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Going home, surprisingly not that tired. Tonight is the night to catch up on nano

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:15:03 -0800

Going home, surprisingly not that tired. Tonight is the night to catch up on nano

About Us: Anarchy Archives

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:30:48 -0800

About Us: Anarchy Archives:

Some older books and translations into English I haven’t read.

medialens - correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media - corporate media issues

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:29:52 -0800

medialens - correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media - corporate media issues

"This was the major leagues of Colonialism. To give you an idea of how important Ceylon/Sri Lanka was..."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:13:13 -0800

“This was the major leagues of Colonialism. To give you an idea of how important Ceylon/Sri Lanka was back then, try this on: in 1802, when French armies were kicking British and Prussian and Italian and Russian ass all over Europe (weird how nobody remembers that, huh?), the Brits were so terrified they tried to give Napoleon all their colonies except Sri Lanka and Trinidad. Those were the two they needed to keep.”

- When Pigs Fly–and Scold: Brits Lecturing Sri Lanka! - By Gary Brecher - The eXiled

Sometimes history blows my mind. To read later.

"A lot of young Dominican [kids]—and I’m sure a lot of other communities too where these kids walk..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:08:06 -0800

“A lot of young Dominican [kids]—and I’m sure a lot of other communities too where these kids walk around feeling like freaks—they walk around feeling like X-Men, because whatever they like, it’s such a weird thing for their communities. For me being a nerd is just like I like to read.
I was lucky because I came from an incredibly tough, you know, what they would call in my community, a legitimate family, I had a lot of tough people in my family, so I was allowed to be a nerd and no one would really bother me. That’s not really the case for most people—most people in my community. If you loved to read, people would think you were soft and trying to act white. I heard that stuff too growing up, but again for the most part, I was protected because I had a brother and a sister who did my fighting anyway, and would have happily done so to defend me.
They say that [being a] nerd is really cool, that now people are all into computers, but I don’t know, man, I just wonder if in the communities that I’m talking about, whether it’s gotten easier to be a smart kid, it’s gotten easier to be a kid who’s into art, gotten easier to be a kid who reads. I don’t know. I can’t speak to that.”

- Guernica / Nerdsmith

Junot Diaz. I’m all over this stuff.

Guernica / Bolaño Inc.

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:00:24 -0800

Guernica / Bolaño Inc.:

Some interesting points on the continued characterization of latin authors. Looking to see if this same guy has an opinion on Junot Diaz

what? Cute Overload is blocked by the Great Firewall of China? REALLY NOW. Somebody queue up...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:17:20 -0800

what? Cute Overload is blocked by the Great Firewall of China? REALLY NOW. Somebody queue up Disapproving Rabbit.

How to make a cheap lucid dream mask | Electronics Video « Wonder How To

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:55:00 -0800

How to make a cheap lucid dream mask | Electronics Video « Wonder How To:

thanks Paul!

World’s Most Experienced Pilot Turns 100 | Autopia | Wired.com

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:51:51 -0800

World’s Most Experienced Pilot Turns 100 | Autopia | Wired.com:

nice

first heard the song in an ad, to my shame. but hey, I’ll take it. ♫ http://blip.fm/~fx7px

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:35:31 -0800

first heard the song in an ad, to my shame. but hey, I’ll take it. ♫ http://blip.fm/~fx7px

"On the 10th January some snowballing took place in front of the College, in which the students took..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:09:15 -0800

“

On the 10th January some snowballing took place in front of the College, in which the students took part. The warfare between the students and the townspeople was renewed on the 11th, and became more serious. Several shop windows were broken, the shops were closed, and the street traffic suspended.
The students, believing that the constables took the side of the mob against them, appeared on the 12th armed with sticks, to defend themselves against the constables’ batons. Then a regular riot took place, sticks and batons being freely used, and matters became so serious that the magistrates found it necessary to send to the Castle for a detachment of soldiers of the 79th Highlanders, which arrived and drew up across the College quadrangle, and peace was restored. [University Snowdrop, 1838]

This may be history’s only instance of military intervention in a snowball fight. Five students were tried; all were acquitted.

”

- thank to Futility Closet, for this and many other delicious historical tidbits

Alan Grayson: Campaign Finance/Money - Summary - Career | OpenSecrets

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:01:24 -0800

Alan Grayson: Campaign Finance/Money - Summary - Career | OpenSecrets:

Oh wow, I just figured out why Alan Grayson is such a crazy motherfucker. He’s paying his own way, practically no contributors to worry about. No wonder he can go down shooting like this. I wonder what his next election will be like.

SmartAction Virtual Agents - More intelligent and more capable than the best speech IVR | Contact us

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:15:59 -0800

SmartAction Virtual Agents - More intelligent and more capable than the best speech IVR | Contact us:

doing a little hiring, you sales types.

Changing the World Panel — Singularity Summit 2009 —...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:29:59 -0800

Changing the World Panel — Singularity Summit 2009 — Peter Thiel, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Aubrey de Grey on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

watch this later

Getting developing world data with Android and Open Data Kit - Ars Technica

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:33:05 -0800

Getting developing world data with Android and Open Data Kit - Ars Technica:

interesting

"I am trying so hard to be nice to Jonathan Safran Foer, by which I mean I am trying to forget he..."

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:32:02 -0800

“I am trying so hard to be nice to Jonathan Safran Foer, by which I mean I am trying to forget he exists on this planet. His book Eating Animals, however, is making this goal very, very difficult.
It was bad enough when he was writing shitty novels, but now he’s indulging in my least favorite form of nonfiction: the “I have never thought about this thing before until now, and despite the fact that other people have thought about this for years and wrestle daily with the implications, I think my brand new thoughts should be shared with the world.”
Whatever the topic — religion, marriage, gender, food politics — the books are always shallow, yet for some reason a lot of people take them seriously.”

- Blog of a Bookslut

ah ha ha ha, Jessa Crispin is my hero.

halloween: feeling flat and hunted, which you can relaly see...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:59:40 -0700

halloween:

feeling flat and hunted, which you can relaly see in my cold dead eyes here.

on horror movies, rewatched The Descent last night. Filmmakers, Neil Marshall is killing you at...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:55:11 -0700

on horror movies, rewatched The Descent last night. Filmmakers, Neil Marshall is killing you at everything. Looking forward to Centurion.

ZNet - Anarcho-Government

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:24:18 -0700

ZNet - Anarcho-Government:

some poorly thought out, but interesting grasping towards the concept of alternative voluntary systems to replace governmental services.

supybot is fighting me, but I think I got a usable setup to use as a greeter last night. tonight...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:02:50 -0700

supybot is fighting me, but I think I got a usable setup to use as a greeter last night. tonight I’m just going to work on the interactions.