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Erik Davis consults on A Scanner Darkly

Erik Davis consults on A Scanner Darkly 05/20/2004 07:14 PM
Boing Boing pal Erik Davis sent along this inside scoop on the film adaptation of Philip K. Dick's "A Scanner Darkly":

"Well, I got some tasty news for all your Dickheads out there. Richard Linklater is indeed making PKD’s A Scanner Darkly. And this, I suspect, will be it: the first “real” “authentic” PKD movie. Having read (and advised on) two versions of Linklater’s script, I can say that, while the film updates the historical vibe from paranoid 70s to paranoid 00s, the script is dark and tart, funny and faithful.

As has been reported, the cast is topped with Keanu Reaves as Bob Arctor, the Orange County narc who is assigned to spy on himself. Linklater has been planning this project for years; it was Reaves’ interest in the story that finally got the ball rolling. (One cannot fault the guy’s taste.) With an appropriateness at once amusing and touching, the rest of the cast includes some of Hollywood’s more notorious dopers: Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, and Rory Cochrane. (OK, I don’t know anything about Rory’s personal dispositions, but he sure looks like he’s scraped the barrel of party.)

As a special treat, the film will be animated by the same genius team whose digital rotoscoping helped make Waking Life one of the few American film masterpieces of the new millennium. These are definitely the guys you want to bring Bob Arctor’s scramble suit to life. PKD wrote a lot of great books, but A Scanner Darkly is the one I would hand to a literary professor. It’s atmosphere of surveillance, creepy drugs, and what you could call “scopo-phrenia” is where we are. Hats of to R. Linklater for making sure that PKD’s peculiar posthumous sojourn in Hollywood will not end with Paycheck."

Erik Davis consults on A Scanner Darkly!

Erik Davis consults on A Scanner Darkly! 05/21/2004 11:17 AM
Boing Boing pal Erik Davis sends us this exclusive bit of insider insight into the Hollywood adaptation of Philip K. Dick's surreal SF novel "A Scanner Darkly":

"This spring, I had the opportunity to read and consult on Richard Linklater’s screenplay for Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly, which is set to start filming this July. As I love many of Linklater’s films, this was a great honor, although much less funny than the New Yorker’s description of me as a “Dick expert.” Expert or no, I can tell you that I have every reason to believe that Linklater’s film will be what Dickheads everywhere have been waiting for: the first “real” “authentic” PKD movie. While the film updates the historical vibe from paranoid 70s to paranoid 00s, the script is dark and tart, funny and faithful. Nearly all the dialogue is drawn from the novel, and the few changes sharpen Dick’s themes rather than squelch them. Linklater has kept the story dark, and haunted by rumors of God.

As has been reported, Keanu Reaves will play Bob Arctor, the Orange County narc who goes schizo after being assigned to spy on himself. Linklater has been planning this project for years; it was Reaves’ interest in the story that finally got the ball rolling. As has been already noted, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, and Rory Cochrane round out the cast, though it also needs to be mentioned that these are some of the most famous druggies in Hollywood. Actually, I don’t know anything about Rory’s personal habits, but he sure spouted convincing cannabinoid bon mots in Dazed & Confused.

During my time at Linklater’s pine-forested getaway pad outside of Austin, which features a pagoda, a huge stone tower, and many pinball machines, I got to meet the genius team whose digital rotoscoping helped make Waking Life one of the few masterpieces of the new millennium. These are definitely the guys you want to bring Bob Arctor’s scramble suit to life."

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Mynah bird "boing boing boing" clip

Mynah bird "boing boing boing" clip 04/10/2004 10:16 AM
Ian Brown found this weird clip of a mynah bird saying "boing boing boing." 17K WAV Link (Thanks, Ian!)

Boing Boing audio interview with Mind
Hacks editor Matt Webb

Boing Boing audio interview with Mind
Hacks editor Matt Webb 12/22/2004 01:30 AM
Mark Frauenfelder: I'm starting to get interested in podcasting, so I interviewed Matt Webb, the co-editor of the new book, Mind Hacks, just published by O'Reilly. It's 25 minutes long, and I even created a cheesy Garageband theme song for what I hope is the first of many interviews.

