January 2010
34 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Interpol (15)
The Cinematics (13)
Origin (10)
Burial (8)
David Bowie (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
A reasonable demand for the rights and obligations of corporate Americans http://icio.us/ulebed
“Any social order has to include the conditions for its own continuance.” (Alan Sinfield)
“CGI may have been supposed to “look real” once, but not for a long time — quite...”
– Why the Na’vi Are Making Me Blue (Essay) - Speakeasy - WSJ
“There’s no doubt that the industry is in a weird position. It’s not...”
– James Cameron and Peter Jackson on making films in the age of technology. - - Slate Magazine
“There is only one thing worse than white liberal guilt, and it’s white liberal...”
– Bat, Bean, Beam - A Weblog on Memory and Technology: Haiti, in 3D
True words.
Tak, Birthe, for endnu en gang at styrke min tro på det gode i mennesket http://icio.us/ewomw0
Langballe kan godt lide muslimer der ikke tror på islam… http://icio.us/id2ozq
“I was patted down (the pat-down wouldn’t have found any explosives I’d hidden in...”
– Neil Gaiman’s Journal: How I got to Boston
True and accurate assessment of airport security.
“A lot of people have drawn parallels to what is going on today, but I certainly...”
– Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / A cheery conversation with Cory Doctorow about the upside of economic collapse
Cory Doctorow on his novels Makers. See, it was possible to know that the economy would go bust again. It always happens!
RT @johnwarrender: “In US before Reagan, CEOs earned 43x as much as average worker. By 2005, they earned more than 400x as much.” ::grin …
In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 people (Momus)
“Everyone I know who fasts for Ramadan feels enriched. It is really striking....”
– Clash of Civilizations | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters
A rather interesting point about the perceived worth of self-discipline today.
Sander ER dum (tak, Kent) http://icio.us/mobdfj
RT @shaviro: In today’s academic climate, any appeal to ethics and/or the sublime is a confession of total intellectual bankruptcy.
Pointing out that e-publishing isn’t the end of the world. Thank you. http://icio.us/dgjgfa
“At markedsforståelsen gennemsyrer den politiske retorik er på ingen måde en...”
– En drømmers farvel til det gamle SF | information.dk
En fuldstændig korrekt betragtning - så længe man prioriterer det at blive valgt og få indflydelsesrige poster frem for at have en konsekvent politisk holdning, vil vores Folketing være som Netto.
Secure your checked bags -- fly with a gun - Boing... →
OMG, the idiocy of air travel “security”… (thanks, Rune!)
All texts are autonomous (David Bradshaw)
Food fight http://icio.us/slu2gs
Frank Jensen: Forsøg med hash er nødvendigt -... →
Tja, bedre sent end aldrig, det er jo ikke en ny tanke. Lad os dog håbe at der kommer positive erfaringer med det.
Some old thoughts of Warren Ellis’ regarding e-publications http://icio.us/wlufr4
Warren Ellis’ hauntology music list http://icio.us/wx2510
http://twitgoo.com/bh5og icycle
Another critique of Avatar http://icio.us/mcqrnp
Avatar bashing http://icio.us/yhytre
More Avatar bashing. Definitely more fun than the movie itself http://icio.us/35gkmy
The Decade Ahead | varnelis.net →
A very interesting view of how the next decade might look. Some of it (especially the technological view) sounds slightly implausible for me, though I do agree that Google will be faced with legal battles and the need to defend its “Don’t be evil” mantra.
A short piece on Avatar http://icio.us/sl25f2
http://twitgoo.com/ayu1h fucking weather
It ain’t a fit night out for man or beast