So this happened:
I'm assuming it was an Emotional Support Duck.
Have you noticed that we replaced the fluorescents in the big sign with LEDs? It's so much brighter than before. Ooooh, aaaaah:
XScreenSaver 5.33
New hacks, Splitflap and Romanboy. There are some fun, physical-glitch behaviors in splitflap. Keep looking.
Better detection of user activity on modern (ha) GNOME systems.
Sonar now does asynchronous host name resolution.
Vastly improved Unicrud and Z̧"̘̖̫̱̖͉̬͈̥͔̳͎̝͜͡A"͍̹̮̺͓̤̺̺̖̤̥̖͍͎̙̫̫͙̜L͉̹̙͎̻̱̳̦͢͞Ǵ̶̷̛̠̠͕̯͖͈̟̝̮ͅǪ̩͔̪̲͍̹̩͕̕͠͝ͅ support.
Performance improvements on MacOS and iOS.
The Android port is coming along nicely. It's not quite to the point where it's time for me to post an .apk file yet, but it's getting there. If you have an Android development system, please give it a spin and let us know how it works for you. xscreensaver/
android/ .README And, you know, other stuff.
Tags: computers, firstperson, linux, mac, mpegs, xscreensaver, zalgo
Mark your calendars
Upcoming events of note:
| Fri, Jul 03: | Turbo Drive: Dance With The Dead @ DNA Lounge |
| Thu, Jul 09: | Doe Eye @ NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences |
| Fri, Jul 10: | Veruca Salt @ Slim's |
| Sun, Jul 12: | Cocktail Robotics Grand Challenge @ DNA Lounge |
| Mon, Jul 13: | Shellac @ New Parish |
| Fri, Jul 17: | So Stoked: Time Machine @ DNA Lounge (The candy rave is doing a steampunk night. This is the best worst idea ever.) |
| Fri, Jul 17: | Melissa Brooks & The Aquadolls @ DNA Lounge |
| Fri, Jul 17: | Little Boots @ Popscene |
| Sun, Jul 19: | Dead Sara @ DNA Lounge |
| Mon, Jul 20: | Tamaryn @ Rickshaw Stop |
| Thu, Jul 23: | Big Talk @ DNA Lounge |
| Thu, Jul 23: | Charli XCX @ Fox |
| Fri, Jul 24: | Shura @ Popscene |
| Mon, Jul 27: | Jamie XX @ Bimbo's |
| Wed, Jul 29: | Happy Fangs @ Rickshaw Stop |
| Thu, Jul 30: | Chemical Brothers @ The Armory |
| Fri, Aug 07: | Outside Lands |
| Tue, Aug 11: | Screaming Females @ Rickshaw Stop |
| Wed, Aug 12: | King Raam @ DNA Lounge |
| Tue, Aug 25: | Savages @ Great American Music Hall |
| Wed, Aug 26: | Mstrkrft @ Mezzanine |
| Thu, Sep 03: | On An On @ Popscene |
| Thu, Sep 17: | Thrill Kill Kult @ DNA Lounge |
| Fri, Sep 18: | Joywave @ Popscene |
| Fri, Sep 18: | Dollyrots @ Bottom of the Hill |
| Fri, Sep 18: | Severed Heads @ Elbo Room |
| Wed, Sep 23: | Say Lou Lou @ The Independent |
| Fri, Sep 25: | Front 242 @ Mezzanine |
| Fri, Oct 02: | Duran Duran @ Greek Theatre |
| Tue, Oct 06: | Say Hi To Your Mom @ The Independent |
| Wed, Oct 07: | Garbage @ Fox |
| Thu, Oct 15: | Wolf Alice @ The Chapel |
What have you got?
Tags: dnalounge, firstperson, music, sf
Current Music: Sinoia Caves -- Elena's Sound-World ♬
How to build your own Bene Gesserit Pain Box
Exhibit A:
And people say I'm hard to shop for.
Tags: a/b, mad science, movies, mpegs, pranks
Helper often speaks of the coming war between man and the brotherhood of machines.
Worker killed by Volkswagen robot
A 21 year old external contractor was installing the robot together with a colleague when he was struck in the chest by the robot and pressed against a metal plate. He later died of his injuries.
A Volkswagen spokesman stressed that the robot was not one of the new generation of lightweight collaborative robots that work side-by-side with workers on the production line and forgo safety cages.
VW said the robot had not suffered a technical defect.
Tags: doomed, robots, the future
