Archive for May, 2007
Tweets 2007-05-31
L:taoyuan, taiwan #
Installing Google Gears before my flight. (Now, if only my battery would last more than 3 hours…) http://gears.google.com/ #
I am Here to Shoot a Pilot : http://tinyurl.com/2qhspx #
Mike Figgis: that TSA “shoot a pilot” thing was bogus : http://tinyurl.com/2q6jsh #
L:anchorage,alaska #
Tweets 2007-05-30
Launch: Google Maps adds Street View : http://tinyurl.com/27n65n #
“If the president wants to go to war, our job is to find the intelligence to allow him to do so.” http://tinyurl.com/23s2he #
“postage hikes will never surpass inflation—and the forever stamp will never become a good investment” http://tinyurl.com/2aqd5a #
The Helvetica Hegemony http://tinyurl.com/2q5kzr #
Mapplets : http://tinyurl.com/2y2qnc […]
Tweets 2007-05-29
“This Is Nollywood” tells the story of the Nigerian film industry. http://www.thisisnollywood.com #
Mark Twain’s “The War Prayer” beautifully animated. http://thewarprayer.com #
AAA Open Access FUD : http://tinyurl.com/2l85cz #
Been wanting to see Kontrol for nearly 3 years now, and it was great. Luc Besson meets David Fincher? http://tinyurl.com/294757 #
No AIDS Love Only
I liked the graphics on these Taiwanese AIDS awareness flyers:
{AIDS, graphic design}
Tweets 2007-05-26
My favorite podcasts: http://tinyurl.com/2bz2yx #
Ann Wright | What Congress Really Approved: Benchmark No. 1: Privatizing Iraq’s Oil for US Companies : http://tinyurl.com/2wptnj #
Tweets 2007-05-25
“the culture war is still more important to them than real war” http://tinyurl.com/25qwje #
Bangxi
Bangxi (spelling?) is Bunun for “smelly” and is the name of Juno’s new friend. Bangxi is only 4 months old, while Juno is about one year old now, so whenever they play Bangxi gets sopping wet from Juno’s salvia. Bangxi is being raised by one of my students who lives near by, so they should […]
Tweets 2007-05-24
Technorati.com gets less useful with each upgrade/redesign. But there is a secret back-door which cuts out the crap: http://s.technorati.com #
Parsons’ examination committee consisted of Salin, Alfred Weber (Max’s brother), Karl Jaspers and Willy Andreas. http://tinyurl.com/2pvnnq #
Chinese gold farmers documentary : http://tinyurl.com/3y8b29 #
Supernotes Revisited : http://tinyurl.com/3xy3rx #
Comparative Observation of Human and Various Predatory Animal Skulls : […]
Caging
From an interview with Greg Palast, where he argues that both the media and congress are missing the real story behind the US attorney scandal:
[Monica Goodling] was trying to tell us something important, but the dim bulbs of the U.S. press and the committee dolts wouldn’t listen. She began by accusing her bosses of perjury. […]
Tweets 2007-05-23
Binding Arbitration and Consumer Bargaining Power : http://tinyurl.com/2xuwhh #
Trying out OpenDNS. The OpenDNS folks are super-nice and the service seems good so far. http://opendns.com #
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