‘Taking Liberties’ out on DVD

…as is ‘Helvetica’

Society of Homeopaths pulls an Usmanov

Bloodspell: a feature-length Machinima animated film
… based on the Neverwinter Nights graphics engine

LOLBOTS

Leading Iraqi calligrapher killed

Boy and a Stick and Slither nails the surveillance state

Ministers face legal challenge over jails crisis
… “inmates are reaching the end of their sentences but cannot be freed because they have been unable to attend compulsory courses that are a condition of their release.”

BBC article on Taking Liberties

Logo for 2012 Olympics in ‘Bloody Awful’ shock

Change The London 2012 Logo
… 3865 signatures at the time of writing
… [16:19] the site has died.
… [17:27] and now some alternatives
… [23:00] sadly they removed the goatse.cx variant
… [23:00] another take on the same image here
… [23:00] and this is rather good too, if a little NSFW.
… [23:30] 12926 signatures on the petition now

Naked Blair at centre of art show

Blogging Magistrate: Just a Few More Steps to Meltdown

Privacy International announces global privacy invaders
… “Winner: The United Kingdom”

Taking Liberties, in cinemas June 8th

The amazing colour changing card trick

U.S./Canadian Dispute over Border Crossing Procedures
… “‘The Attorney General’s office really just wants to grab as much biometric information as it can,’ said the source.”

Impressive demo of skin rendering on new Nvidia 8800 Ultra

Mystery revealed: Poppy quarter led to U.S. spy warnings

Computer scientists working on machines that can match Wall Street traders

Car Salesmen ‘More Trustworthy Than Politicians’