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An excerpt from Geeks by Jon Katz: “For me, writing this right now, being a geek means being a willing member of a growing community of social discontent, an intelligent community of libertarians, artists, dreamers, and builders. Technology is just the ticket in, the magic is the discontent and imagination, never being satisfied, and being…
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Had quite the weekend… took till today to fully recover, absorb everything, and write about it. At some point in the last few months I decided that it was time to find something new and challenging to devote my time and energy to. I’ve spent the last year getting myself into good physical condition, I…
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Mike Figgis is well on his way to being considered one of the most important filmmakers of our time. Unfortunately, most people will probably never see his recent and arguably most important experimental works. Never one to shy away from challenging his audience, in 1995 Figgis brought us a gritty, harrowing tale of love and…
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In this story about Micro$oft educational liscencing agreements, you’ll find this paragraph: “In the interests of cheap humour we’re also going to point out that in the first par of the School Agreement 3.0 calculator page it currently says: “For exact pricing, contact an Authorized Educaiton Reseller (AER).” Educaiton? We’ve heard of it…” Let’s hear…
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Smells on the air See there it’s crushing the final impression The stains on the paper Where words fell like water Unearth all the changes that never did matter I think it’s beginning to freeze here Caught in the rage and the fire of things All the brightness that burns me I’m fumbling through like…
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For those who know about this type of thing, up till now I’ve been using Blogger as my publishing engine for this site. Blogger is a great free product which has had no small part in fuelling the the massive blogging phenomenon of the last year or so. I’ve been a big fan of the…
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What time is it on your VCR?
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Blogging the Future Douglas Rushkoff, one of my favourite writers of our time, has launched a redesign of his site (okay, it was a while ago, but I haven’t been blogging in a while), along with his very own weblog. I’ve always admired Rushkoff’s work, and his books are some of my favourites of all…
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Drunken Roommate Chronicles “I have to work in the morning… what the fuh? what time do I worrrrk tomorrow? fucn I’m gonna kill youss” (begins wrestling with shoes) “You work at 9:30 tomorrow. That’s what you told me” “Okayyyyy… I have to set mmy alarm fer… fuckn I’m gonna fucn… okay what time do I…
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Okay, yeah… it’s been a while It was a nice break, but now I think it’s time to get back to it. I’ve been feeling a little more inspired lately. I’m going to try to keep postings fairly regular, and I’ll be sticking with the same kinda format as before: odd links, bit o’ commentary.…