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“Mairage = 1 Zombie + 1 Zombie”

“More Binifits for Zombie Vets in Our Necronomoconomy”

“We’re here, we’re dead, get used to it!”

“Zombies Was People Too.”

Oh, and there was a counter-demonstration of pirates.

[Flickr via BB]

An outstanding visualization of the federal budget, complete with zoomy interface.

Budget Graph

With Act-On, I’m now one step closer to a pure mutt-like experience in Mail.app. May I never drag again.

Kerry Howley of Reason interviews Kirby Dick, who’s promoting his film This Film Is Not Yet Rated:

Reason: Has there been any retaliation from the MPAA since they saw your film and slapped it with an NC-17 rating?

KD: They pirated my film.

…

The attorney from the MPAA who makes the animated appearance in my film calls me up and says “Kirby, I have to tell you, we have a copy of your film. But you don’t have to worry, because it’s safe in my vault.” Well, you can imagine how reassuring that was.

…

The MPAA, this paragon of anti-piracy, has taken my film eight months before its theatrical release, and has copies circulating I don’t know where. Maybe the film is in Malaysia by now. I hope so.

26-year-old Claudia Mitchell of Maryland has a brand new bionic arm, thanks to DARPA.

[engadget]

For Bruce Schneier, SHA-1 is merely a compression algorithm.

[Schneier Facts]

Families visiting Disneyland on their holiday this week saw a life-size Guantanamo bay inmate standing inside the Rocky Mountain Railroad ride at Disneyland in Anaheim California.

The sculpture, consisting of an inflatable doll dressed in an orange jumpsuit with its hands and feet manacled remained in place for one and a half hours before Disneyland’s security staff shut down the ride and removed it amid fears over public safety.

[Wooster Collective]

Finally, a competently administered good or service provided by DC Government. The Emergency Management Agency’s Alert DC will send you an email, SMS, or page with school closings, weather warnings, and other emergency-management-y events.

Wolly Mammoth will be showing the Rude Mechanical’s Get Your War On [flash], based on the inspired comic of the same name.