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| Tuesday Feb 20, 2001 | Blonde Redhead
rocks my world. The current members are Amedeo and Simone Pace, twin brothers from Italy, and
Kazu Makino from Japan.
Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons - a brilliant album -
is on
Touch and Go Records.
But don't take my word for it, if you live in San Francisco catch them at the
2001 Noise Pop Festival. to Music by birgitte |
| Friday Dec 22, 2000 | The Eastern Sierra doesn't usually make the list
of places to see in California,
but it is worth a visit. Camping is free on BLM land, and theAlabama Hills
and Lone Pine
still serve as
Hollywood's wild west. The area is also home to the more controversial aspects of California's past. The Manzanar internment camp still stands, and the
bitter, sometimes violent, fights
over water rights in Calfornia
started here. Owens Valley, now part of
the City of Los Angeles, no longer has a lake
, but continues to have
health
problems due to the particles of arsenic, cadmium and other toxins swept from the parched lakebed during windstorms.
to History by birgitte |
| Friday Dec 15, 2000 | Not to be left out of the new economy, Santa
Claus is on-line. He has a
mission statement, and he even wants to sell you stuff.
to Web by birgitte |
| Friday Dec 8, 2000 | The exact etymology of
yankee is not known. to Linguistics by birgitte |
| Thursday Dec 7, 2000 | As global
anticapitalism spreads, so does global anti-anticapitalism.
Apparently anticapitalism is
"rebellion against Original Sin . . .
a protest against the human condition to work by the sweat of our
brow."
to Commerce by birgitte |
| The life of the Hollywood production assistant - the glory, the free swag,
the stars,
the cow herding.
to Movies by birgitte |
| How safe is your workplace? OSHA provides recommendations.
Others propose defending yourself. to Health by birgitte |
| Wednesday Dec 6, 2000 | Plato's dialogues
the Timaeus and Critias
are the first to mention Atlantis. Now there are
numerous references, particularly from those trying to determine the location. Antartica,
the South China Sea, North America and the Bahamas have all been proposed. If you are
interested in the subject, but tired of having your intelligence insulted, try Richard Ellis' Imagining Atlantis. As the book shows, humanity's consistent obsession with Atlantis is just as interesting a subject, if not more so, than the proposed locations.
to Conspiracy by birgitte |
| Tuesday Dec 5, 2000 | Gayheroes.com is pretty much what it sounds like. Targeted to a young audience, it offers
bios of supposed gay heroes in history - including, I think to everyone's surprise, St. Paul.
to Religion by birgitte |
| Two groups are vying for power in Colombia. As their
hompages describe the sitution, the ELN and FARC are community based organizations
fighting the good fight.
The US government, however, takes a different view . But then
again, controversy continues over the US drug policy in Colombia. As with any recent grassroots organization, there is an e-petition opposing the US drug war in Colombia.
to Politics by birgitte |
| Tuesday Mar 21, 2000 | Although I'm not sure why anyone would want to, you can now build your own cow online. to Web by birgitte |
| Wednesday Mar 1, 2000 | "These ingenious plastic molds make perfectly round snowballs to stack in beautiful designs or decorate a snowman-and, of course, to throw." Wow - Martha Stewart can take the fun out of almost anything.
to Commerce by birgitte |
| Tuesday Feb 15, 2000 | Standardized tests are so ubiquitous in American academic life that it is hard to remember a time when one's future didn't depend on them. While I was disappointed to find out that the gender gap in SAT scores continues, I was fascinated to learn about the uptopian experiment that created the tests.
to Education by birgitte |
| "Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types of skin." to Television by birgitte |
| Don't get me started. I will say this though, why wasn't American Movie nominated? to Movies by birgitte |
| Friday Feb 11, 2000 | The Web Bug FAQ provides answers to the uninitiated about internet privacy. to Web by birgitte |
| This is why I love this country: drive thru zoos. to Commerce by birgitte |
| Wednesday Jan 26, 2000 | "Men wanted for Hazardous Journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success." - Ernest Shackleton to Travel by birgitte |
| HTML Goodies is exactly what you would think it would be: a good place for someone who isn't so, uh . . . experienced. Heh, good thing I don't need the help. . . oh wait, I do - no use trying to fool you.
