Blue’s News

This Just In: the Pope Is Still Dead [W. Post]

Nothing else is going on in the world, really. It’s about as exciting as the Cherry Blossom Cam.

44 U.S. Troops Injured In Attack on Iraqi Jail [from DN! headlines]

At Abu Ghraib? Well, you reap what you sow.

Telescopes see ‘distant planet’ [BBC]

Because it is in a young system, the planet is relatively hot.

Young? Hot? I’m totally moving there.

Japan’s virgin wives turn to sex volunteers [Guardian]

“The women who come to see me love their husbands and aren’t looking for a divorce,” [Kim] told the Guardian. “The problem is that their husbands lose interest in sex or don’t want sex from the start. Many men think of their wives as substitute mothers, not as women with emotional and sexual needs.”

Just when I think Japan is pretty weird, it always gets weirder. I understand losing interest in sex, but never having it ever? Where’s the honeymoon period? Man, those people are advanced.

The Best 90 Minutes of My Life [Wired]

Thurston Moore discusses the art of the mixtape and offers a few words on home taping: “Trying to control music sharing - by shutting down P2P sites or MP3 blogs or BitTorrent or whatever other technology comes along - is like trying to control an affair of the heart. Nothing will stop it.”

April 4, 2005 | Filed Under Culture | Leave a Comment 

Helter Stupid

I keep forgetting to mention this. Remember when I was considering buying an iPod and was looking at the different models and joked about wanting a Negativland iPod rather than the U2 Edition one?

Well, lo and behold, some dude is indeed selling a Negativland iPod. He’s been trying to auction it off on eBay since Decemember (though I didn’t know about it until recently, I swear), but Apple threatened to sue and caused the cowards at eBay to cancel the auction. So now he’s doing the auctioning on his own site. According to him: “All profits from the sale of the Unauthorized iPod U2 vs. Negativland Special Edition will be donated to Downhill Battle, a not-for-profit organization working to build a fairer music industry.” The current bid is at $667. [via Boing Boing, Wired]

Hey, Apple: Please just shut the fuck up. This guy bought one of your iPods, put some Negativland songs on it and now he’s selling it. It has nothing to do with you. He owns that particular iPod, not you. Besides, if you were as hip as you think you are, you’d have thought of it yourself. Now calm down and continue enjoying those profits you’re making on your overpriced gadgets.

March 9, 2005 | Filed Under Culture, Technology | Leave a Comment