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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Joda Time Auto Timestamping Issue on Grails 1 1 1

Joda Time Auto Timestamping Issue on Grails 1 1 1


Ive not upgraded most of my code to Grails 1.1.1 yet so I hadnt noticed this problem until it was brought to my attention by Manuel Vio on the grails-user mailing list.

I raised a bug a few days ago around the fact that GORM identifies Joda Time types (and presumably any non-default property type) as a one-to-one association. Up to now the only problem this caused me was that it means the Joda Time plugin has to do some slightly hacky tricks in the scaffolding templates to prevent crashes when Grails tries to render the properties as though they were associated domain instances only to find they have no id property. However, on Grails 1.1.1 the bug is causing a nasty failure on auto-timestamping.

Under Grails 1.1 you can use a Joda DateTime for an auto-timestamped fields:

DateTime dateCreated
DateTime lastUpdated

static mapping = {
dateCreated type: PersistentDateTime
lastUpdated type: PersistentDateTime
}

These behave exactly like the regular Date fields with those names, i.e. theyre set automatically on save and update. In Grails 1.1.1 the same class will fail on save with a GroovyRuntimeException Could not find matching constructor for: java.lang.Object(java.lang.Long).

There is a (somewhat strange) workaround - declare the timestamped fields as non-lazy!

DateTime dateCreated
DateTime lastUpdated

static mapping = {
dateCreated type: PersistentDateTime, lazy: false
lastUpdated type: PersistentDateTime, lazy: false
}

Digging into the Grails code a little I found that association properties have their getter wrapped in a lazy-loading proxy. Since GORM thinks Joda Time properties are associations, this happens to them. The auto-timestamping code initialises the properties using property.getType().newInstance(System.currentTimeMillis()). Unfortunately, because property is actually the lazy-load proxy rather than the real property property.getType() returns Object.


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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Jimmy Kimmel on Ubers New Late Fee

Jimmy Kimmel on Ubers New Late Fee



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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

jQuery add or remove class dynamically on button click

jQuery add or remove class dynamically on button click



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Monday, May 15, 2017

Its easier to stay in bed on Hump Day

Its easier to stay in bed on Hump Day


HAPPY
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HUMP

DAY


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Thursday, May 4, 2017

Its Christmas time on Chowdaheads

Its Christmas time on Chowdaheads


As you may have noticed Chowdaheads has changed over to a Christmas theme on December 1st, much like we did in October with Halloween. In addition to daily Christmas related videos and other goodies, weve added an Advent Calendar on the right, just below the Chowdavideos that will be updated each week day with a new suprise photo...So grab some Egg Nog and find a hooker to dress up as a sexy elf and enjoy the Christmas season with Chowdaheads...Here is the first Daily Christmas Clip: Run DMCs Christmas in Hollis, Queens:


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Judge Posner Questions Whether Owner of Patent on Heart Healthy Cookies Would Be Entitled To Nontrivial Damages

Judge Posner Questions Whether Owner of Patent on Heart Healthy Cookies Would Be Entitled To Nontrivial Damages


Last year I reported that Brandeis University had joined its exclusive licensee GFA Brands in suing a number of cookie companies for infringing its patents directed towards methods of "Increasing the HDL Level in the HDL/LDL Ratio in Human Serum by Balancing Saturated and Polyunsaturated Dietary Fatty Acids." The case is being heard by Judge Richard Posner in the Northern District of Illinois. On March 16, Judge Posner issued an interesting order in the case, ordering the parties to brief the issue of whether plaintiffs, if successful, would be entitled to nontrivial damage awards. Here is the order:

