November 2009
“It claims that if the industrialised world halved meat consumption it would be...”
– Sir Paul McCartney urges meat-free day to cut CO2
The’d do good to mention that halving meat consumption is also healthier.
“Each member is a definite part of the band… what I mean is, it’s...”
– Snake of Voivod, The Happy Thrasher, Ish 6, Dec 1989
Little did he know.. From here. Away’s idea behind Dimension Hatröss is a decent plot for a psychedelic sci-fi film.
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Bells on a Sunday
It’s what they call the First Advent here. The official start of xmas madness proper. In a way, it is a consolation that I am not obliged to take part.
As soon as it turned clear that I will not be able to afford the luxury price Lufthansa has put on tickets to Sofia, I decided that the best thing I could do is talk mum into flying to Poland. Her best friend has earlier invited her over and...
Chusseau Flaviens Collection →
Quoting from the Old Sofia Blog:
“Among the many collections that form the International Museum of Photography is one comprising over ten thousand glass plate negatives, the gift of Kodak Pathe. They are predominantly the creation of one man, the Frenchman C. Chusseau Flaviens. Whatever factual knowledge we possess about him is practically stated with his name. Much of the rest is...
“So you’re talking about self-deception in at least two contexts. One is...”
– Noam Chomsky + Robert Trivers § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
Chapel Club at MySpace Music →
I have a natural revulsion towards MySpace sites, so if anything is to be seen there, it would normally be not seen or heard by me. Not unless I hear it elsewhere first. This was the case with Chapel Club yesterday. Surfacing and Machine Music are two very nice pieces of music. Remind me of many things, but sometimes it makes sense to forget those things.
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Mockingbird - An online tool for mockups /... →
I like the level of abstraction they have there - not too design-y so it avoids misunderstanding.
The mobile data apocalypse, and what it means to... →
Now that Arcor acquisition by Vodafone makes even more sense.
Aliens 'already exist on earth', Bulgarian... →
Yeah right, and I can switch my neighbour’s washing machine off from down here.
“The most violent element in society is ignorance.”
– Emma Goldman
One doesn't know...
… where a conversation will end when one starts it.
I was talking with mum about food stuff she wants to pack in her luggage to Poland and for some reason had to think of my Polish grandma. Way back in 96, when all of a sudden we had no food in the shops and an entire salary could go for two loaves of bread and a jar of yoghurt, my Babcia packed a suitcase full of food, one handbag and her...
“In a paper this year, the doctor postulated that as many as 40% of coma cases...”
– I always knew he could understand, says mother of man locked in ‘coma’ | Science | The Guardian
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Aol. Generation. Next. - Brand New →
Branding examples at the bottom of the article are worth having a look at. One more reason to not show parts from a concept before showing the whole of it.
SharedCopy →
Apparently some still don’t use annotation online, so here’s one tool I use when AwesomeHighlighter is too slow or just out of order. I like both, actually.
“It’s wrong to try and convert tribal societies. What should the empirical...”
– Daniel Everett, because I watched that lecture last night.
The power of speech | World news | The Guardian
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FORA.tv - Daniel Everett: Endangered Languages →
I have not much words today, but this guys some interesting ones.
Contemporary Beauty Ideals →
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“We’re banned from the dog park. Well, I guess it’s okay to hump, and it’s okay...”
– Twitter / Justin
The Pixies : Where Is My Mind (1988) →
Many years back it associated for me with unpleasant events, but this song stood on its own well through time and speaks with its own voice now.
“Approximately 5% of people have absent frontal sinuses.”
– Frontal sinus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After being in the 20% of Earthlings who have a Lingua plicata, I am also in the 5% with one missing frontal sinus. Minority par excellence.
Watchinky:
A beard to end all beards
Did a re-play just to hear that audience.
