Chill Out March 22, 2008

On my trip I happened to find KLF:s Chill Out in a local library. Too bad my mp3-player didn’t work with my host’s laptop and for some weird reason I didn’t even carry my memory stick with me.
The album was even better than I thought it might be. Here’s a [...]

Stumbleupon March 18, 2008

Today I joined Stumbleupon.
The first impression was like watching the TV. Leaning back pressing the stumble button and waiting for what comes next.
The thumbs up/down thing reminded me of being a watcher in Roman Circus.
Wow, I’m going back from an agile web activist to couch potato. And I’m enjoying every bit of it. Blogging is [...]

Negative world March 17, 2008

By painting life in terms of its oddities, journalism yields not a snapshot of your world, but something closer to a photographic negative.
How broadcast journalism is flawed in such a fundamental way that its utility as a tool for informing viewers is almost nil.

Nice to know March 17, 2008

I quit smoking yesterday.

Miscellaneous links March 17, 2008

Eugenio Recuenco
Dvice.com
A nice photo manipulation
The nature of Lisp
How to be more productive
Watch classic Star Trek online
Flickriver
Free poetry

Ramones: Chasing the night March 17, 2008

This song has it all.

Around the world March 16, 2008

Around the world for twelve months reminds me of my friend saying that technology is the only really global culture.
Philosophers and social scientists have tried to find the common basis or denominator for the wildly differing religions, habits, styles and moralities for centuries. With no indisputable results.
People around the globe do things a bit differently, [...]

Reasons I don’t read your blog March 16, 2008

Of Ten reasons I don’t read your blog my favourite is number ten:
10. You think blogging is too important. You talk about the “blogosphere” like it’s the real world.
Suddenly (reason 3: your blog is an echo chamber) I feel obliged to add at least one of my own.
11. You are illogical. You draw implications, analogies [...]

MG-TC March 15, 2008

[T]hese were very “foreign” cars to a people weaned on big engines, futuristic styling, and gee-whiz technology, and the TC was a frank anachronism with its flexible ladder-type chassis, crude solid-axle suspension, floor-shift gearbox and tiny (but tough) four-cylinder engine. Yet like Ford’s Model T, Americans loved this MG in spite of its faults, maybe [...]

The pros and cons of photoshopping March 15, 2008

It is amazing what you can do with Photoshop these days. However, it doesn’t always go right.