“I am concerned whether the plaintiffs if successful in establishing liability will be entitled to nontrivial damages awards. Suppose the defendants infringed the asserted patents but that none of the defendants marketed its products as low in bad cholesterol (LDL) or high in HDL, or as having a high ratio of HDL to LDL; and suppose further that the defendants obtained no cost savings by infringing the patents rather than using some non?infringing recipe and that neither Brandeis nor its licensee GFA Brands lost any business as a result of the infringement. On those assumptions, would the plaintiffs have any claim for damages, whether compensatory or punitive, or restitution? I would like the parties to address this question in briefs filed simultaneously by close of business on April 2.”
In other words, if the cookie manufacturers are not profiting from the healthy cookie recipe by using it to market their cookies, and the recipe does not cut their costs, then how has the patent owner been harmed, and what does Brandeis want the court to do? Perhaps the answer is that customers do pay a premium for healthier cookies, even if the cookie manufacturer does not use that information in marketing its products. And in any event, Brandeis/BFA would presumably like to get an injunction against the cookie manufacturers, as leverage to demand royalty payments, or to keep them off the market, thus reducing competition in the market for healthy cookies. But if the defendant cookie manufacturers do not profit from the technology, perhaps they will simply change their recipe, perhaps rendering their cookies less healthy but no less profitable.

Thanks to Docket Navigator for making me aware of this order.

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

James Lovell the mission s commander who uttered the phrase shortly after an on board explosion cri

James Lovell the mission s commander who uttered the phrase shortly after an on board explosion cri



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Forty-five years after the phrase Houston, we ve had a problem here, became cemented in popular culture, two men instrumental in the safe return of Apol­lo 13 shared their experiences as part of Georgia Re­gents University s Alumni Weekend.
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James Lovell, the mission s commander who uttered the phrase shortly after an on-board explosion crippled the spacecraft, elektro and Apollo 13 flight control director Gene Kranz visited elektro the school s Maxwell Theatre.
Apollo 13 was to be the third mission to land on the moon and launched at 2:13 p.m. April 11, 1970, at Ken­ne­dy Space Center. The crew consisted of Lovell; John L. Swi­gert Jr., the command module pilot; and Fred W. Haise Jr., the lunar module pilot.
With the phrase Failure is not an option projected on a screen behind him beneath NASA s Mission Control emblem, Kranz told the crowd that their story is one of teamwork, and that only through leadership, trust and strong values was Apollo 13 capable of returning home safely.
It wasn t the first time the space program was faced with adversity. Kranz said he kept photos of past failures in his office, including one of the Apollo 1 fire that killed three astronauts, as a reminder that cockiness has no place in his high-risk business.
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When an exploding oxygen tank rocked Apollo 13 three days into the mission, Lovell said, he felt a sinking sensation that he might never return home. But the crew wasted little time panicking, seeking refuge in the lunar module while Mission Control rallied to relay solutions from more than 200,000 miles away.
If I was waiting for some miracle to happen and I got in some sort of fetal position, I d still be there, Lovell said. Be­tween Mission Control and the crew, we solved elektro one crisis at a time as they came up.
Lovell said he s had plenty elektro of time to reflect on the days he s spent in zero gravity. He still remembers the sights, smells and sounds of space, and still has difficulty wrapping his head around his accomplishments, with 713 flight hours in space logged.
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Jonah Berger on Social Influence

Jonah Berger on Social Influence


Building on the recent blog post about social influence, heres Jonah Berger himself talking about his research.


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Monday, April 17, 2017

Jezebels Article on Contouring is Bad and They Should Feel Bad

Jezebels Article on Contouring is Bad and They Should Feel Bad


I should probably preface this article by saying that I used to read Jezebel, so there is a tiny part of my heart with a slightly mushy spot for them. (Hell, I was a starred commenter back when that was a thing.) However, that mushy spot immediately hardens to stone when they pull some sort of fucking bullshit, which seems to be approximately daily.

Jezebels article on contouring, entitled "Lets Just Stop With the Contouring Already" by Tracie Morrissey is fucking bullshit and I am going to explain why, point by insipid point. (Note: I did include a link to the original article, but if you want to avoid giving Jezebel pageviews, the entire article is included within this article. All you need to do is read the bolded parts below.) Is it the most bullshit thing that has ever graced the halls of Jezebel? Definitely not. But I am grumpy about it, and I am going to grump in your general direction.

