Category — General

The OBSERVER, Dunkirk, New York:
But now, those seeking answers concerning why Cho did it and whether anything could have been done to stop him are being stymied by concerns about “rights” — Cho’s.

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Cho, alive or dead, has the same rights as everyone else in those situation. Rights are universal, not particular. Whomever in Dunkirk that does not understand that by removing Cho’s rights is the same as removing our own, is ignorant, as is indicated by the rest of the language s/he uses.

sean cubitt’s blog:

yay!

Muppet Wiki – Muppet Wiki:
Welcome to Muppet Wiki, a database that anyone can edit.

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beth says its one of the best and that wikipatterns helps

The Ignorance of Crowds:
The Ignorance of Crowds
by Nicholas G. Carr

The open source model can play an important role in innovation, but know its limitations.

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interesting bit of nonfiction.

Enough With It!:
So please, when you introduce yourself in my class, tell me you are focused, that you are interested, that you care, but don’t tell me you are passionate. I just can’t take the closeness.

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hmm ‘passion’ it is such a plural world… it is polysemous in ways that can make some people uncomfortable as it relates to the bedroom, the job, and the stations of the cross, symbolicly… it is a huge issue.

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.

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

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

from jill/txt

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.