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• Commented on London cop's unprovoked attack on G20 <s>protestor</s> BYSTANDER who then has fatal heart attack
  This seems like a rather timely reminder of why we must be allowed once more to point cameras at our policemen....
• Commented on Remixing the London police's insane, paranoid terrorism scare posters
  I've started phoning them up to report myself every time I catch myself looking at a CCTV camera. Partly because, hey, I might be a terrorist! And partly so they can have a record of me looking at said CCTV...
• Commented on Shantytowns as inspiration for urban developments
  Favelas, shanty towns, squatter settlements... whatever you call them, this isn't it. This is just dense multi-use development. Well, from what the article says, anyway. I suspect, or at least hope, there's more to it. I like the idea of...
• Commented on Holiday / Christmas Music: An Open Thread.
  Who says Jews can't celebrate Christmas? http://www.oytotheworld.com ...including the full Oy To The World song for free here: http://www.oytotheworld.com/joy.mp3 It's a piece of Klezmer Xhristmas joy. Happy holidays, you wonderful gang!...
• Commented on Buy the typewriter on which Douglas Adams wrote <i>Hitchhiker's Guide</i> for $25,257.94
  ...Is that a cardboard box from the luggage hold of the Starship Titanic in the background? Wow - quite the collection of goodies!...
• Commented on Speaking in Cambridge, UK on July 22
  Any chance we can convince you to bring the same talk up to Scotland when they're done with it down south?...
• Commented on Flip slammed for being no better than digicam video
  I'd buy one. I'm no video-maker, I just want something that's light and simple and will capture thirty seconds of good-enough footage at a time. I'd use a compact camera if I had one, but I prefer to carry around...
• Commented on Hiphop/bluegrass mashup: Gangstagrass
  Site seems a little swamped at the moment - anyone know of a torrent?...
• Commented on Celebrity robot tee
  What, no Keepon?...
• Commented on Creative Commons birthday announcements roundup
  Hmmm. Yahoo have a way to go with accepting the CC licenses. Flickr's new statistics options allowed me to discover that an image search for USA Map shows up one of my CC-licensed photos (by/non-commercial/share-alike) but incorrectly labels it as...