Dan Patterson: Archive

Dan Patterson

January 2011

Could the Stuxnet Virus be Turned on the US? From @ABC News creepysleepy: The world’s most powerful cyber weapon may have been originally designed to attack Iran’s nuclear program, but it could also be manipulated the cause catastrophic damage to any industrialized nation — including the United States — experts said recently. Stuxnet, the first computer worm ever discovered that is potent...

Have HAM, Shortwave, LPFM, or other forms of...

“We certainly didn’t anticipate that the material we published about the...”

– BBC News - NY Times’ Bill Keller on Wikileaks consequences in Tunisia (via kattykay)

English Al Jazeera is livestreaming coverage of... →

Egypt Protesters Clash With Police; Internet, Cell... →

creepysleepy: From @abcnewsradio (CAIRO) — Thousands of protesters in Egypt took to the streets of Cairo Friday for a fourth consecutive day of anti-government demonstrations. Police fired rubber bullets and used tear gas, water cannons and batons in an attempt to disperse the crowds gathered across the country’s capitol. The Egyptian government also shut down the Internet Friday, blocking...

Snow in Brooklyn Heights

Creepy Sleepy Questions: How Do You Feel About...

Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation? Part 8:... →

creepysleepy: The brilliant series Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation by Steve Hayden forThe AV Club continues with a look at the brit-rock invasion of the late 90s. Read Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5,Part 6, and Part 7. Transcending suckiness is the very essence of Definitely Maybe. Given what Oasis became, “Rock ’N’ Roll Star” might...

The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse!: Zombie Contest... →

The Inevitable Zombie Contest… theinevitablezombieapocalypse: Greetings, lovers of The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse! Today we are stoked to announce our first ever Tumblr contest! Now, don’t get all wet about this - we’re not giving away a car or a million bucks. As we approach 5,000 followers this contest is just a fun way for us to say ‘Thank You!’ and…

Bighorn Sheep near Big Sky, Montana /via @mikesalchert: I shot this video last winter but I thought it would be cool to revisit it and post it to my new blog.

Port Your Cell Phone Number to Google Voice. ... →

Looks like Google has been testing a feature that would allow users to port their existing cell phone number in to Google Voice. This setting doesn’t appear to be live for all users, but did appear in my account last night and vanished this morning. Fingers crossed… From Engadget: We’d be lying if we said we hadn’t been waiting on this feature since the...

Make your own FM radio transmitter.

@ABC News: House Passes Bill Repealing Health Care... →

abcnewsradio: From @ABC News: After two days of lively debate, the House of Representatives today voted to repeal the health care law, even as Democrats and Obama administration officials used the renewed debate to highlight its benefits. On Thursday, the House will hold another vote calling on four committees to begin work on crafting a replacement bill that will yank some of the most...

According to you, which is correct: at the end of...

HTML standards, of course, eliminate the second space. Farhad Manjoo’s rant in Slate - poorly argued as it is - got me wondering about who uses which types of grammar and for what purpose. Intellectual disagreement exists in most standard style guides, so I’m quite curious as to which usage you all consider ‘common’ and which is ‘correct,’ according to you? ...

Development Note: Website Update →

A quick development note from my primary website: Hi. Welcome to the most recent iteration of my website. This is the first significant infrastructural change to my web architecture and associated technologies in two years… Keep Reading

Anonymous asked: <p>what do you think about zombies/monsters/etc. as a parallel to consumerism and the function of society today? I think the invasions started a long time ago. just not in the way everyone who follows this blog has prepared for. Plus, preparing for the zombie apocalypse itself, has played into consumerism as well, people nom on this like zombies nom on brains. </p>

Looking for a Mac note taking app with the...

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I build digital platforms and am a UN reporter for ABC News Radio. I’m fond of discussing media, politics, technology, and the inevitable zombie apocalypse. View My Blog Posts

AlterNet: Polling day in Juba, southern Sudan →

With over 4 million votes cast thus far, the South Sudan secession referendum is now well underway. I was in Darfur and South Sudan a few years ago. Here are a few posts from the trip. creepysleepy: From @UNDP: Five hours is a long time for little legs to be standing up, especially as during the last three, the mercury has been steadily climbing into the high thirties. A stern little face...

abcnewsradio: Ride along with an NYC snowplow /via @abcworldnews: While you were in a warm bed last night, plenty were hard at work, plowing the streets of New York to get ready for the morning commute. ABC’s John Berman rode along with one plow driver… who’s been behind the wheel for 20 years. The hardest part? Potholes. Just watch.