ZinesFromOuterSpace *Asterisk*

[Tony Longshanks LeTigre]

I forgot to mention.....the things I put an asterisk next to are the ones I
thought might be regular / permanent fixtures of ZiP from now on.

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Tony Longshanks LeTigre <
anthonyletigre at gmail.com> wrote:

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> *TOPICS / THEMES / BRILLIANT IDEAS / CRAZED WHIMS for ZiP02:*
>
> *Cover – *Laser cut or wood cut the cover image? Accept submissions for
> cover art? Theme: Anarchy Enema
>
> *Code Hero / Kickstarter - *FEATURE1 Project background / fundraiser /
> interview + sidebar on Alex Peake (this could be saved & expanded into a
> feature for ZiP03)
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> *BiL Conference *– FEATURE2, by Dara, reporter on scene
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> *EFF Article* – Adam
>
> **Cyberia* – The birth of a new hackerspace (ongoing coverage)
>
> **Discuss / Debate / Disparage - *ANARCHY: Pipe Dream, Violent Nightmare
> or Blissful Possibility? – (to appeal to Anarchist Bookfair audience,
> assuming we table there)
>
> *Essay: Oshan at Evergreen* - Glam's Human Interest piece on Oshan Anand,
> owner of Om Shan Tea and anarchist philosopher, which ties into current
> events in light of Oshan's trial & possible prison sentence for alleged
> distribution of psychedelics (As if...)
>
> *FoxconnMacAppleSuicideCancerChina* – I'm not sure how to sum this up but
> it involves heavy current news of interest to hackers; possible tie-in w/
> Geeks And Depression (check w/ Mitch)
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> *Bit Torrent* (Max)
>
> **Fold-out calendar* – (hacker events + classes & workshops) what was the
> name of the person to ask about this?
>
> *FRAC Magazine - *100 meter freestyle & narcathon* *(Zephyr?)
>
> *Key code + cutout* to NB Front Gate! (This got a group laugh) Making
> light of the ongoing debate over admittance policy
>
> **The Noisebridge Muppet Show! *(Comic Strip) – Glam + illustrator
>
> *Raspberry Pie* - $25.00 computer (James) can we get one?
>
> **Encrypted / coded pages* – decode them to read! Or pages about
> cryptanalysis & cracking?
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> **Tastebridge* – butter, limoncello (Adam), recipe from Ed, experimental
> mycology
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> **MetaJournalism* – reviews of reviews (Glam), newspaper headline
> composting (James' idea: take coverage of a recent event from several
> different periodicals & compare / contrast /combine/ combust them)
>
> *Zero Day Xploit – *play on ZiP name since zip = 0
>
> **3 Paragraph Essay* – a trio of them on anarchy/anarchism as a
> social/philosophical stance "opposing viewpoints" style would be nice; Glam
> will write the first. Note that the 3PE is inspired by 5MOF
>
> *Investigative Report on Robot-Human violence – *Interview Tai & others
>
> *Astrology – *oh, astrology, what are we going to do about you? Glam will
> condense Discuss list debate (Frantisek vs. Gopiballava et al.) on the
> subject; Dara will write **Noisebridge horoscopes!* (yes PLEASE)
>
> **Society Gossip / Community & Scene / Quotes* – Justin will contribute
> an article on the recent death/rebirth of the NB hackerspace ("Noisebridge
> Renaissance"); part of an ongoing column a la "Page 6 for Hackers" Also
> "Shit Noizbridgers Say"* *(see Tumblr blog + Glam has others to add)
>
> *Enemas* – James will write consumer review of the one found in the NB
> bathroom. Let's try to work enemas into ZiP02 as much as possible
>
> **ZiP Code / Binary Rainbow – *Josh J. Pt 2* *+ other tech articles
>
> **Zine Reviews / Random Book From NB Library*
>
> **Hacker's Digest / Headlines / The LeTigre Retort* – Satire and
> Onion-style hacker news (Glam)
>
> **Fake Ads - *I picture a Fake Advertising Department desk where the
> staff Photoshops fake ads for the zine, makes prank phone calls to
> businesses, & otherwise parodies & subverts the duties of a typical
> newspaper advertising department
>
> *Fear of Earthquakes – *humor piece by Glam
>
> **Games* (board games, RPGs, Xbox, Sega, Halo, Go, DND, w/e) – Alex
> Handey?
>
> **Scanned pages* of handwritten / cut & paste / letterpress text & images
> **Letters / Feedback / Fan+Hate Mail*
>
> **Crafts / Sewing / Fashion – *Tatiana's pirate jacket
>
> **Profile of a Noisebridger - *Mike declined, unfortunately
>
> **ZiPCat* – Mail order items & hacker treasures (John Draper's whistle,
> tardigrade, William Gibson's manual typewriter), swag, merch, Tshirts,
> stickers, Hack-a-Thong, Turing's Engima machine, etc
>
> *Drug Reviews *– testing new drugs & pharmaceuticals from outside the
> U.S. (going too far?)
>
> **Politics/Hacktivism* – registering w/ the Green Party (changed view on
> "spoilers"), headline: "America Receives Psychiatric Evaluation, Diagnosed
> with Corporate Personality Disorder"
>
> **POIDH –* photos of NB, ganked from web, etc
>
> **Tasty Links* – odd & interesting things found on the web
>
> *Other possibilities: *Spacebridge, reddit.com (James?), Pirate Party
> (Gavin?), collaborative writing experiment (Hobbit), Consenso: the
> Noisebridge Oracle, Max's other ideas (refer to email), Geometry Spotlight
> (Dodecahedron)
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