News, links, and updates related to this week’s Republican National Convention in New York, from geeks who read BoingBoing:
* Joshua Dickens says, “Webzine founder and filmmaker Ryan Junnell is doing this documentary installation on the RNC and managed to find his way not only into the convention center but also onto the news with this ‘Girly Man for Arnold’ sign. He’s selling it on eBay to hopefully help fund the project and get his producer out of jail.” Link
* Christian says, “CNet’s Download.com lists among the ‘New Releases,’ a ‘Re-elect George Bush Screen Saver.’ Hilariously, the W-saver installs spyware. Even funnier are the negative comments submitted by CNet readers –“Since installing I’ve lost my job and all my private files were stolen.”… “This is the worst software ever. Since installing I lost my job to India, my child owes $24,000 plus interest to pay off the national debt and my buddy who got injured in Iraq came home to no job and no benefits. I tried to call tech support and was told I was an enemy combatant for calling to complaign (sic).'” Link
* Tim says, “My friend Mark was arrested at the same Critical Mass rally that Joshua Kinberg got nabbed at. He wrote a real harrowing and detailed account of his experience; it is worth reading. The story actually lives on his website (Link), but that server is down now, so I’ve sent you the url for my mirror of it: Link.”
* Anonymous says, “A look at the soon-to-be-launched (right before 9/11) Emergency Preparedness Month, in which the White House and more than 50 other agencies will spend a month reminding us that terrorists could strike at any time. This should be a nice bump for Bush leading right into the election. It examines the elements of the ‘fear appeal’ propaganda technique, and includes an interesting side-by-side comparison of ‘Duck and Cover’ propaganda from the 1950s, with an eerily similar image from FEMA’s website today.” Link
* Jean-Luc says, “Edouard, a French guy in NYC, photoblogged a lot about the anti-Bush march in NYC this Saturday.” Link
* And following up on our earlier mention of a clever geek protest sign, reader Bing says, Here’s a /BUSH shirt that predates the sign you posted (and subsequent cafepress store).” Link.
Previous BoingBoing RNC-NYC roundup: Link. See also: Secret Service and Indymedia servers. Michael Moore at the RNC. Update on Joshua Kinberg’s arrest and release.