looks like some people want to change some things…. that might be good, or bad, or both.

nice little presentation.

in a port like mobile, that will cause some damage.

An RNC Jail?. Erin Starr, writing on ZNet, alleges that the infamous Pier 57 improvised jail, where many of those arrested during the Republican National Convention were held, was leased and managed by the RNC: My husband called the NYPD to ask who… [Kathryn Cramer] —– My husband called the NYPD to ask who had […]

On-Line Writing Advice from George Orwell. When it comes to writing on-line (personal or corporate), I'm very much on the opposite end of the spectrum of the traditional PR and Marketing approaches. They generally involve hype, big words, and lots of flowery language that doesn't actually say anything. When it comes to providing someone a […]

Alan Liu’s Laws of Cool. After Twisty Little Passages and First Person, the academic book I've been most looking forward to reading is Alan Liu's Laws of Cool, years in the making and just released by University of Chicago Press. The Laws of Cool is a study of the relation of the contemporary humanities and […]

buy one.

here is a republican citizen acting like he should not be a citizen, but should be a detainee of the court system because he is assaulting someone and preventing free speech and such.

notre musique. yestereday was opening day toronto international film festival. godard's notre musique, a deeply-felt commentary on the contemporary hell and purgatory wrought by man's inhumanity to man and the effects of war in particular. the film opens with an especially powerful poetic montage of historical and contemporary footage of … [Megan Boler's Weather Reports] […]

[foo] Designing shared ontologies. Jason Cole lead a session on how to design a tool he wants to build. He says most academic technology is aimed at teachers. How do we build tools that support learning? His wife just started grad school and wants a tool that will build a personal knowledge base. But it […]