Thursday, February 3, 2011

Luke, I'm your Faadah...VW ad Darth Vadar costumed toddler

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EFF report on FBI abuse of power prompted me to contact Senator Feinstein

February 3rd, 2011


Honorable Senator Dianne Feinstein
United States Senate
331 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Senator Feinstein

Re: Patriot Act (S.193) FBI (ab)use of NSL's has to stop

My name is Paul Armstrong, and I write concerning the above captioned matter which I understand is to be taken up for consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee today.    My intent is simple, a desire to express in the strongest possible terms the need to curtail the abuse of power that has been ongoing with respect to FBI practices, in particular  "National Security Letters" or "NSLs". Please stand firm and insist on meaningful reforms that return oversight to the courts. For background and elaboration of the concerns many citizens have when the government uses its broad surveillance powers under the PATRIOT Act I direct your staff's attention to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) at the following url https://secure.eff.org  The EFF report, "Patterns of Misconduct", documents how the FBI has misused its NSL authority thousands of times over the past decade, highlighting the urgent need for new checks on the government’s PATRIOT powers. I am a supporting member of the EFF, and should your staff make use of the EFF resources they certainly should "due" the right thing and send in a pledge.   

     Thank you very much for your consideration of this matter and most of all thank you for decades of public service and the positive impact your efforts have brought to San Francisco, to the entire State of California, and the United States.    It is an honor and a privilege to proudly identify you as my Senator.


Very Truly Yours,

JPA

J. Paul Armstrong
58 s. Sixth St. #3
San Jose, CA 95112
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Epic Fail @Kenneth Cole

@KennethCole Sets New Bar For Social Media Stupidity [Update: And Removes Tweet]
Alexia Tsotsis
2 hours ago
“We had hoped this ad would change the world but we blue it.”
- Kenneth Cole
Finally someone sees the unrest in Egypt for the marketing opportunity it truly is! I’ve now spent a couple hours reeling from how insensitive it was for designer Kenneth Cole to use#Cairo to publicize the availability of his spring collection online when the Egypt is erupting in violence and millions were cut off from Internet communication for days.
My first thought here was, uh oh, some PR person is getting fired for this, the most egregious case of hashtag surfing fail I’ve ever seen. But apparently the tweet came from Cole himself, signed “-KC.”
Married to former NY Governor Mario Cuomo’s daughter Maria, Kenneth Cole feels entitled to publish consistently superfical ads that dabble in politics, most notably one that equated abortion to purses, “Dear pro-life advocates, Isn’t it a woman’s right to choose? After all, she’s the one carrying it.”
Econsultancy points out that furniture maker Habitat pulled a similar move when it hopped on the hashtags #Iran and #Mousavi in order to blatantly advertise its website during the Iran election protests. It ended up firing the intern responsible and deleting the account.
What did Kenneth Cole do? He sent out this pithy apology tweet.
Kenneth Cole@KennethCole
Kenneth Cole
Re Egypt tweet: we weren't intending to make light of a serious situation. We understand the sensitivity of this historic moment -KC
“We weren’t intending to make light of a serious situation.” Bullshit. Yes, yes you were. That’s exactly what you were doing. As of yet the media fiasco, estimated 1500 negative retweets an hour and an @KennethColePR spoof account haven’t affected the company’s stock price. But trust me they will. They will.
Update: Kenneth Cole has deleted the original tweet, offering this apology on his Facebook page, in essence admitting that maybe it was too soon for Egypt jokes.
“I apologize to everyone who was offended by my insensitive tweet about the situation in Egypt. I’ve dedicated my life to raising awareness about serious social issues, and in hindsight my attempt at humor regarding a nation liberating themselves against oppression was poorly timed and absolutely inappropriate.”
KennethColePR@KennethColePR
 
Rolling through Germany? Gestapo by our new Berlin store!#KennethColeTweets
Michael Arrington@arrington
Michael Arrington
@KennethCole I look forward to slavery and holocaust jokes next.
Henry Blodget@hblodget
Henry Blodget
Hey, @kennethcole, who's the idiot who sent this tweet? Has he/she been fired yet? http://read.bi/hdMVmj
Alexia Tsotsis@alexia
Alexia Tsotsis
Okay Internet, who do we hate more, Kenneth Cole or Mubarak?
Nathan Wurtzel@NathanWurtzel
Nathan Wurtzel
Hey, if you're planning a murder spree, look good doing so in @KennethCole's new spring collection!
Gabe Rivera@gaberivera
Gabe Rivera
Sadly, outrage over @KennethCole is mostly played out. Any other angles to take? E.g. http://read.bi/fwuxAI Or maybe: Anti-outrage backlash?
Christine Lu@christinelu
Christine Lu
…looks like sh*t just hit the social media fan for Kenneth Cole today.
Jeremy Pepper@jspepper
Jeremy Pepper
@gaberivera Can my outrage be that KC has a history of such stunts and it's their strategy for press. Must be the clothes/shoes suck.
KennethColePR@KennethColePR
 
Our Tucson store is locked and loaded with Spring looks!#KennethColeTweets
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Stanton Warriors new video

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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Stanton Warriors LIVE Avalon LA gig

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

MAKE Magazine Electronics skill set tutorials

Skill Set: Electronics tips from "Ask MAKE"

For the past few years, we ran a column called "Ask MAKE," where we answered reader-submitted questions about all things making. Not surprisingly, many of them had to do with electronics. Here are some of the most popular ones, which might help shine some light on your problem (literally in one case), or even answer a question you didn't even know that you had:
Ask MAKE: How to wire up LEDs?
Ask MAKE: Pull-up resistor
Ask MAKE: Software for designing circuits
Ask MAKE: Debouncing a switch
More:
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Monday, January 10, 2011

The DJ Mixes by Stanton Warriors
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Tom Waits Going out West covered by Queens of the Stone Age

Going Out West by Queens of the Stone Age
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Sunday, January 2, 2011

mougg MOBILE MUSIC SERVICE

1 GB OF YOUR PLAYLIST IN THE CLOUD


fROM MY DAILY FEEDS THIS ITEM FROM MAKE USE OF DOT COM

Music lovers want their favorite playlists to be accessible wherever they are. Your day would go a lot smoother if you were able to listen to the favorite songs in your music library while at work or on the subway. Using Mougg, you can do exactly that.
Mougg is a free to use online music player. You can use this web service to create an online account and then upload MP3 songs totaling a size of 1GB. As you upload the songs you will see their upload progress and can cancel the ones in the middle of uploading.


Your uploaded songs are displayed just like in a media player. The tracks are displayed in the middle pane, the playlists on the left, and the playing controls in the bottom pane. In the bottom right you can even view the album art of the currently playing song.
With 1GB of free storage and a media-player-like interface, countless music lovers will appreciate what Mougg has to offer.
Key Features:
Lets you upload your songs and listen to them later.
Provides 1GB of storage.
Has a media player like interface.
Lets you create playlists.
Similar tools: mSpot, TubeMyStuff, AudioBox, Psonar, TunesBag, Soundcloud, and Sideload.
Check out Mougg @ www.mougg.com (By Umar from TechCityInc)
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Saturday, January 1, 2011

happy new year 2011

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