Author: buridan

china mieville on xmas…

Socialist Review: “” (Via .) it is pretty good, and i like his books too.

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Sandbag shelter wins architecture prize

Sandbag shelter wins architecture prize: “Mark Frauenfelder: —-snip——- (Via Boing Boing.) —– cooool

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merry christmas from weebl

Weebls Stuff – Toons: “” (Via .)

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Down and Out in Discount America

Down and Out in Discount America: “Al Zack, who until his retirement in 2004 was the United Food and Commercial Workers’ vice president for strategic programs, observes that appealing to the poor was ‘Sam Walton’s real genius. He figured out how to make money off of poverty. He located his first stores in poor rural […]

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Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | ‘We have to protect people’

Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | ‘We have to protect people’ : “But more than one gay playwright is at a stake here. Allen claims he is acting to ‘encourage and protect our culture’. Does ‘our culture’ include Shakespeare? I ask Allen if he would insist that copies of Shakespeare’s sonnets be removed from all […]

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Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | 'We have to protect people'

Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | ‘We have to protect people’ : “But more than one gay playwright is at a stake here. Allen claims he is acting to ‘encourage and protect our culture’. Does ‘our culture’ include Shakespeare? I ask Allen if he would insist that copies of Shakespeare’s sonnets be removed from all […]

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totse.com | Chemistry of women

totse.com | Chemistry of women: “MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET Woman–Chemical Analysis “ (Via .) somewhat sexist, but all jokes like this are.

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lab for social computing at rit

lab for social computing at rit: “Over on Many-to-Many I’ve made an announcement about a new Lab for Social Computing here at RIT….” (Via mamamusings.) ——- interesting project.

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Grow up already!

Grow up already!: “ In my referrer logs today is this gem of a search: ‘what+if+i+am+not+accepted+by+grad+school’ The world will end if you are not accepted by grad school. You will end up toothless and cold under a bridge with passersby spitting on you from above. Your life will be empty and meaningless. Sheesh. If you […]

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hah!

You are a Maine Coon! You are larger than life, agentle giant. You are independent, but veryaffectionate with your friends and family.

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