Extra Future

Month: October 2009

  • “Download failed.: Could not create Temporary file”

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    Phil Nelson
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    I’ve been getting this error in WordPress, so I wasn’t using the auto-update functionality, which is a real time-saver. My problem was that WordPress was trying to write to `/tmp/` which is a no-no as my host (Segpub.net) uses Safe Mode. You can solve this issue by adding a couple of directives to your `wp-config.php`…

  • Warren Ellis Writing New Motion Picture Based on “Gravel”

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    [Legendary Pictures has picked up the rights][link] with Ellis serving as an Executive Producer. I’ve read the first 12 or so issues of Gravel, and it could make a fun movie. England, magic, detective grit. All good things. [link]: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009750.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 “Legendary digs ‘Gravel’ – Entertainment News, Film News, Media – Variety”

  • “I want to vapourise you with a death ray from space”

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Warren Ellis latest column for WIRED UK is out on the innertubes][link]: >I don’t think, however, that Interorbital Systems has fully embraced the science-fictional condition. There is one important omission in its list, and it’s the reason why I need to borrow $8,000 from you. > >Orbiting death rays. > >Ah, see, now you’re interested.…

  • Graffiti from Pompeii

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    [This is, apparently, not a joke][link]. Recall that these must all have been written before AD 79, when Pompeii was [covered by molten rock][rock] from Mt. Vesuvius. It is simply humanity doing what we do. Personal favorites include: >II.2.3 (Bar of Athictus; right of the door); 8442: I screwed the barmaid and > If anyone…

  • There is no WebKit on Mobile

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    [Peter-Paul Koch tests 19 different versions][link] of WebKit/KHTML and [creates a table comparing their successes and failures][table]. His verdict: You’re going to have to test in multiple WebKit-based browsers for awhile, yet. [link]: http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/10/there_is_no_web.html “QuirksBlog: There is no WebKit on Mobile” [table]: http://www.quirksmode.org/webkit.html “The Table”

  • la petite url 1.6

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    [My personal URL shortener][la] hits version 1.6. Current users will be able to upgrade by way of WordPress’ automatic update mechanism. The rest of you: [Download it from WordPress.org][wp]. *Fun fact*: House style is to always type “la petite url” in all lowercase. [la]: http://extrafuture.com/projects/la-petite-url “la petite url” [wp]: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/le-petite-url/ “la petite url on WordPress.org”

  • [Sponsor?] Dethklok, Brütal Legend

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    If you enjoy the writing and jackenapery here at Extra Future, perhaps you’d like to make the purchase of some *stuff*, and help foot the bill, here. ### Dethklok: Dethalbum II Dethalbum II is a much more “serious” attempt at a modern Metal album than [Dethklok][band]’s first effort, [The Dethalbum][1]. Brendon Small’s vocals are much…

  • FTC Requiring Bloggers To Disclose Payments For Reviews

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    [From a functional standpoint, I am fine (even happy) with this, provided it kills asshole astroturfers dead][link]. From an ideological standpoint, I am pretty well against it. Either way, it’s an important moment in internet history. I wonder what effect this will have on Amazon reviews? The first blog regulatory laws. Dang. [link]: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/05/technology/AP-US-TEC-Bloggers-FTC.html?_r=1 “Bloggers…

  • Aaron Swartz’s FBI File

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    [A light-hearted romp for the whole family][link]. >Since SWARTZ is the potential subject of an ongoing investigation, it is requested that SWARTZ not be approached by agents. [link]: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/fbifile “Wanted by the FBI (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)”

  • Trust Art

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    >[Trust Art is a social platform that is commissioning ten public artworks over the next year. People are invited to become shareholders with $1, share with interested friends, and renew culture.][link] [link]: http://trustart.org/ “Trust Art – Home”

  • The Vanderbilt Republic Foundation: “Masters”

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    [The project to document and celebrate Cambodian artists][link] who survived the brutal Khmer Rouge regime has reached it’s $50,000 goal on Kickstarter. Crazy. [link]: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/577582283/masters “The Vanderbilt Republic Foundation: “Masters” — Kickstarter”

  • RE: Who The Future Belongs To

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    >[A poster the recipient completes by revealing spot-varnished type with hands made dirty by handling the poster. This is the first of a series of posters][link]. There’s nothing about this I don’t love. [link]: http://www.rolandtiangco.com/index.php?/project/drt-poster/ “Dirt Po(or)ster : W O R K O F R O L A N D T I A N G…