I Am Going to a Maximum Security Prison 14

LOL.. Yes, I am. Going on a tour for photography reasons (and hopefully some ghost-hunting) to the Old Main Prison in Santa Fe NM, where one of the worst prison riots occurred in 1980.

The New Mexico Corrections Department will be hosting tours once a month at the New Mexico State Penitentiary “Old Main” prison in Santa Fe, beginning February 2, 2012. The prison tours will be hosted once a month to display the history of New Mexico prisons for the past 100 years.

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Karl Rove ‘offended’ by Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler Ad 21

I just KNEW that some right-wingnuts would start crying about that ad. What? Don’t like your nose rubbed in it? In an ad touting the resurgence of the American auto industry, Clint Eastwood declared that it’s “halftime in America and our second half’s about to begin,” which could be interpreted as a reference to Obama’s second term.

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Playing with Pigs | Video Game Between Pigs and Humans 6

The Playing with Pigs project is researching the complex relationship we have with domesticated pigs by designing a game. Designing new forms of human-pig interaction can create the opportunity for consumers and pigs to forge new relations as well as to experience the cognitive capabilities of each other. The game is called Pig Chase.

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YouTube Challenge | Hey Jimmy Kimmel I Unplugged the TV During the Game 6

Jimmy Kimmel releases yet another YouTube challenge. In this one, viewers were to record the reaction from Superbowl viewers as the TV was unplugged just as a crucial moment was about to happen. Here is a montage of the reactions uploaded and sent to Jimmy Kimmel.

There are some great ones here. My favorite is the one referencing a Christmas tree.

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Bradley Manning Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 8

February 1 2012 the entire parliamentary group of The Movement of the Icelandic Parliament nominated Private Bradley Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize. Following is the reasoning they sent to the committee explaining why they felt compelled to nominate Private Bradley Manning for this important recognition of an individual effort to have an impact for peace in our world.

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