Author Archive

Bush Administration’s Greatest Hits (To Your Face)

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
There have been so many awesome hits! We have only scratched the surface here. Collect them all! By RU Sirius
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The QuestionAuthority Proposal

Monday, November 26th, 2007
It's time for all those who oppose authoritarian governance and culture to put aside their differences and join together in a coalition that can act as a counterforce to this gathering threat to our liberties. By RU Sirius
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The Open Source Party Proposal

Monday, November 26th, 2007
A call for dynamic discourse about the things that really need to change, and how to evolve a new political organization that could kick up some noise by the time the next political season (2010) rolls around. By RU Sirius
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Catching Up With an Aqua Teen Terrorist

Thursday, November 15th, 2007
January 31, 2007: a day that will live in infamy. The great city of Boston was brought to its knees by the appearance of unexpected L.E.D. placards in places where they didn't belong. An interview with one of the evildoers. By RU Sirius
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Prior Permission From Government to be Required for Each Flight

Monday, October 22nd, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security quietly moves closer to an invasive "Secure Flights" proposal. By RU Sirius
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Reverend Billy Wants You To Stop Shopping

Monday, October 15th, 2007
In a trek across America, hilarious performance artist Reverend Billy delivers a brilliant but critical message. By RU Sirius
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Is The Net Good For Writers?

Friday, October 5th, 2007
10 professional writers answer the most important question of our time. By RU Sirius
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Art or Bioterrorism: Who Cares?

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
The FBI detained artist Steve Kurtz for 22 hours. But when tests proved the bio-chemicals he'd had were completely harmless — they prosecuted him anyways. By RU Sirius
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Rodney Brooks’ Robots are Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control

Friday, September 21st, 2007
He's an MIT Professor of Robotics and the CTO of iRobot Corporation — and this video catches him asking the ultimate question about the coming robotics revolution. By RU Sirius
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Ed Rosenthal: Big Man of Buds

Monday, September 10th, 2007
An interview with the legendary pot activist. By RU Sirius
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The NoSo Project: No Social Networking

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Learn about a real-world platform for temporary disengagement from your social networking environment. By RU Sirius
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Don’t Go There: Top 20 Taboo Topics for Presidential Candidates

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
Presidential Candidates
Examining the triviality of our political culture. By RU Sirius
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Has ‘The Man’ Infiltrated Burning Man?

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
Burning Man this year has invited some companies to be part of a "World's Fair of Clean Energy." Burners freaked. By RU Sirius
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Senator Vitter’s Suppressed Statement

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
A handwritten draft of the statement Senator Vitter planned to give before the press conference about his involvement in the "D.C. Madam" scandal. By RU Sirius

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Don’t Call It a Conspiracy — the Kennedy Brothers

Thursday, July 12th, 2007
It was a government at war with itself. A new book claims that the Kennedy brothers conspired to make peace, and Robert F. Kennedy believed his brother paid the ultimate price for it. By RU Sirius Full article »

Steve Wozniak v. Stephen Colbert — and Other Pranks

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
Steve Wozniak talks about his punking the Secret Service, ethical phone phreaking, and programming the Apple II by hand. by RU Sirius

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Anarchy for the USA: A Conversation with Josh Wolf

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
Anti-globalist activism, anarchism, and his new projects to "Free The Media" and give prisoners a voice in the blogosphere. By RU Sirius

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How the Internet Disorganizes Everything

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

The author of Cluetrain Manifesto explains how “everything is miscellaneous” in a web-based society — we dip into the vast pool of uncategorized information and use it to make our own sense of things. By RU Sirius

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A Conversation with Justin Kan of Justin.tv

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

When Justin Kan clipped a mobile camera onto his cap, opening justin.tv, it was just another step along the way to the fully mediated life. By RU Sirius

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Raising Hunter S. Thompson

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

In the play, “Gonzo: A Brutal Chrysalis,” performer and writer “B. Duke” incarnates the Last Free American Writer. By RU Sirius

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Give Me Immortality Or Give Me Death!

Friday, May 18th, 2007

According to transhumanist Michael Anissimov, there’s an even chance that we’re looking at immortality or existential destruction in the next 20-40 years. By RU Sirius

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Air Guitar Nation Rocks On

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

The road to airy stardom is covered in the hilarious film Air Guitar Nation, which is opening this weekend in movie theaters around the country. By RU Sirius

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Keith Henson Back in Jail – Space Elevator Will Have To Wait

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

Just before his epic conflict with the Scientologists, Henson was scheduled to talk at a European Space Agency conference on how Space Elevators could completely solve the carbon and energy problems. By RU Sirius

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Closing Pandora’s Box: The End of Internet Radio?

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

Tim Westergen from SaveNetRadio.org is trying to keep Internet Radio alive and diverse. By RU Sirius

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Create an Alien, Win A-Prize!

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

The A-Prize offers to reward the first person who creates an “artificial lifeform” or reveals that one has been created. By RU Sirius

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Homeland Security Follies

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Security expert Bruce Schneier says that nearly everything the government is doing about terrorism is wrong. By RU Sirius

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David Sedaris Exaggerates For Us All

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

As long as the reader has a good time, and as long as the writing is good, anything a creative writer does to get over in today’s publishing environment is justified. By RU Sirius

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Prescription Ecstasy and Other Pipe Dreams

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Have you ever walked into a pharmacy with a prescription for Acid and Ecstasy? You will. By RU Sirius

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Drugs and Sex and Susie Bright

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

It’s everybody’s favorite topic: Drugs, sex and chicks. As promised a few weeks ago, we now present part two of our interview with “sexpert” Susie Bright. By RU Sirius

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Whatever Happened to Virtual Reality?

Friday, March 9th, 2007

In the early nineties, Virtual Reality was all the rage. What happened? VR maven Jaron Lanier tells. By RU Sirius

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SF Writer Rudy Rucker: Everything Is Computation

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

In this interview, Rucker leads us through complex, technology-rich, multi-leveled worlds that teach us about how the world works through the eyes of a mathematician, a scientist, and a humorist. By RU Sirius

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Sex Expert Susie Bright Lets It All Out

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

Interview with Susie Bright: “avatar of American Erotica,” sex scene choreographer for the Wachowski Brothers, and editor of The Best American Erotica 2007. By RU Sirius

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How The iPod Changes Culture

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

When I sat down to interview Steven Levy, author of The Perfect Thing, I realized that most of the questions I’d prepared were about my ambiguities. By RU Sirius

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When Cory Doctorow Ruled the World

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Science fiction writer and Boing Boing contributor talks about his new book, Overclocked. By RU Sirius

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Keith Henson Talks about Memetics, Evolutionary Psychology & Scientology

Monday, February 5th, 2007

Given his battle with Scientology, this interview presents a broader view of Keith Henson. By RU Sirius

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“Scientology Fugitive” Arrested

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

On Friday, Arizona police arrested a 64-year-old man — a fugitive since 2001 in a bizarre war that mixes free speech, copyright law, and the Church of Scientology. By RU Sirius

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Girls Are Geeks, Too

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Are women geeks the exception that proves the rule, or the vocal edge of a phenomenon that gets suppressed or ignored? Interview with the editors of the book, She’s Such a Geek. By RU Sirius

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