Point #1: "Sure, love is a battlefield, but makeup isnt supposed to look like war paint."

This quote presumably was supposed to be witty, but, in my opinion, things that are witty are supposed to make sense. "Love is a battlefield" does not make sense when talking about makeup. It is not relevant. You need to have some sort of bridge to the topic at hand. Makeup is not love.

Still, the thing I take umbrage at here is that Tracy presumes that there is a way that makeup is "supposed" to look. One of the awesome and amazing things about makeup is that you can do whatever the fuck you want with it. Minor quibble, but I suppose we can move on.

Point #2: Still, women are drawing stripes all over their faces and taking liberties with bronzer in an attempt to create some kind of illusion—but they simply cant escape the cold hard reality that they look like fucking idiots.

Calling women "fucking idiots" is not helpful.

Point #3: I blame Kim Kardashian for this. Shes been a real champion of contouring.

Image Source: http://jezebel.com/lets-just-stop-with-the-contouring-already-1547517476

If you think that Kim Kardashian invented contouring, I can only assume that you have literally never looked at celebrity faces.

Contouring is not new.

Do you see that swipe of color under Marilyn Monroes cheekbone? You do. Dont lie.
Image source: http://www.oassf.com/en/media/images/Marilyn-Monroe-Photo.jpg
If you try to tell me you dont see the contouring on Audrey Hepburn, you need new glasses.
Image Source: http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2013/04/audrey-hepburn-never-thought-i-was-beautiful/_jcr_content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_blogpost/cn_float_container/cn_image.size.cover-may-2013-audrey-hepburn.jpeg
Obvious contouring is obvious on Elizabeth Taylor.
Image source: http://content7.flixster.com/rtactor/42/22/42225_pro.jpg
If its good enough for Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman...
Image Source: http://imgur.com/a/GUFMO

So, what is it about Kim Kardashian that is different from the thousands and thousands of contoured faces we have seen for our entire lives?

As far as I can tell, the only difference is that she is open about her process.

Point #4: Her influence can be seen on the mangled faces of several reality TV stars. (From left, Lilly Ghalichi, Melissa Gorga, Nene Leakes.)

Image Source: http://jezebel.com/lets-just-stop-with-the-contouring-already-1547517476
I dont know who these ladies are, since pretty much the only reality TV I watch is Top Chef and infinite re-runs of Flavor of Love, but a quick google search shows that these ladies usually look rather good. Although I understanding the reasoning behind choosing the least flattering pictures available, it really is okay to mess up with your makeup on occasion.

Nene Leakes looking way better that she does in that Jezebel photo.
Source: http://shaystar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/nene-leakes.jpg

The other day, I tried something new with my foundation and it was not a success. I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror at the dentist and my foundation was melting off my face. That doesnt mean I should never wear foundation again. It just means that on that particular day, I screwed up. Since Im not a celebrity, no one photographed me, so the only people who know about that particular error are me and my dentist (and now, all of you). When youre a celebrity, though, people see when you screw up. But that doesnt mean its not okay to make an error or two.

Point #5: Here are two young women having a conversation on Teen Mom 2. They are classmates in makeup school. This is what your aesthetic future looks like, America.

Image Source: http://jezebel.com/lets-just-stop-with-the-contouring-already-1547517476

I literally dont even know why this would be included. Is the point that teenagers sometimes dont do their makeup well? When I was a teenager I wore bright orange foundation, had bushy caterpillar eyebrows, didnt blend my eyeshadow, and drew long, wonky cat eyes with a pencil eyeliner. I am not sure that a teenager with imperfect makeup is really newsworthy, or something that would affect the decisions I make about my own, no-longer-teenage face.

Also, why are you spending your time making fun of the way that teenagers look?

Point #6: But its not just reality stars whore walking around looking like the cast of Zoobilee Zoo. Professional entertainers, like Nicki Minaj and Julie Chen, pay people to do this to their faces.

