“BT Tower becomes Star Wars lightsaber”
You’ve gotta be kidding me. (It does look remarkably good though.)
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“Send the TSA a Silent Message with These Underclothes”
I love the idea of these things. (My sister says she wants one that says “see anything you like?”) But I wouldn’t wear one through airport security, I don’t have several hours to waste cooling my heels.
“President Obama, It’s Time To Fire the TSA”
Although this article hits the nail right on the head, I don’t expect Obama or anyone else to make any changes — except, perhaps, banning more ridiculous things (as the TSA has already done — correction, the restrictions have apparently been eased now). Even if Obama wanted to (which he might), he’d face huge political …
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TSA detains director Mike Figgis for threatening to “shoot a pilot”
Too bad this turned out to be a hoax. The Transportation Safety Administration has done enough stupid things in the name of “security” recently to make it easily believable.
“Life-size Portal gun to shoot onto shelves soon”
I’m a big fan of the game Portal, and it’s fairly classic, but I’m baffled by this. Replica swords and other medieval weapons I can understand, even replica firearms, but a replica portal gun doesn’t even sound as interesting as a replica lightsaber (which I refuse to even consider until a blade portion actually appears …
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“Darth Vader dies peacefully in hospital”
The character of Darth Vader, in the original Star Wars trilogy, has long been known to be a fusion of two people: bodybuilder David Prowse for (of course) the body, and the now-iconic James Earl Jones for the voice. But apparently there was a secret third component to this armored villain: sword-master and Hollywood fencing …
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“Assessing Terrorist Threats to Commercial Aviation”
I’ve talked more than a few times about terrorists, terrorism, and the TSA on this blog, often quoting security and cryptography expert Bruce Schneier. He’s posted links to a new article by a former airline advisor which sums up the problems with the TSA’s responses to date, and offers suggestions about how to do things …
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“Isaac Asimov on Security Theater”
In another case of life-imitates-science-fiction, Bruce Schneier reports that someone has discovered the perfect description of today’s “security theater” in a 1956 Asimov story. (For those of you not following along at home, “security theater” refers to all the crap the TSA is doing that is trivial to get around, but that they’re doing just …
“iPad bridesmaid attends wedding via FaceTime”
I doubt this sort of thing will become the preferred way to attend a wedding any time soon, but until recently it wouldn’t have been possible for the home-bound bridesmaid to attend at all. Telepresence will only get better — easier to use, more reliable, with more control for the remote user — over time. …
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Interesting…
I had an interesting e-mail yesterday, an offer from a software company: tap tap tap is back with the top photography app for iPhone, Camera+. And to celebrate the launch of the all-new Camera+ 2, with over 50 awesome new features, we’re giving away a custom engraved “TSA Grope-free Edition” iPad, every day for the …