THE Australian Navys war-fighting ability has been blunted by the Federal Governments efforts to keep asylum seekers out — a policy so unpopular that some sailors have feigned illness or quit rather than enforce it.Defence documents obtained by The Sunday Age reveal that sailors have deliberately avoided serving in the blockade, which was imposed by the Howard Government in the run-up to the 2001 election.

via Revealed: how Howards plan threatened security – National – theage.com.au.

Interesting video interview with Damien Ma

The government is contemplating tactics against the UK riots that set dangerous precedents.

In parliament today, prime minister David Cameron said authorities and the industry were looking at “whether it would be right to stop people communicating via these websites and services when we know they are plotting violence, disorder and criminality”. Well, at least he did post it as a question of right and wrong.

via A social media crackdown is the wrong response to riots | Jeff Jarvis | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk.

and Soda Jerk

Insensitive,  simplistic and totally opportunistic.

How incredibly disgusting 2 days after this racist madman attacks and kills over 90 people in Oslo. This is not responsible reporting.

It contains every sound we can distinguish as humans, as dictated by the MP3 specification (ISO/IEC 11172-3). It explores the social and political associations of sound representation, and the psychology and philosophy of noise and emptiness.

via Only Everything Lasts Forever.

People Staring at Computers from Kyle McDonald on Vimeo.

He installed a program on computers in two New York Apple Store locations that automatically takes a photo every minute. As an artwork. Then he was nabbed by 4 secret

Read more: on mashable.   Also see his blog on the work. You can see his other work at his main blog.