Image Source: http://jezebel.com/lets-just-stop-with-the-contouring-already-1547517476
I feel like this one bad contouring day from 2011 is going to follow Nicki Minaj around forever. We get it. Its not flattering. But this is neither representative of Nicki Minajs usual contouring nor typical contouring that a home makeup-user might do.

Point #7: Heres inverse Hamburglar Adrienne Bailon, striped-nose Aubrey ODay and reliable disaster area Lindsay Lohan.

Image Source: http://jezebel.com/lets-just-stop-with-the-contouring-already-1547517476
Why is Jezebel choosing random celebrities like Adrienne Bailon, who I havent thought about since 3LWs self-titled album came out in the year 2000? Because bad contouring isnt an epidemic. Big-name celebrities are still contouring, they just look awesome, so its essentially ignored.

Beyonce with excellent contouring.
Image source: http://blogdailyherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/BEY.jpg
(Also, slightly harsh nose contouring aside, none of these ladies look particularly bad in these photos.)

Point #8: But seriously, you dont need to reconstruct your face with a series of complicated shading and highlighting. It doesnt make you look more beautiful. It only makes you look like a second-rate drag queen. If you are unable to wash your face without recreating the Turin Shroud then you are wearing entirely too much crap on your face.

For every photo you show me with less than flattering contouring...

Its okay that this doesnt look perfect, by the way. I am pretty sure Lilo had more important things to think about that day.
Image Source: http://www.celebitchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/lindsay_lohan_courthouse_03_wenn5742060.jpg

...I can show you a million regular, non-celebrities whose contouring looks like this:

Messy Wands in Chanel Notorious
Image source: http://www.messywands.com/2012/09/chanel-notorious-blush-worn.html
BNSquash with a blue contour
Image source: http://imgur.com/a/nlZDi

Checkmate1234 in Too Faced bronzer
Image Source: http://imgur.com/a3123hs
Just as the existence of unflattering bright eyeshadow...

Image source: http://bobbyfinstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/mimi.jpg
...doesnt mean we should discount the truly amazing bright eyeshadow that also exists.

By LinsdayEatsBrains
Image Source: http://instagram.com/p/kpQDlMRRCM/
Makeup is a learning process and you have to be forgiving of mistakes that people are inevitably going to make along the way. No one contours perfectly the first time. The way to deal with this isnt to say, "Never try." After all, the world wont have that perfect Beyonce contour if no one learns how to create it in the first place.

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JetMan Will Fly Through Grand Canyon On Jet Pack

JetMan Will Fly Through Grand Canyon On Jet Pack



Yves Rossy, nicknamed JetMan, is a Swiss engineer and aviator. Being the first man to achieve sustained human flight with a jet pack, Rossy has flown across the Geneva river, the Alps, the English Channel, and partway through the Strait of Gibraltar (he had to ditch in the ocean because of bad weather but was unharmed). He is planning another feat on Friday, May 6 this month. This time, he will be flying across the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

Rossys jet pack is designed by him and straps onto to him like a backpack. It is powered by 4 jet engines modified from model aircraft engines attached to the undersides of the semi-rigid carbon fibre wings. To steer himself, Rossys body acts as a rudder. Although powerful, the engines are not strong enough for a takeoff on the ground. Therefore, Rossy has to go onboard a plane and then "takeoff" from there.

In his past flights, Rossy has reached speeds of up to 304 km/h (189 mph).

Assuming that I am able to count, this will be Rossys 5th official flight to date. In my opinion, it takes a lot of guts to strap onto a jet pack and fly across rivers and mountains at unimaginable heights so lets wish wish Rossy good luck for Friday.


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Sunday, April 9, 2017

ISM Movie Budget Profit Hit or Flop on Opening Day Box Office Collection

ISM Movie Budget Profit Hit or Flop on Opening Day Box Office Collection


Here is Below are Box office collection report of Telugu Movie ISM With his Budget, Profit and Hit or Flop status at MTwiki.blogspot.com. also including of the film lead star cast:- Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Aditi Arya, Jagapati Babu.
ISM is an Indian Telugu Action Thriller film of 2016, directed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by Nandamuri Kalyan Ram.

