Cables Under ControlWhen you finally decide it’s time to do something about that rat’s nest of cables that’s spreading like kudzu, you don’t have to spend a lot of time and money to get it under control. Whether you’re looking to stow your headphone wires tangle-free in your gym bag, hide the ugly wire spaghetti you keep kicking further under your desk, or organize your gadget chargers and power plugs, we’ve got some cord management tricks for you. Hit the jump for photos and videos of our top 10 favorite ways to get cables under control.

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