Note: Matt wrote me with the following info -- "This is the McGu rk video I was talking about. Just proving that I'm nothing without my notes, I incorrectly remembered the McGurk sounds! It's a visual 'ga' and an aural 'ba' that combine to the perception of 'da.' No 'va' at all (that's a variation on the experiment)."

The Mind Hack's weblog is here.

Link to BitTorrent file of my interview with Matt Webb.

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Boing Boing: Shirky: stupid (c) laws
block me from publishing own work online

Boing Boing: Shirky: stupid (c) laws
block me from publishing own work online 04/01/2005 05:23 PM
Clay Shirky rants about the absurd US copyright laws that are preventing him from copying his own media .. Clay Shirky tried to use some crippled software to rip a DVD, and it didn't work .. Boing Boing

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Boing Boing: Transparent screen
illusion: set laptop's wallpaper to a
photo of the wall behind it

Boing Boing: Transparent screen
illusion: set laptop's wallpaper to a
photo of the wall behind it 03/24/2005 08:43 AM
Transparent screen illusion: set laptop's wallpaper to a photo of the wall behind it .. via boingboing

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Boing Boing: Sims-style
anti-teen-pregnancy ad from Belgium

Boing Boing: Sims-style
anti-teen-pregnancy ad from Belgium 03/25/2005 06:36 AM
Sims-style anti-teen-pregnancy ad from Belgium

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Boing Boing: Food Porn -- Burger King
Subservient Chicken

Boing Boing: Food Porn -- Burger King
Subservient Chicken 04/09/2004 04:08 PM
Food Porn -- Burger King Subservient Chicken .. Xeni @ BoingBoing points out .. boing boing description .. BoingBoing .. via

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Boing Boing: David Byrne launches
internet radio station

Boing Boing: David Byrne launches
internet radio station 03/30/2005 03:51 AM
David Byrne launches internet radio station .. boing boing

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Boing Boing: Train sign: Touching wires
= death + fine

Boing Boing: Train sign: Touching wires
= death + fine 04/01/2005 01:41 AM
Train sign: Touching wires = death + fine .. Don’t touch those wires! .. BoingBoing

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Boing Boing: Plagiarism-seeking IMmer
pranked and exposed -- UPDATED

Boing Boing: Plagiarism-seeking IMmer
pranked and exposed -- UPDATED 04/01/2005 06:41 AM
Plagiarism-seeking IMmer pranked and exposed -- UPDATED .. according to BoingBoing, it's a hoax .. Boing Boing initially cried hoax

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Boing Boing: Coded messages on US govt
timeserver's nonstandard port

Boing Boing: Coded messages on US govt
timeserver's nonstandard port 04/06/2005 05:01 AM
Coded messages on US govt timeserver's nonstandard port

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Boing Boing: Bill Gates: Free Culture
advocates = Commies

Boing Boing: Bill Gates: Free Culture
advocates = Commies 01/06/2005 02:39 PM
yesterday's Boing Boing post .. posts more of Gates' quote, .. BoingBoing link

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Boing Boing: Hersh: children raped at
Abu Ghraib, Pentagon has videos

Boing Boing: Hersh: children raped at
Abu Ghraib, Pentagon has videos 07/16/2004 11:53 AM
Hersh: children raped at Abu Ghraib, US government has videos .. the enemy is a lot closer to home .. he's been speaking

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Boing Boing: Game developers' amazing
rants on the state of the industry

Boing Boing: Game developers' amazing
rants on the state of the industry 03/14/2005 04:51 PM
boingboinged .. BoingBoing

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Boing Boing: EFF wins Grokster! Software
doesn't have to be easy for Hollywood to
wiretap!

