January 2010
76 posts
I Love Walled Gardens
rinich:
There is a complaint running around that the iPad is a closed system, that people aren’t free to customize it, that it’s not opened up so that we can all poke around inside it. Complaints are the the iPad is killing off an idea of computing that’s open and free for all.
To which I say: Good! Does anybody remember what using a computer is like? I spent a week after reinstalling my...
On the iPad
I love it. I see many people complaining, but I don’t understand why. The iPad is just about everything I thought it would be. It’s about 10”, runs iPhone OS, can function as a ebook-reader, has onscreen keyboard. The only thing I miss is handwriting recognition, but that is probably possible to implement in an app. I kind of miss the possibility to bookmark and mark text in...
Parents
I love my parents. Thanks for helping me out and for being so understanding!
Life is like a roller coaster, it goes up and down. Right now it’s deep down, but I’m positive it will go up again at some point.
Belarus: love and paranoia | openDemocracy →
A book on paranoia suddenly disappears. Two days after it hits Minsk bookshops and Belarus’s internet retailers, it is suddenly “unavailable”. Neither inquiring readers nor embarrassed sales staff are given any explanation. It is as if the book never existed. But it does, and free electronic versions of the elusive novel are now spawning on the net.
Tech Reflections - Digital Muse for Beat Poet -... →
Why I Take Good Care of My Macintosh
By Gary Snyder
[…]
Because my mind flies into it through my fingers,
Because it leaps forward and backward, is an endless sniffer and searcher,
Because its keys click like hail on a boulder,
And it winks when it goes out,
[…]
Click the link for the whole thing.
Playlist [m3u / iTunes] to Spotify Converter -... →
SpotMySongs | Itunes-playlist -> Spotify
WatchApple Computer Knowledge Navigator
Why Tumblr is kicking Posterous’s ass « PEG on... →
Yes, I looked at Posterous when it appeared, but I didn’t care enough to send a fucking email. On Tumblr you just register an account and off you go.
Indie+Relief →
Buy an app, support Haiti.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-17) →
Jay Reatard (27)
Loketo (18)
Diblo With Loketo (15)
Buraka Som Sistema (13)
Kings of Convenience (13)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“I really wish the city would enact legislation that basically says: “if you tear...”
– SCOUT SCOUTING NY - www.scoutingny.com » Nobody Steps On A Church In My Town! Or Do They?…
Heritage Foundation's Haiti Impulse, Before and...
claytoncubitt:
First Version, 1/13/10, 3:32pm: “Amidst the Suffering, Crisis in Haiti Offers Opportunities to the U.S”
Changed to second version, 1/13/10, 5:08pm: “Things to Remember While Helping Haiti”
via: “Countries in periods of extreme crisis are desperate for any kind of aid, any kind of money, and are not in a position to negotiate fairly the terms of that exchange.” (via Dangerous...
“I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into...”
– Woody Allen (via thechocolatebrigade)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-10) →
The Smiths (56)
Björk (30)
Bon Iver (14)
Goldfrapp (12)
Casiokids (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
http://www.infrastructurist.com/2010/01/13/what-sho... →
The brilliant blog The Infrastructurist asks the question; What should be done with the semi-abandoned city of Detroit?
Bloggefrekvens →
Jeg er langt mer aktiv på Tumblr enn jeg er her på bloggen. Det er nok mest fordi jeg synes det tradisjonelle bloggformatet passer best til litt lengre og mer gjennomtenkte poster enn…
Laaaang togtur hitter på nettet - Politiken.dk
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Henrik Palle i Politiken setter Bergensbanen minutt for minutt i en TV-politisk(?) kontekst.
WatchThis is how I brew my coffee. But I season the filter with the good stuff. I save the boring stuff for family get togethers.
via
“So there’s me and Amy, and we’re all inseparable, right? Just big time in love....”
– Silent Bob, Chasing Amy (via cocknbull) (via sexisnottheenemy)
A Lecture about English:
somethingintellectual:
A linguistics professor was lecturing to his English class one day. “In English,” he said, “A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.” A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”
Hilo Hero: Nicholson Baker →
NICHOLSON BAKER (born 1957) was not the first novelist to create an entire narrative out of the smallest of events, but his 1988 debut, The Mezzanine, still strikes a melodic chord in…
“When I look at computers in schools, this is what I see. It’s all Guitar Hero.”
– Alan Kay
via Cult of Mac
(Guitar Hero represents computers as distractions instead of education)
Media: A world of hits | The Economist →
On how the new media reality with unlimited choice in music and movies has not had the predicted effect of a more diverse culture and the end of the blockbuster, but rather the opposite effect Interesting read.
