Assembly 2010 Results

Wonderful stuff! Assembly 2010 is over, results here:

• http://www.assembly.org/summer10/news/results.txt
• http://www.pouet.net/results.php?which=7&when=10

Check them winners:

• http://www.assembly.org/summer10/gallery

Other entries: 

• http://www.pouet.net/party.php?which=7&when=2010

In case you didn't know what this was all about:

"The Assembly demo party is a demoscene and gaming event in Finland. The main organizers of the event are Pekka Aakko (Pehu of Accession) and Jussi Laakkonen (Abyss of Future Crew). The event takes place every year between late July and early August, and lasts three to four days. The most recent Assembly was held from the 5th to 8th August 2010 at Hartwall Areena in Helsinki.

In the beginning of the year 2007 Assembly Winter was announced. The new winter party is a more gaming oriented event in Tampere where the summer events continues the traditions of the original demoparty in Helsinki under the name Assembly Summer. Both parties will be held once a year." -Wikipedia

The first Assembly was held 1992 at Kauniainen, Finland. It was organized by Amiga demo groups Complex and Rebels, and the PC demo group Future Crew.

Unemployment Data

A comparison of the monthly unemployment rate of European Union and Nordic countries (excluding Iceland as there was no data available).

Favela Painting

Damn great! Painting them...

• http://www.favelapainting.com

"Haas&Hahn is the working title of artistic duo Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn. They started working together in 2005, when they filmed a documentary about hip hop in the favelas of Rio and São Paolo for MTV. Inspired by this visit, they embarked on a journey to bring outrageous works of art to unexpected places, starting with painting enormous murals in the slums of Brazil together with the local youth." -Favelapainting.com

What Does China Censor Online?

Great visual presentation about China's internet censorship. What does China censor online? Censored keywords are red and websites gray.

• http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/what-does-china-censor-online/

Government Requests Directed to Google and YouTube

Some fucked up shit but nice information at the same time.

"Like other technology and communications companies, we regularly receive requests from government agencies around the world to remove content from our services, or provide information about users of our services and products. The map shows the number of requests that we received between July 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009, with certain limitations." -Google.com

• http://www.google.com/governmentrequests/
• http://www.google.com/governmentrequests/faq.html

R.I.P. Guru

Legendary rapper Guru has succumbed to cancer. The artist, born Keith Elam, died on Monday April 19. He was 43 years old.

• http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/04/20/22177912.aspx?r4999e41a&refid=0

Vauhti Speed Oy

A company with a strange/funny name which is a "clear" reference to the drug amphetamine. They do sell a lot of stuff to help you ski faster...

Speed = Vauhti (in Finnish language)

• Vauhti Speed Oy 
• Vauhti Speed Oy at the Finnish Business Information System (BIS)

screenshot by Sugardrunk

Hello Again

Back again with some minor updates. I am currently planning what to do with this mess.