Infocult: Information, Culture, Policy, EducationInformation: its culture, history, and role in teaching and learning.Is your gaming clan harboring jihadists- July 1, 2008 Jesse Walker reports on yet another eQaeda project. It's the hilariously-named "Reynard." Yes, as in the fox: The offices February report on its data mining activities includes a description of Reynard, a foxy seedling effort to begin such studies.http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2008/07/is-your-gaming-clan-harboring-jihadists.html Out of the skies a century ago- July 1, 2008 A splendid survey of a century of Tunguska, from Archy. Great stuff, covering various theories, expeditions, and pop culture. (via Pharyngula)http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2008/07/out-of-the-skies-a-century-ago.html Ancient sounds of death- July 1, 2008 Terrific Gothic opening to this MSNBC article: Scientists were fascinated by the ghostly find: a human skeleton buried in an Aztec temple with a clay, skull-shaped whistle in each bony hand. But no one blew into the noisemakers for nearly...http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2008/07/ancient-sounds-of-death.html Japan worries about murder announcements on message boards- July 1, 2008 After Tomohiro Kato lifelogged his killing spree, Japanese message boards are seeing hundreds of impending murder warnings, according to AFP. While most postings appeared to be pranks, police have so far arrested 20 people on charges of extortion and public...http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2008/07/japan-worries-about-murder-announcements-on-m... Attack of the numbers radio- July 1, 2008 Ghost stories from the radiowaves: MetaFilter has an excellent post on numbers radio. It's a good introduction, and links to nice samples. Previous numbers radio posts: a nice article, a short radio program on this radio weirdness, an art-ARG-numbers project,...http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2008/07/attack-of-the-numbers-radio.html Fearsome phone, or don't try this at home- July 1, 2008 Putting a mobile phone in a microwave sounds like a bad idea. But could it be a very, very, very bad idea I like the way this falls into the documentary horror style, posing as a sort of Jackass-style true-life...http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2008/07/fearsome-phone-or-dont-try-this-at-home.html Facebook murder- July 1, 2008 Murder by Facebook, or murder with Facebook. Murder alongside Facebook Whatever it is, the link is found in this Australian story. What started as a Facebook message from a former boyfriend has ended in the gruesome murder of Sarah Elston,...http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2008/06/facebook-murder.html |