Sunday, August 16, 2009
Rachel Rules Meet the Press
Rachel Rules: It's shameful the way most "journalists" on shows like Meet the Press let goons like Armey spout off without challenging them in any meaningful way. It would never occur to me to make MtP appointment TV but, if Rachel is going to be on again, I will.
Perhaps There Aren't Any Grown-Ups Anywhere
The Nobel laureate Sir William Golding, whose novel Lord of the Flies turned notions of childhood innocence on their head, admitted in private papers that he had tried to rape a 15-year-old girl during his teenage years, it emerged today.
Golding's papers also described how he had experimented, while a teacher at a public school, with setting boys against one another in the manner of Lord of the Flies, which tells the story of young air crash survivors on a desert island during a nuclear war.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/16/william-golding-lord-of-t_n_260674.html
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Golding's papers also described how he had experimented, while a teacher at a public school, with setting boys against one another in the manner of Lord of the Flies, which tells the story of young air crash survivors on a desert island during a nuclear war.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/16/william-golding-lord-of-t_n_260674.html
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
Roger, Meet Armond
Roger Ebert's Journal: Not in defense of Armond White: Armond White is my favorite batshit insane movie reviewer. Ebert's post and the comments make for entertaining reading.
A Little Something for My Comrades in Crooklyn
"Brooklyn Typology
Brooklyn Typology is an investigation of the New York borough's population and urban form. The project consists of 2,100 photographs taken in a sample of blockgroups in Brooklyn, plus detailed census, historical, and typological data about the residential and housing in the area. Together, the interlinked photographs and data form a portrait of the urban fabric of Brooklyn.
The project, by Neil Freeman, is both a planning and an art project. Here's what he has to say about the project,
'I gathered census demographics for each block group, historical information on Brooklyn’s development, and made maps to guide me. Overall, this looked very much like the early analysis phases of a planning project.
Soon, I was riding my bike around the borough, visiting each site and photographing it in turn. I wanted to explore the city, visit every neighborhood, and see it from ground level. Once the photography was completed, the photographs and data were edited, collated, and organized onto the website.'
It is possible to browse a representative selection of the photographs directly from a Google Map of Brooklyn. Each map marker on the map opens to reveal a photograph of the type of building in that block, information about the population density and details about that neighbourhood.
Via: Digital Urban & Urban Omnibus
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Brooklyn Typology is an investigation of the New York borough's population and urban form. The project consists of 2,100 photographs taken in a sample of blockgroups in Brooklyn, plus detailed census, historical, and typological data about the residential and housing in the area. Together, the interlinked photographs and data form a portrait of the urban fabric of Brooklyn.
The project, by Neil Freeman, is both a planning and an art project. Here's what he has to say about the project,
'I gathered census demographics for each block group, historical information on Brooklyn’s development, and made maps to guide me. Overall, this looked very much like the early analysis phases of a planning project.
Soon, I was riding my bike around the borough, visiting each site and photographing it in turn. I wanted to explore the city, visit every neighborhood, and see it from ground level. Once the photography was completed, the photographs and data were edited, collated, and organized onto the website.'
It is possible to browse a representative selection of the photographs directly from a Google Map of Brooklyn. Each map marker on the map opens to reveal a photograph of the type of building in that block, information about the population density and details about that neighbourhood.
Via: Digital Urban & Urban Omnibus
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
I Like the Current Just Fine
Why Streamy Could be the Next FriendFeed: I've got a feeling the sale to Facebook means I'm going to need a new FriendFeed. But, I actually think it's going to be Google Reader.
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