First look Poster of ISM 2016
Telugu movie ISM Box Office Collection wiki, Koimoi, ISM cost, profits & Box office verdict Hit or Flop, latest update Budget, income, Profit, loss on MT WIKI, Bollywood Hungama, box office india
Last Update:- 23rd October 2016
ISM (Telugu) Film Budget, Profit, Loss and Status Hit or Flop ?
Released Date:- 21 October 2016
Domestic:- 5.28 Crore
Overseas:- 65.00 Lac
Total Collection:- 5.28 Crore
Budget:- N/A
Profit/Loss:- N/A
Theatrical Business Verdict:- N/A
Synopsis:ISM is Show 1800 screens in worldwide
Note: All Box Office collections Report as per production and distributor sources and MT WIKI Research.
Report of Domestic and Overseas Box Office Collection:-
Collection of Opening Day:- 5.28 Crore -
Collection of Opening Weekend 5.28 Crore .
Collection of Opening Week 5.28 Crore .
Total Collection of Domestic 5.28 Crore .
Total Collection of Overseas 65.00 Lac .
Lifetime Total Box Office Collection of ISM :- 5.28 Crore .

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

Its all tounge and cheek on Hump Day

Its all tounge and cheek on Hump Day


HAPPY

HUMP

DAY

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Saturday, March 25, 2017

John Stewarts parody of Glenn Beck illustrates the folly of jumping to wild conclusions on the basis of unsound reasoning

John Stewarts parody of Glenn Beck illustrates the folly of jumping to wild conclusions on the basis of unsound reasoning



John Stewarts parody of Glenn Beck illustrates the folly of jumping to wild conclusions on the basis of unsound reasoning.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/19/jon-stewart-glenn-beck-parody_n_505329.html

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

It depends on how you measure it

It depends on how you measure it


I always thought that cooking is simple as long as you have a reliable recipe. Over the years I learned to trust some of the newspaper food columnists, while taking with a grain of salt my kids’ class cookbooks because some words fade during the kids’ mail transit and Xeroxing.

Once you have a good recipe there is usually no one to blame for a bad outcome other than yourself. Well, occasionally you can tell that the eggs were too big or the stove is new. My eccentric grandaunt used to prohibit us from entering the kitchen during baking and blame us for disturbing the cake’s gestation period if it didn’t rise. But there is really not much more. One cup of flour is one cup of flour anywhere in the world, one tablespoon of butter is one tablespoon of butter. Or is it?

This week’s article in the New York Times surprises us by suggesting that it is not. It refers to an experiment when ten different people were asked to scoop 1 cup of flour and pour it into a bowl. The weight of flour in the individual bowls varied between 4 and 6 ounces depending on the strength and technique of scooping used by each participant. This meant that some of these people may be making a cake with 1.5 times as much flour as others.

What else can we use instead of the traditional and universal cup and spoon volume measures? The weight (mass), says the article advocating for simple kitchen scales. Note that weight is equal mass as long as we cook on earth.



Image by jamieanne, distributed under CCL.


Let’s recollect some math and physics:


Mass = Volume x Density


If the mass of 1 cup of flour in the bowls varied from 4 to 6 ounces, it means that the density is to blame. Faster scooping, scooping up vs down techniques, different storage, type of flour, shape of the cup – all of them can influence the density of the flour. To get the same amount in your recipe rely on mass.


The difference may be even more drastic when dealing with grated cheese. According to the article “the heavier shavings of a box grater can fill a cup with twice as much cheese as” “billowy ribbons of machine-shaved cheese.”


So, get yourself a kitchen scale for the next holidays. Use mass-based recipe source and you will:


  1. Get consistent recipe-matching results every time.
  2. Easily double or halve the recipe.
  3. Have less stuff to clean. You can use only one mixing bowl by slowly adding ingredients into it directly from the containers and zeroing weight on the scale after each addition.


