Backwards and in high heels:
links for 2008-03-24
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ASCII, non-ASCII, etc
links for 2008-03-21
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via Cory Doctorow
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via information aesthetics… what I said a couple of days ago about More of Same
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ummm… that’s not funny?
Jill Bolte Taylor
This has been making the rounds for a few days, but I hadn’t watched it myself until just now. It’ll take 18 minutes of your attention to watch this, but DO IT. Just DO IT. I think I can guarantee that you’ll emerge another person…
Vlatko and Miroslav
I’ve been following the duo Vlatko Stefanovski and Miroslav Tadic for a few years, ever since encountering their Krushevo on the M.A. label (very high-end audio, unreservedly recommended). Daniel sent me a link to this:
…and I’ll just bet that this one will raise a few hairs on the back of collective necks, and occasion some twitching of fingers:
and how about this?
links for 2008-03-20
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via BoingBoing
Shorpy again
A detail from May 25, 1925. “Winners and judges, Paramount Motion Picture School.”… one hopes she (!?) is a judge, I guess:
There just has to be another way
Painful watching, but perhaps essential (and via Juan Cole’s Informed Comment …this is Part 2):
Boop forever
The real action starts (with Cab Calloway’s St. James Infirmary) at about 4:00, but all 7 minutes are pretty surreal:
links for 2008-03-19
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mid-March sample