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Voices from Solitary: A Sentence Worse Than Death

Submitted by Dave Blair on Fri, 03/15/2013 - 15:46

The following essay is by William Blake, who has been held in solitary confinement for nearly 26 years.

"He describes here in painstaking detail his excruciating experiences over the last quarter-century. “I’ve read of the studies done regarding the effects of long-term isolation in solitary confinement on inmates, seen how researchers say it can ruin a man’s mind, and I’ve watched with my own eyes the slow descent of sane men into madness—sometimes not so slow,” Blake writes. "

Click here to read the article

Tweedlove - bike festival

Submitted by Dave Blair on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 17:04

Bowie - The stars (are out tonight)

Submitted by Dave Blair on Tue, 02/26/2013 - 22:36

New video, with Tilda Swinton. Takes a few listens, I think.

Gmittook 1.1

Submitted by Dave Blair on Wed, 02/13/2013 - 12:19

I've added some tweet mapping to the Gmittook twitter client. Search for tweets on any subject and see where the tweets were sent from:

Get it here.

Snowballs balloons

Submitted by Dave Blair on Wed, 02/13/2013 - 12:14

Some people have too much time on their hands - Star Wars traceroute

Submitted by Dave Blair on Sat, 02/09/2013 - 22:31

Do a traceroute to 216.81.59.173 and you'll get the following:

Naples - u-turn

Submitted by Dave Blair on Thu, 02/07/2013 - 15:28

This video has everything: someone tries to do a u-turn in a tiny car and gets stuck, blocking the street. Some bikers appear. A religious parade comes down the street, and then (as mentioned in the youtube comments) divine intervention sorts it all out.