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Art Hackers Unite: Meet Antagonistic Applications & Team Dis-Kinect
Two teams won our Art Hack Weekend challenge back in August. Little did they know the trials and tribulations they’d have to overcome on the road to glory.
Julia Kaganskiy
12.8.11
Stuff

The Dragon's Hump - Part the First
Jack R.R. Pendarvis' "The Dragon's Hump" is the 11th and final book in a series that many have called "the only work of its kind written entirely under the effects of gin."
Jack R. R. Pendarvis
12.8.11
Art

Byte The App: Must See Apps Of The Week 12/8
Flipboard comes to iPhone, Time Ducks interprets arcade classic Frogger, Wu-Tang’s RZA gets appy, Charlie Brown gets interactive and Tate Modern schools us on Modern Art.
Kevin Holmes
12.8.11
Motherboard Blog

The CIA's Secret Early Christmas Present to Iran
America's falling drone syndrome continues to spread, most recently over Iran, which claims to have brought a stealth UAV down through hacking. That's what insurgents said they "did to US drones":http://motherboard.vice.com/2009/12/17/the-26-insurgent...
Videodrome
12.8.11
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Nick Gazin's Comic Book Love-In #41
I went to the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest hosted by Gabe Fowler, owner of Desert Island Comics. It was one of the best comic get-togethers I've ever been to.
Nick Gazin
12.8.11
Motherboard Blog

Robots, Mobile Cash, and Other Vague Predictions for 2012 from the Economist Conference: A Video
Last weekend, a pile of famous minds and talking heads gathered at the Cooper Union for the "World in 2012" summit hosted by the Economist, and one of the panels, naturally, was all about technology. Here is a 15 minute clip from that discussion...
ALEX PASTERNACK
12.8.11
Art

Electroboutique Present A Twisted Take On Consumerism And Technology
An iPhone skewed into a Constructivist tower and RSS feeds as a contorted LED snake.
Kevin Holmes
12.8.11
Stuff

Meet the Nieratkos - Parenting Tips
As Kwanzaa approaches and you find yourself trying to find matches to light the Kinara, I would like to extend this gift to you all. It's not much, but it's the thought that counts.
Chris Nieratko
12.8.11
Motherboard Blog

An Interview with Mark Mothersbaugh, the Devo Co-Founder, on Why the Devolution Might Not Be Streamed
Last year, before all of the amazing tumult of this year, I conducted an interview with Mark Mothersbaugh. whose surrealism extends from the circuit-bent synthesizers that helped make Devo famous to the ideas that helped make them important.
He is...
ALEX PASTERNACK
12.8.11
Menk, by John Doran

Menk - Cut a Six Inch Valley Through the Middle of My Soul
Modern culture is conspiring to make me a confused old man.
John Doran
12.8.11
The Future of Music

MBTV: Electric Independence: Marching Into the Future With Devo
Even including the weirdly-accessorized New Wave heyday, was there ever a band as assuredly from the future as Devo? It's doubtful. Between their attire, occasional on-stage antics and endless reel of synth-heavy astro jams, Devo has a loving place in...
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
12.8.11
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The Riot
C'mon boys! Let's burn this city down!
Johnny Ryan
12.8.11
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