Boing Boing: EFF wins Grokster! Software
doesn't have to be easy for Hollywood to
wiretap! 08/19/2004 09:01 PM
Boing Boing: EFF wins Grokster! Software doesn't have to be easy for Hollywood to wiretap! .. decision in the Grokster case .. this is good news .. historic decison .. BoingBoing

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Boing Boing: Guestbl0gger Russ Kick's
MemoryHole -- banned in Iraq?

Boing Boing: Guestbl0gger Russ Kick's
MemoryHole -- banned in Iraq? 06/03/2004 09:03 AM
Guestblogger Russ Kick's MemoryHole -- banned in Iraq? .. banned by the military

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Boing Boing: Join Friends of the
Creative Archive and help the Beeb put
EVERYTHING online

Boing Boing: Join Friends of the
Creative Archive and help the Beeb put
EVERYTHING online 06/03/2004 06:37 AM
Join Friends of the Creative Archive and help the Beeb put EVERYTHING online .. Boing Boing

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Boing Boing reports that US military may
be blocking access to news sites

Boing Boing reports that US military may
be blocking access to news sites 06/02/2004 07:52 PM

Xeni @ Boing Boing

More on blocked sites for .mil websurfers

Following up on this BoingBoing post about rumors that access to TheMemoryHole is being blocked on military computers in Iraq...

[John continues:]If the request was denied due to the Content Filter configuration is a sentence fragment, but with The content category reported is Gen. News. and If you feel this site was blocked in error, please contact the Help Desk the meaning is clear enough. For whatever reason, "General News" is not fit for our troops. I've been meaning to send her a list of links and ask her if she'd be willing to try to access them (Newsweek? New York Times? Common Dreams? Freerepublic.com [a conservative site]? townhall.com [another conservative site]?) I'm also curious what other kinds of sites she can't visit (geek news? music news? yahoo? wikipedia?) and whether she's prohibited from visiting these sites at work because she's /at work/, or if she's encouraged not to pursue the news in general.

Zaku, can you or anyone in the military in Iraq corroborate this or look into this?

Boing Boing: Bugmenot.com returns,
spokesbugperson says some news sites
trying to block it

Boing Boing: Bugmenot.com returns,
spokesbugperson says some news sites
trying to block it 08/23/2004 12:49 AM
Bugmenot.com returns, spokesbugperson says some news sites trying to block it .. "They'll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands" .. Boing Boing

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Boing Boing: D&D book reader on
ferry hassled by security morons

Boing Boing: D&D book reader on
ferry hassled by security morons 08/13/2004 09:20 AM
US Homeland Security dweeb confiscates roleplaying manual .. D&D book reader on ferry hassled by security morons .. An entry on BoingBoing .. dangerous

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Boing Boing: RNC-NYC: Update on arrest
of Joshua Kinberg, Bikes Against Bush

Boing Boing: RNC-NYC: Update on arrest
of Joshua Kinberg, Bikes Against Bush 08/31/2004 09:40 AM
RNC-NYC: Update on arrest of Joshua Kinberg, Bikes Against Bush .. was arrested

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Boing Boing: Camera phones in Iraq;
digicams and truth in wartime

Boing Boing: Camera phones in Iraq;
digicams and truth in wartime 05/26/2004 04:36 AM
boingboingis talking about .. Xeni @ Boing Boing .. BoingBoing

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Boing Boing: Calvin and Hobbes slipcased
complete collection coming

Boing Boing: Calvin and Hobbes slipcased
complete collection coming 09/20/2004 10:10 AM
BoingBoing

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Boing Boing: Bush's plan to dose
Americans with expensive antipsychotics

Boing Boing: Bush's plan to dose
Americans with expensive antipsychotics 06/19/2004 04:40 AM
Bush's plan to dose Americans with expensive antipsychotics .. SOMA

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Boing Boing: Orange Mobile's robotic
adherence to idiotic rules

