The multi-talented Gillian Anderson drops
The multi-talented Gillian Anderson drops LAN switching science for RouterGod.com.
The multi-talented Gillian Anderson drops LAN switching science for RouterGod.com.
It is olive picking season in Palestine. thanks, le blogeur.
The mothers are going to walk right up to that computer and say, My children are dying, what can you do? They're not going to sit there and like, browse eBay or something.Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates addressing the Creating Digital Dividends conference in Seattle.
My initiation into the mysteries of the database came unexpectedly today, with a request for a quick-and-dirty Microsoft Access job. I was delighted to discover that O’Reilly offers up database design principles as a sample chapter on their site. Of course, I started to get lost about 1/6 of the way in when the author talks about normal forms, but this totally abstract theory is just the stuff I love to smash my head on over and over and over until something breaks.
The e-mail’s creator could be guilty of voter fraud, a felony that carries a penalty of 16 months to three years in prison.
Cornel West: I’m for brother Ralph Nader. Not because he’s a perfect candidate — no candidate is perfect. But for me on personal grounds, I reached a point where working people and poor people are so disregarded and disrespected by a corporate-dominated Democratic Party that you have to begin a new cycle somewhere with somebody. And this broadens the discourse and broadens the engagement. And maybe we can see a little leftward leaning in the Dem ocratic Party. We shall see.Check out this great LA Weekly feature to see who other lefty thinkers are voting for and why.
Salim Muwakkil: The choice between Green Party candidate Ralph Nader and Democrat Al Gore is an agonizing choice, for all the obvious reasons. The choice is a bit clearer for African-Americans, however, who likely would bear the brunt of a Republican administration should George W. Bush squeak past Gore. What’s more, there’s a good chance that Congress will remain in the GOP’s hands; that dire prospect would set the stage for a three-branch assault on the very idea of an activist, progressive government. It was that idea that justified programs designed to redress the varied legacies of slavery and Jim Crow apartheid. I remember the dirty dozen years of the Reagan-Bush regime and its dire consequences. But I also remember how that era started and how many progressives urged a vote for independent candidate John Anderson in the 1980 election that launched Reagan; Jimmy Carter was too tepid a liberal for our tastes. The black community is still paying a steep price for the perverse policies put in place during that benighted era. Nader clearly is the best man for the job, but I’m voting for the lesser of the two-party evils. The worst of those evils is just too likely to cause too much damage.
Ishmael Reed: The white left can afford to experiment with Nader, because they agree with Bush that the problems African-Americans face are traceable to their personal behavior. As an African-American, I have to go with Gore, given the alternative. The Bush family gave us Willie Horton, drugs in the inner city, the outrage of Tulia, Texas, where 17 percent of the adult African-American population was rounded up and humiliated before photographers on trumped-up drug charges that were based upon the testimony of a corrupt undercover agent. And recently George W. Bush and his wife defended the Confederate flag. She even said that the Confederate flag was part of the Southern heritage. I wonder what heritage she’s talking about? Whipping people? George Bush’s enthusing about the reading scores of African-American fourth-graders has got to be the most cynical act in recent political history. The Bush family is always using black people for one purpose or the other. Bush’s father is famous for the Willie Horton campaign, in which they used a negative image of black people to gain 30 points among white male voters in the South during the time that Horton ad was used. In this case, they’re using black people to show their compassionate conservatism.
If you happen to find yourself in conversation with a stranger, what's wrong with talking about France's surprising victory in the World Cup, say, instead of mining the Francophile roots of ambulatory social commentary?Patrick Tracey struggles with the merits and demerits of psychogeography for the Washington City Paper. I am heartened to discover that the Washington Psychogeography Association is now accepting members.
I love this bilingual presentation of The Cure B-Sides lyrics. Now why haven’t these songs been released on anything but a too-long tangle-prone cassette?
Sure, no one's offended by a lego Mona Lisa, but will the same be true when someone finally builds a lego Piss Christ?Slashdot reader Anne Marie wants you to support funding for the arts.
I finally found a Community Supported Agriculture farm that serves my area! Fresh local ripe organic produce from June thru October for about $300 – incredible! (Can you tell I’m excited?) If you find this appealing, see if there’s a CSA farm near you.
What you should know about Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
If (like me) you spent way too much time playing the original Nintendo as a child, you’re sure to love Seanbaby’s NES page. Of special note are the twenty worst Nintendo games of all time and the NES congratulation! awards. thank you, mr barrett.
Perhaps we're looking at places comparable to 17th-century Amsterdam at the time of Rembrandt and mercantilism--places that have figured out a way to translate open-mindedness and tolerance into economic dominance.The Washington Post reports that the number one thing that correlates with a region's high-tech success is the concentration of gay people living there.
Salon profiles Alan Moore, eccentric comic book genius; I just want to beseech him, “darling don’t you go and cut your hair.”
The Frog Farm FAQ is an endlessly fascinating document detailing our rights, in theory and in practice, as citizens of the United States. Very scary reading for Halloween.
Nader will be on ABC’s Nightline tonight along with Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura for a town meeting-style discussion.
When I chew the etiquette gum, I feel the need to stand up straight. You can't slouch and chew etiquette gum.What's up with those inscrutable Japanese candy wrappers?
Metafilter thread about online comics, for future reference.
"Lenny Lambchop" was getting up on telephone boxes in NYC lower east side around 2 am; the bars were letting out. Two beautiful working girls wobbled over to him and asked if they could have posters. "What are you gonna do with 'em?," he asked. One of the ladies, wearing a too short spandex something, replied, "I'm gonna put "MEN WITH NO LIPS" up in my room." Concerned, L.L. said, "But we want lots of people to see them." The other woman winked, "Oh they will, honey, at least twenty people a night!" Good enough.From The Guerrilla Posterers' Guide.
Lotto, a short story by Douglas Coupland. thanks, matt.
-- or have you forgotten NAFTA, GATT, the WTO, the continuation of the drug war, the Defense of Marriage Act, the erosion of civil liberties, the dismantling of the social safety net, the unprecedented concentration of corporate power -- not to mention the bombing of Iraq, Sudan, and Afghanistan --I remember, Sparky.
They're a kind of slick impostor band that lead critics and hapless rock fans down the dangerous path of asking, "How relevant is this?" instead of asking, "Does this fucking rock?"Not everyone likes Radiohead.
A new concept in blogging: Can’t think of anything to say? What the hell, just borrow someone else’s life.
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Educate yourself about the Mideast
