Monthly Archives: October 2012

You may recall our post yesterday about Alex Greenwich (above with Sydney Mayor Clover Moore) and his campaign in the by-election for the state seat of New South Wales’ capital city.

Well, the photo above was taken about an hour ago and somewhere in the crowd is Irish emigrant Darren Conlon who writes:

I’m really happy to tell you that our candidate Alex Greenwich won the by-election and is now the Member for Sydney, in the State Parliament of New South Wales. He is the first member of any Australian Parliament in a same-sex marriage.
I also want to let you know that I was approached outside the polling booth by a emigrant Irish voter who recognised me from Broadsheet and who told me she had decided to vote for Alex after reading the article and better, she had also recommended him to several friends!
All in all it has been a great result for equality, but the fight goes on…

 

Greenwich Wins By-Election For Seat Of Sydney (ABC)

From Weird Beauty – a photo series by Russian photographer Alexander Khokhlov in collaboration with make-up artist Valeriya Kutsan, who was ‘denied any colour but black and white’ Khokhlov sez:

The experiment should prove that usual simple forms, familiar things or characters can be a main part of wonderful beauty looks. Model faces in this project are not just canvases for the face-arts – they play their own role in each photo with different parts.

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With its development of Cheetahbot still ongoing, DARPA sez:

In this video, the Pet-Proto, a predecessor to DARPA’s Atlas robot, is confronted with obstacles similar to those robots might face in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC). To maneuver over and around the obstacles, the robot exercises capabilities including autonomous decision-making, dismounted mobility and dexterity.

Next stage: a robot that can navigate the same obstacles while simultaneously eating a kebab.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO6KH0et5SE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXYVqzckMTo

Illustrator James Gilleard’s sketches inspired by the unhinged expressions of the world’s most unhinged chihuahua in a famous episode of The Ren and Stimpy Show, produced for Chicago Gallery 27’s Nickelodeon Show, which opens next month.

The scene in question is where Ren returns home to find his house trashed (which happens from around 4.00 in the second video above).

Never mind that. watch the whole thing from start to finish.

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