Precautionary principle

November 25th, 2010 No comments

“Escaped out of the marble mold suddenly the rain drops fell like gravel from his eyes. But still. He got a glimpse of the rays that leaked from the lemon fruit.

Whereafter he decided to kill the kid that has never been born.”

Nom de Plume

 

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The nature of being

November 25th, 2010 No comments

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Lemon Tree

November 23rd, 2010 No comments

“The young boy stared into the lemontree where the white sparkling flowers outpoured their tears and turned into yellow fruits filled of angels.

The boy was about to turn into marble when a lovely voice liberated his soul.”

Nom de Plume

 

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A 48 HOUR RHYTHM AROUND THE CLOCK

November 23rd, 2010 No comments

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 26./ 27./ 28. November 2010

Starting Friday 9 pm for 48 hours until sunday 9pm

DON LI’S ORBITAL GARDEN INVITES:

A 48 HOUR RHYTHM AROUND THE CLOCK

FOR FABIAN KURATLI

Das Tonus-Music Labor präsentiert in Zusammenarbeit mit 48 Schlagzeugern einen 48 stundenlangen, Tag und Nacht durchgehenden Drum-Beat. Der Orbital Garden beginnt am Freitag um 21h und dauert ohne Unterbruch bis am Sonntagabend um 21h. Während dieser Zeit wird das Labor durchgehend geöffnet sein.

Die Schlagzeuger lösen sich stündlich ab. Drei bereitstehende Drum-Sets ermöglichen nahtlose Übergänge oder ein zeitweises Zusammenspiel. Der zum World-Clock synchron gespielte Beat von zwölf 10/4 Takten bei 120BPM, bildet einen Zyklus von einer Minute. Jeder Drummer spielt 60 Zyklen = 60Minuten.

Tom Beck, Flo Reichle, Muso Stamm, Dave Kobrehel, Christoph Steiner, Tobias Schramm, Don Li, Martin Kissling, David Lerch, Beni Bucher, Christian Wymann, Lukas Landis, Christoph Fluri, Marc Halbheer, J.J. Flueck, Singha Dee, Chris Jaeger Brown, Peter Conradin Zumthor, Julian Sartorius, Pius Baschnagel, Mirio Bähler, Dominic Egli, Samuel Baur, Gregor Hilbe, Christian Niederer, Simon Baumann, Gert Staeuble, Margrit Rieben, Giulin Stäubli, Simon Fankhauser, Fred Bürki, Andrej Marffy, Tobias Friedli, Simon Britschgi, Christof Jaussi, Andi Hug, Lukas Mantel, Christoph Staudenmann, Martin Meyer, Jan Schwinning, Tobias Hunziker, Dominik Burkhalter, Jonas Ruther, Arno Troxler, Rico Baumann, Fabian Bürgi, Eddie Miles Walker, Tian Bosshard – Drums

Don Li – Conzeption, Composition, Programming
Lix – Electronic Iteration
Michael Gerber – Video
Jahn Antener – Realisation

Precision Metronome

November 22nd, 2010 No comments

For the upcoming event

DON LI’S ORBITAL GARDEN INVITES:
A 48 HOUR RHYTHM AROUND THE CLOCK
FOR FABAIN KURATLI

Don asked me to program a precise metronome that ticks synchronously to the world clock and conducts the 48 drummer’s who will play at the 48 hours life performance from 26th to 28th of november 2010 at the Tonus Labor at Kramgasse 10 in Berne.

Therefore I chose puredata to build the patch to be able to address sound and video-files without delay and reliably. Further Pd comes with features such as [netsend] to stream framerates to a second computer where [netreceive] reads them and e.g. recalculates them to play a film using [gemwin].

This patch will be released as soon as I’m happy with it’s result. Meanwhile check the screenshot to get an idea what it’s doing.

Body Scanners

November 16th, 2010 No comments

… they did it again. As mentioned in my blog beginning of August, TSA continues to illegally store pictures of scanned people.
See: Gizmodo.

Another example on what ridiculous forms the “war on terror” gains. Meanwhile the “Nackscanner” or “nude scanner” has been renamed into “Porno scanner”. To prepare your kids for the upcoming age of naked citizenship, get this guide:

What will we see next? Pregnant women that try to hide it from their husband, being disclosed by a TSA agent while passing through the security check? Detained fakirs and Sikhs because of the nails in their stomach and dagger in the turban?

Compete by finding your 0wn way to opt-out (e.g. with a creased shirt?) – Haha! Or maybe a “wet t-shirt contest flashmob” at your airport?

… get yourself a shirt and stay tuned! 😉

Encryption bug in Apple Mail (… or feature?)

November 15th, 2010 1 comment

Hi Steve

When using s/mime encryption, which is nicely integrated in the users keychain, with IMAP configured accounts in mail.app, the app does not encrypt the mail and stores it (e.g. as draft) unencrypted on the server before it has been sent.

An attacker can either read the unencrypted mail, if he has access to the server (sysadmin), or in case the IMAP connection is unencrypted, read the unencrypted message on the nodes/routers.

Please fix this.

Take care & best, lx

“Plug & Pray”

November 10th, 2010 No comments

A Film on Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience and Technological Evolvement starting 11th November 2010 in German Cinemas.
See: plug-pray.de

more (in german language): Heise

“The Concert” – a disconcerting moment for free culture

November 10th, 2010 No comments

27C3 Chaos Communication Congress event 4201

Corey Cerovsek, known worldwide for their classical recital performances and Lix, accomplished artist present something that’s not quite an ordinary concert, to draw attention to the importance of the public domain in centuries of classical music tradition. It’s both more — and less — than what you might expect to see and hear at a classical concert.

To schedule an interview appointment, get in contact with the Impresario.

More info, see 27C3 Fahrplan.

Gâteau au chocolat

November 3rd, 2010 No comments

400 gr de chocolat
200 gr de beurre
4 à 6 jaunes d’oeuf
6 à 8 blancs d’oeuf
3 cuillères à soupe de farine

Four: 190° / temps de cuisson: 25 à 30 minutes

Faire fondre le chocolat avec le beurre au bain marie à feu doux
Séparer les blancs des jaunes
Mélanger les jaunes avec le sucre et rajouter petit à petit le choc fondu
Mettre la farine
Incorporer les blancs montés en neige en remuant DELICATEMENT
Bien mélanger le tout, beurrer le moule et hop… au four!!