What about your old favorite volume-based recipes? One cup of oil in moms sweet corn bread, one cup of honey in the Rosh haShana cake. Should you just convert them to mass?  This Pyrex measuring cup clearly marks 1 cup volume as 8 oz mass.



Remember the formula:
Mass = Volume x Density


For water measurements: 8 oz = 1 cup x Water Density
Oil, melted chocolate and honey are obviously denser than water. Higher density gives higher mass: around 10 oz for one cup of oil, and 12 oz for one cup of honey. So, beware of the Pyrex cup.


It is just you now in the kitchen with your scale and math.

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Jumping on the bandwagon

Jumping on the bandwagon



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Monday, March 20, 2017

Jurassic World 2015 Hindi CAM Audio Download Links First on Net by Samraat

Jurassic World 2015 Hindi CAM Audio Download Links First on Net by Samraat


Jurassic World (2015)
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Description : Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitors interest, which backfires horribly.
Release Date : 12 June 2015
Genre : Adventure | Action | Sci-Fi
Duration : 124 min
Starring : Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins











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Saturday, February 25, 2017

Japanese man rescued after night at sea on surfboard

Japanese man rescued after night at sea on surfboard


A Japanese surfer who spent a night at sea clinging to his surfboard has been rescued by the crew of a container ship off the east coast of Australia.
The 37-year-old told police a current had pulled him out to sea off Bulli Beach, 80km (50 miles) south of Sydney on Thursday evening.
Sailors on the MSC Damla spotted him floating about 6km offshore and pulled him on board using a lifebuoy.
They gave him food, drink and warm clothing and contacted the authorities. A pilot vessel from Port Kembla returned him to shore. He was taken to hospital but discharged shortly afterwards. The man was in "remarkably good spirits", MSC Australias managing director Kevin Clarke said.

"Our crew are always being observant of marine traffic, but it is exceptionally fortunate they were able to spot this man waving for help from his surf board," he said.
The man had spent six hours trying to paddle back to shore before running out of energy, Inspector Darren Wood said.
He is estimated to have spent about 16 hours in the water but temperatures only dropped to 21 degrees during the night, preventing him from getting hypothermia, the Australian broadcaster ABC reported.
The safety organisation Surf Life Saving New South Wales said surfers should tell other people of their plans before setting out and be aware of local conditions, ABC said.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Jimmy Kimmels Take on New Years Resolutions

Jimmy Kimmels Take on New Years Resolutions


I posted this funny video clip from Jimmy Kimmel last year just a few days into the new year.  Its worth another look!


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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Jack Attack on a Walk

Jack Attack on a Walk


I took Jack to see his GiGi and his Pop Pop (my mom and Mark) and made a little video of our walk. Also, I totally realize that this might be one of those times where I think this video is cute because its MY dog but Im pretty sure its actually just cute. Enjoy!


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Friday, February 3, 2017

Julian Assange presents keynote speech at 19th International Symposium on Electronic Art in Sydney

Julian Assange presents keynote speech at 19th International Symposium on Electronic Art in Sydney



Book your ticket: from 9am 20 MAY: be quick!


Julian Assange will present a Special Keynote speech at the 19th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2013), presented by the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) at the University of Sydney on Thursday 13 June 2013 at 5.30pm.

The Wikileaks founder will address conference delegates and a small public audience via live video link from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

Julian Assange has a unique insight into the futility, or otherwise, of resisting the incursion of the digital into every aspect of our lives.

In systems under constant and multiple pressures there will always be leaks. Wikileaks exists because of this, embracing the digital, exploiting the ubiquity of digitised information: Resistance is Fertile.

Artists creatively investigate the possibilities and push the limits of new technologies, helping us to imaginatively experience and critically reflect on their implications for life in the 21st century.

The ISEA2013 program explores the ways art and new technologies are used in the service of power, protest and resistance.

Register for ISEA2013.

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