January 2011
32 posts
WikiLeaks: Why It Matters. Why It Doesn't? FORA.tv →
I know it’s long and your attention span is shorter than this sentence, but if you are at all interested in how the Internet is changing the rules of secrecy and reshaping the media you watch this.
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John Gormley trash talks Prairie Artists Against... →
During his radio show on Saskatoon’s CKOM, John Gormley, brought up the petition by the Prairie Artists Against Enbridge.
… “a bunch of these “artists”, and I put that in inverted commas, have written a letter to the National Arts Centre, because they’re calling themselves Performers Against Enbridge. See, Enbridge pipelines, being associated with this,...
Mubarak doesn’t get it - The Globe and Mail →
The abdication of leadership was shameful and total. Ludicrously, Mr. Mubarak took credit for the protests, saying the freedoms he allowed made them possible, despite laws that prohibit such assembly, and a record of suppression of organized political parties demonstrated as recently as this November’s parliamentary elections. He presented himself as a pharaoh figure, as the only...
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13 Reasons Why Software Is Not Free →
I hate when people complain about paying for an apps. Most people seem to take good software for granted.
Personally I’d rather pay more for an aesthetically pleasing, well designed app than download a free app plagued with bugs and a horrible UI.
(Via Gedeon and Daniel Jalkut)
Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands →
Anderson Cooper Wallops Bachmann For 'Flunking... →
Rewriting history.
(Via Gedeon)
The Sounds Of Skyrim →
I don’t normally link to video game content, but this behind the scenes look at the sound editing and production of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is simply fascinating.
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Books that I'm "currently reading"1
Empire of Illusion - Chris Hedges
Ender’s Shadow: Battle School (Marvel Graphic Novel) - Orson Scott Card
The Sheriff of Yrnameer - Michael Rubens
Red Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson
The Dispossessed - Ursula K. Le Guin
1 I have a horrible reputation of starting books and never finishing them. This is a list of the books I’m actively trying to read (aka I haven’t...
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Five Emotions Invented By The Internet →
The state of being ‘installed’ at a computer or laptop for an extended period of time without purpose, characterized by a blurry, formless anxiety undercut with something hard like desperation…
The behavior equates to mindlessly refreshing and ‘lozenging’ the same sources of information repeatedly. While performing this behavior the individual feels a sense of numb depersonalization,...
Apps that are almost always open on my Mac.
Twitter
iTunes
Safari
Notation Velocity
Mail
MarsEdit
TextMate
Preview (usually because I’ve forgotten it’s open)
Then in the menubar I have
Dropbox
TextExpander
Delibar
Pastebot Sync
Alfred
Hazel
Fugazi: Instrument | A Documentary →
With Baby Doc back in Haiti, Aristide ready to... →
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Documentaries I watched this week that you should...
Music
Global Metal
I Need That Record
War and Politics
The War on Democracy
The Devil Came on Horseback
Independent Intervention
The Weather Underground
Radio Bikini
Hiroshima: BBC History of World War II
The Environment
Petropolis: Arial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Social & Cultural
The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
a/k/a Tommy Chong
Fuck (the...
Jan. 15, 1929: Birth of a Moral Compass, Even for... →
Wired’s article about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. points out King’s concern for the chasm between technological advancement and human spiritual and moral advancement.
“Failure is the sound of beginning to suck a little less.”
– Merlin Mann
(Via 43 Folders)
Naomi Klein's TED Talk "Addicted To Risk"
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Beyond Vietnam"... →
In honor of Dr. King, Democracy Now! posted audio of his lesser known and highly criticized speech “Beyond Vietnam” in which he criticizes U.S. foreign policy.
I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented...
Twitter for Mac Disrespects Spaces
Since updating to Twitter for Mac 2.0.1 the application window no longer stays in the Space it has been assigned to. Despite being told that it should always reside in Space 4 it moves to whatever Space is currently visible. This is really annoying and I’m hoping that this video will properly document what is going on so Twitter can fix this in the next update.
For those of you (like...
Call/Response Book →
Call * Response is a story inspired by youth and Winnipeg’s live music scene as told by thirty-six local photographers, visual artists, writers, lyricists and fans. The book includes unpublished photos of Dead Kennedys, Propagandhi, SNFU, the poster art of Steve Hallick, writing from Sam Smith, Greg MacPherson’s top-ten shows, memorabilia, and much, much more. Call * Response is a...
“If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you’re gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders. So maybe it’s not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here. Like… the public.”
- George Carlin
Marco posted this quote earlier today, presumably as a response to what happened in Arizona this past weekend.
The quote is originally from this George Carlin performance...
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Post Punk Kitchen Blog →
I just rediscovered Post Punk Kitchen’s blog. So many great recipes and beautiful photos. I think I’ll have to try the carrot cake pancakes in the near future.
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