June 16th, 2005 | researchmaterial
SIlver AJ says:
The binary even spells out “SilverAJ”… Those of you in London who want wicked custom nail designs can get in touch with him - he’s Viet at Perfect Nails, 126 Hoe Street, Walthamstow (0208 520 3113). It’s best to make an appointment - they get mega busy, especially at weekends! It’s normally around £25, but something intricate like this could be up to £30.
WARREN ELLIS
Coilhouse - 20 Nov 09
Every time an issue of the magazine goes to print, things somehow turn Highly Inappropriate here at Coilhouse. This is apparent to anyone who was there on Twitter during the hours of our final revision deadline last night. And it’s only going to get worse before Issue 04’s out.So to celebrate, a video of Miss Piggy singing “Fuck the Pain Away” by Peaches. It’s that kind of day.
[via Shannon]
Brian Wood - 20 Nov 09
Will Blanche, ?The Newly Constructed Towers of the World Trade Center Seen From the South Side on West Street, May, 1973? (via These Americans)
See also:Mitch Epstein, ?West Side Highway, New York City? [looking towards World Trade Center] 1977
Kung Fu Monkey - 20 Nov 09
John Robb - 20 Nov 09
Short Answer: divide it.
It's long been my contention that Iraq was stabilized at an acceptable level of controlled chaos due to a happy accident by al Qaeda (in an attempt to expand/lead the loose insurgency in a new direction). What did they do? They blew up the Golden Mosque in Samara in 2006. This act of symbolic terrorism did indeed disrupt social networks as anticipated, however the consequences were ultimately disastrous for the Iraqi open source insurgency.
The reason for this is it broke the dynamics of the open source insurgency in ways the US and Iraqi government's COIN efforts could not. First, it created a permanent split between Sunni and Shiite insurgent groups/militias. Coopetition ended. Second, it motivated large Shiite militias to start an ethnic cleansing of Sunni areas. This put acute pressure on Sunni guerrilla groups who were too small (by design to avoid US counter-pressure) to defend themselves against large militias operating in the open. The result was an opening, very close to the one I described in my 2005 NYTimes OpEd, that allowed the US to convert Sunni guerrilla groups into militias that were not loyal to the central government (in direct contradiction to its COIN manual).
It's a nice example of the dynamics of many to many conflict, social network disruption, and the development open source counterinsurgency.
See this excellent description at the blog, "Musings on Iraq" for more detail on the ethnic cleansing operations. It also includes this money quote: "the majority of the Sunni insurgency gave up and switched sides to align with the Americans rather than face annihilation at the hands of the Shiite militias, Al Qaeda in Iraq, or the United States."
NOTE: it's pretty clear from the above that social network disruption (either through attacks on symbolic targets or blood and guts terrorism) is like playing horseshoes with live hand grenades. It's ultimately a losing strategy for advancing an open source insurgency. Social network disruption is very likely to break standing order 6: don't fork the insurgency.
Girl Farts - 20 Nov 09
John Robb - 20 Nov 09
Some random items of interest:
Jean Snow - 20 Nov 09
Beautiful (and simple) site design featuring the illustrative work of Yorifuji Bunpei. Via Paul Baron.
Jean Snow - 20 Nov 09
Coming up at the Kakitsubata gallery in Nakameguro is the show “Kodai,” running from November 25 until December 6.
This is so 0111001101110111011001010110010101110100. Spells the bearer’s name in binary code. Link (via Warren)…
This comes from Warren Ellis’ blog (which I am stunned to realize wasn’t in my RSS subscriptions until about 42…
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011100110110100101110011011101000110010101110010
011011000110111101110110011001010110010000100000
01110100011010000110100101110011.
Note for the uninformed: The above is in binary. To translate it, click here.
Thanks, Warren…
I want these very badly. Too bad I don’t live in the UK. There are about a million nail salons competing in Los Angeles, however. I bet I could find one to do something like that.
Time to fire up the printer.
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Binary Nails. Looks like something straight out of “Snow Crash”…
When these fingers do the talking, they say "I’m 133t!"
Link: Warrenellis.com via BoingBoing
If I was the sort of person who wears nail polish regularly, I would totally go for something like this
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Star Wars: “LucasArts has released limited-edition airsickness bags to promote the Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith Video Game.” How utterly, utterly appropriate. (tags: funny as.hell scifi cool) WGN Weather Weblog: “For th…
Juste parce que c’est marrant. Trouvé sur le blog de Warren Ellis, la première manucure en binaire, pour filles geeks absolues…!…
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I’m getting ready for a concert, so this is going to be REALLY short! I’ll add more stuff when I get back tonight. So check back around 1AM for more content. Aiight?
I’ve never really been a big fan of nail art, seeing absolutely no need to waste money on having someone attach ridiculously thick pieces of plastic to your nailbeds with intricate designs airbrushed on them. However, binary nails? I…
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If I were a bit more feminine and was going to do my nails, I’d do them something like this. Link via BB….
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