Posts from — May 2007

we were discussing problematic characters on irc this morning… and i bought up the idea of a novel whose main character was a bridge built by boys that lived in the neighborhood and grew up around it, told from first person, the bridge perspective, about the life of the bridge. there you go… go write it, and give me credit for the idea, and some royalties too plz.

Atheist Nation | Atheist Videos | Ricky Gervais on Religion | Video 00035:
Ricky Gervais on Religion

yes….

BBC – h2g2 – TOWEL DAY:
Towel Day, Its Time Has Come

A new holiday has been proposed to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Mr Douglas N Adams. This holiday is Towel Day. To read the initial idea behind Towel Day please click here.

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have a happy towel day, one and all:)

-j

Welcome to Pyongyang | Gallery | Guardian Unlimited:

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interesing photos from north korea…

links for 2007-05-24:
RSS in Plain English Wonderful short video presentation

from jill/txt

creativity/machine » i’ve always said that old people rock:
i’ve always said that old people rock

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Doc Jean makes a good point about amateur participation in this post… which also has a rockin video.

Public access group challenges Smithsonian over copyrights:
Grabbing pictures of iconic Smithsonian Institution artifacts just got a whole lot easier.

Before, if you wanted to get a picture of the Wright Brothers’ plane, you could go to the Smithsonian Images Web site and pay for a print or high-resolution image after clicking through several warnings about copyrights and other restrictions — and only if you were a student, teacher or someone pledging not to use it to make money.

Now, you can just go to the free photo-sharing Web site flickr.com.

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Carl Malamud and his group are doing some good work on freeing and sustaining the freedom of access to public resources

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hehehehe

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chicken

FT.com / Companies / Media & internet – Google’s goal: to organise your daily life:
“The goal is to enable Google users to be able to ask the question such as ‘What shall I do tomorrow?’ and ‘What job shall I take?’ ”

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scary.. i don’t want google to make such advice.

Everything Is Fake – Google Video:
R!ot Manhattan shows you how everything you see is fake.