Archive for July, 2007
Tweets 2007-07-14
Most Dishonest Wall Street Journal Editorial Ever: http://tinyurl.com/ypl2ct More here: http://tinyurl.com/3dyzup #
Tweets 2007-07-13
Working on a personal Google Map of Hualien for friends, visitors, and personal use. http://tinyurl.com/383syf #
Some free articles on Taiwan’s changing political economy: http://tinyurl.com/3cxrrl #
Tweets 2007-07-10
New blog added to the blogroll: 地圖會說話, about Taiwan & Maps. http://blog.pixnet.net/Richter #
Added to the blogroll: New Yorker Blogs, featuring George Packer: http://tinyurl.com/2apeta #
Mr. Cheney’s quest to accumulate unaccountable executive power took a major turn 20 years ago - with Iran-Contra. http://tinyurl.com/33lmgp #
Ousmane Sembène
I only recently learned that Ousmane Sembène, “the ‘father’ of African Cinema” died last month. Sembène was much more radical, much more of a brechtian filmmaker, and much more influential than Michael Moore could ever hope to be. Sembène was a writer who went into filmmaking because of the high rates of illiteracy in his […]
Tweets 2007-07-08
Seen in a vegan restaurant in Manhattan: http://tinyurl.com/3769gh Reminded of it by this French ad campaign: http://www.combat-avenir.com #
More on Incubus (via Mark Liberman): http://tinyurl.com/38obhr #
Colin Powell learned to speak Yiddish as a teenager! http://tinyurl.com/2mrlwz More here: http://tinyurl.com/32759w #
Political Theory Daily is now Bookforum.com - with RSS feeds no less! http://www.bookforum.com/ #
Google Maps for Taiwan […]
Tweets 2007-07-07
“Factual inaccuracies we were unable to correct” http://tinyurl.com/38uaxn #
Tweets 2007-07-06
The junkyard of art: http://www.deletedimages.com/ #
Oddly Titled Government Documents: http://worldcat.org/profiles/dcornwall/lists/5775 #
Responsible Criticism
Reading the reactions to Sicko in the press is an interesting exercise. Almost without exception, including papers from both the left and the right, reviewers feel compelled to adopt the tone of voice of a disapproving adult, condemning Moore for his excesses while reluctantly conceding that the film is important and that these issues need […]
Tweets 2007-07-04
Milan Airport Pickpocket Video http://tinyurl.com/2vx5bp #
Tweets 2007-07-03
Question: How will the iPhone handle Chinese input? On my Treo I can draw with a pen + a 3rd party app. The iPhone has neither… #
Everything you thought you knew about the Vice President is true - but that’s only the half of it! A must read: http://tinyurl.com/3ad4by #
If goods and money can travel, […]
An anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, 
