Notes from the Surf

Weather Where You Are
http://geoipweather.com/
...without having to type in your location.

No Glass door
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Aheoi1eeM
Some humor is more cruel than others.

Elevator Psychology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTOwE3hnEWk
When in Rome... so much for individuality.

Best Pie Chart. Ever.
http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/26/fox-news-makes-the-best-pie-chart-ever/
Making do with those who couldn't get a job anywhere else.

Journeying into void
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhbvr2gz_45hq9crw3z
It also hit upon me that all this time, I had never been an anarchist. Anarchism's rich history had always been anti-capitalist, and just now I was understanding why... When I reflect back on my past, I do somewhat appreciate what I learned. "Anarcho-"capitalism led me to discovering an enormous passion for studying socio-political theory, possibly the greatest passion I have ever had in my life. It taught me about legitimacy and justice

Rape-aXe: The Anti-Rape Condom
http://arkitipintel.com/2008/01/14/rape-axe-the-anti-rape-condom/
"If an attacker were to attempt vaginal rape, their penis would enter the latex sheath and be snagged by the barbs, causing the attacker pain during withdrawal and (ideally) giving the victim time to escape. The condom would remain attached to the attacker’s body when he withdrew and could only be removed surgically, which would alert hospital staff and police."

Election in Honduras: Soldiers ordered to destroy opposition to sham election
http://wsws.org/articles/2009/dec2009/hond-d01.shtml
"Over 1,000 people had marched to the central plaza and the San Pedro Sula Cathedral, where they sang the national anthem and carried crosses memorializing the dozens who have been killed during the last five months of repression... the soldiers set to work demolishing a truck that had carried sound equipment and posters protesting the illegitimate vote."

Election in Honduras: Army jams opposition radio
http://www.marxist.com/honduras-election-repression-boycott-resistance.htm
"On election day itself, a bomb went off outside the offices of the Women’s Rights Centre in San Pedro Sula. The headquarters of STIBYS, the trade union of beverage workers... were attacked with machine gun fire in a drive by shooting... radio station Canal 36... 80% of the time is off the air, because the Army is broadcasting a powerful signal on the same wavelength, particularly when the station is broadcasting news or opinions against the de facto government"

Election in Honduras: Witch hunt against opposition to ruling regime
http://wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/hond-n27.shtml
"mayors have reportedly been ordered by the armed forces to draw up lists of people considered to be opponents of the elections for possible detention... government will criminally prosecute anyone in the media who advocates a boycott of the November 29 vote...  incursion of cars bearing no license plates and with tinted windows, driven by heavily armed subjects, with their faces covered in ski masks in the neighborhoods identified with resistance to the coup."

Sin Patron: Stories From Argentina's Worker-Run Factories
http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/23212
"there is no law. It only exists for the powerful... We took firearms, and some neighbors lent us shotguns. We announced that we didn't want to shoot anyone, but..."