Boing Boing: Orange Mobile's robotic
adherence to idiotic rules 05/14/2004 03:30 AM
Boing Boing: Orange Mobile's robotic adherence to idiotic rules .. Cory Doctorow tambm sofre nas mos das telefnicas .. What a way to find out what the term means

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Boing Boing: Tiny, witty pixellated
avatars: storTroopers are back

Boing Boing: Tiny, witty pixellated
avatars: storTroopers are back 04/11/2005 03:50 AM
Tiny, witty pixellated avatars: storTroopers are back

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Boing Boing: Thousands of Afghani POWs
brutally executed, CBC alleges US
military complicity

Boing Boing: Thousands of Afghani POWs
brutally executed, CBC alleges US
military complicity 05/06/2004 04:44 AM
Thousands of Afghani POWs brutally executed, CBC alleges US military complicity .. war-crimes committed against Afghani prisoners .. Quote .. via

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Boing Boing: Tsunami update: Microsoft
responds, bl0ggers organize, video
torrents

Boing Boing: Tsunami update: Microsoft
responds, bl0ggers organize, video
torrents 01/02/2005 12:46 AM
BoingBoing for their link as well

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Boing Boing: Tigger boning Tickle Me
Elmo: Smart toys acting dumb

Boing Boing: Tigger boning Tickle Me
Elmo: Smart toys acting dumb 03/27/2005 08:04 AM
Boing Boing: Tigger boning Tickle Me Elmo: Smart toys acting dumb

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Boing Boing: Reality-TV human baby
giveaway, pissed-off Uri Geller claims
trademark breach

Boing Boing: Reality-TV human baby
giveaway, pissed-off Uri Geller claims
trademark breach 04/30/2004 07:37 AM
Your daily dose of What the Fuck? .. Boing Boing .. BoingBoing

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Boing Boing: Communist hymn is in
copyright - filmmaker fined

Boing Boing: Communist hymn is in
copyright - filmmaker fined 04/11/2005 03:50 AM
French filmmaker has just been fined for letting a character in one of his films whistle the tune .. Communist hymn is in copyright - filmmaker fined .. BoingBoing

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Boing Boing: Star Wars Kid versus Kill
Bill

Boing Boing: Star Wars Kid versus Kill
Bill 04/28/2004 03:23 AM
Star Wars Kid versus Kill Bill .. Boing Boing .. hier

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Bloggers Speak Out on the Apple Case
(including Boing Boing)

Bloggers Speak Out on the Apple Case
(including Boing Boing) 04/12/2005 03:56 AM
Xeni Jardin: Donna Wentworth from the EFF says:

Online journalism has friends -- lots of them. Jack Balkin, Eugene Volokh, Feedster, Gawker Media, Joi Ito, Gothamist, Rebecca MacKinnon, Groklaw, Jay Rosen, Groklaw, Glenn Reynolds (a.k.a. "Instapundit,"), Markos Moulitsas (a.k.a. "Kos") and many, many more filed a joint "friend-of-the-court" brief (PDF) today supporting the journalists in Apple v. Does -- the case in which Apple Computer is seeking to unmask online journalists' confidential sources for articles about forthcoming Apple products. They argue that journalism is a verb, not a noun -- to adopt a functional test that "will not impede journalists' use of the Internet to report news by limiting their constitutional protections when they publish there."

All of us here at Boing Boing were also proud to sign on to this brief. Link

Boing Boing: Finally, a bovine rectal
palpation simulator

Boing Boing: Finally, a bovine rectal
palpation simulator 04/06/2005 03:17 AM
Finally, a bovine rectal palpation simulator .. pour tre connu

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Boing Boing: US torturers made
screensavers out of atrocity photos

Boing Boing: US torturers made
screensavers out of atrocity photos 05/08/2004 08:05 PM
oing boing, .. boingboing

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Boing Boing: Crazy tiled animated GIF of
stickfigure acrobats

Boing Boing: Crazy tiled animated GIF of
stickfigure acrobats 07/22/2004 02:49 PM
boingboing link .. Boing Boing .. BB

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