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Archive for May, 2003
Nice illustrations at Rob Dobi Illustration.
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For the first time since Belgium’s Sandra Kim won the Eurovision Song
Contest in 1986, a Belgian entry had a chance of victory at the music
industry’s answer to WWF wrestling. And so Urban Trad came in second
with Sanomi, which isn’t bad at all. Despite a slight hiccup for the Belgian entry, things went remarkably well. Especially if you consider that the lyrics are, in essence, baby talk:
Sanomi Helé
Manilla Keranu
Aliya Irema Nia Lago
Ture Madilé
Sanomi Helé
Manilla Keranu
Aliya Irema Nia Madilé
etc.
But well done, Urban Trad.
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In a commencement address delivered at St. John’s College, Lewis H. Lapham (editor of Harper’s Magazine) contrasted the inertia of things-that-were with the hope of things-as-they-might- become.
“Democracy allies itself with change and proceeds under the assumption that nobody knows enough, that nothing is final, that the old order (whether of men and women or institutions) will be carried off-stage every 20 years. The plurality of democratic voices and forms assumes a ceaseless making and re-making—of laws and customs as well as of fortunes and matinee idols. Democratic government is a purpose held in common, and if it can be understood as a set of temporary coalitions among people of different interests, skills and generations, then everybody has need of everybody else. To the extent that a democratic society gives its citizens the chance to chase its own dreams, it gives itself the chance not only of discovering its multiple glories and triumphs, but also of surviving its multiple follies and crimes.”
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Born Magazine: “Born Magazine is an experimental venue marrying literary arts and interactive media. Original projects are brought to life every three months through creative collaboration between writers and artists.”
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s another blog entry starting with
this hackneyed old line. But it is Fly Guy. No real point to it, but
really rather zenny.
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Martin Rees, Royal Society Professor at Cambridge University, Fellow of King’s College, the UK’s Astronomer Royal, and Fellow of the Royal Society. Previously Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge. Sir Martin to you and me. He knows the shape of the universite (flat, surprisingly enough). He even knows what it’s made of. In an essay published by Edge, he goes on to reveal all this plus much, much more. At times you may even believe it’s a marketing stunt for The Matrix Reloaded. But it’s as real as you and me. And we may not be real at all.
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Lawrence Lessig says the Internet is dying. Read the article in the Register, and you might notice that this could very well be a case of murder.
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Nice to see Shockwave again instead of Flash. Squish the bunnies. Score
points. Feel strangely attracted to the shapely heroine. [Shockwave
player required, in case you missed the subtlety in the previous sentence.]
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Dirty talk and cybersex like you’ve never heard it before. “I can no longer resist the pizza. I open the box and unzip my pants with my other hand. As I penetrate the gooey cheese, I moan in ecstacy. The mushrooms and Italian sausage are rough, but the sauce is deliciously soothing. I blow my load in seconds. As you leave the bathroom, I exit through the front door….”
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