to Web by birgitte |
| Most thefts from museums and auction houses go unreported. (See Art Crime by John Conklin)
This guy, however, has taken the time to compile a list of cultural property incidents and art thefts daily. to Art by birgitte |
| Monday Jan 24, 2000 | Is the nearest confessional just too far away? Confess your sins online! I knew this whole internet thing would come in handy one day.
to Religion by birgitte |
| Friday Jan 21, 2000 | While trying to find the Christian Coalition site, so I could check and see if they have weighed in on the recent brohaha over three entertaining children's books, I found that the site www.christiancoalition.org is actually run by some of my favorite people - those who believe in the separation of church and state. to Religion by birgitte |
| Thursday Jan 20, 2000 | The Christmas season may be over, but it's never too late to enjoy and download "A Very Special Sedaris Christmas" from the folks at This American Life - stories from Holidays on Ice that aired on the NPR weekly radio show in December 1997. David Sedaris has also written Barrel Fever and Naked. His sister, Amy Sedaris, does that bizarre show on Comedy Central, Strangers with Candy. to Humor by birgitte |
| Wednesday Jan 19, 2000 | Breaking news about the ancient world. to Science by birgitte |
| If you need to register artistic works with the US Copyright Office, you can find the forms here. There is also a handy FAQ. to Law by birgitte |
| Friday Jan 14, 2000 | If you are interested in ferrets, don't go to ferret.com like I did. Instead check out Modern Ferret, because everyone needs a lifestyle magazine, but since it's still illegal, you can join a group of citizens committed to stop the ban on keeping ferrets as pets in NYC, and always, always remember to check if your pet is banned in the five boroughs. to Pets by birgitte |
| Wednesday Jan 12, 2000 | Even though I couldn't find what I was looking for - the open hours of the San Quentin State Prison gift store that sells items made by the inmates - I did learn about Tookie, a founding member of the Crips and how to interpret graffiti. to Culture by birgitte |
| Sometimes I write down my dreams. Usually they tell me something important. Patricia Garfield has written many good books about working with your dreams - all without the usual baloney. (Even though the titles sound like a self help seminars from the seventies.) The Association for the Study of Dreams has some good information too, even about graduate programs. One thing I didn't realize until today though, I didn't realize there were so many products for the dreamer to buy. to Reference by birgitte |
| Tuesday Jan 11, 2000 | If you happen do be in Manhattan on a Sunday night, go to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater for the free A.S.S.C.A.T. improv show. It's free people, and it's funny. Oh so very funny. If for some reason you're home watching The X-Files , check the schedule for other Upright Citizens Brigade live shows. to Humor by birgitte |
| If you are interested in where VC's are putting their money these days, register for the Venture Wire daily newsletter and find out. Mental Note: Remember to start on-line company and get funding. to Commerce by birgitte |
| Friday Nov 5, 1999 | First there was a parody that some people thought was real. And now there is a TV show about the making of a ‘real’ boy band. Be the first in your neighborhood to try out! to Music by birgitte |
| Wednesday Nov 3, 1999 | Before CNN or MTV, Daniel J. Boorstin wrote "The Image - A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America" It is one of the most interesting and insightful books I have read on American culture in the Twentieth Century. He discusses everything from the 24 hour media and the art of government 'leaks,' to our fascination with celebrities. It also includes a somewhat disheartening chapter on the lost art of travel. A brief essay about the work can be found
here.
to Books by birgitte |
| Although it probably shouldn’t, mired.com makes me laugh. Lots of swearing, but from their obsession with all ads Macintosh to their t-shirts - RAP tougher than leather - it makes for amusing middle of the work day reading. to Web by birgitte |
| Monday Nov 1, 1999 | Some guy from Australia posts letters, pictures and postcards he has found at this hauntingly beautiful site. to Art by birgitte |
| Friday Oct 29, 1999 | Find out about what other people do for a living at the word.com work archive. This week a mayor advises not to have meetings. I like the US Army Psychologist Operations Specialist because he says things like, "We have to get people’s behavior to be what we want it to be." to Culture by birgitte |
| If your roommates exercise the power of the veto over those TV shows you maintain a passive/aggressive love/hate relationship with, enjoy some sarcastic weekly recaps. This way if you can't watch while other people are in the room, you can still find out what Dawson and Joey did, or didn’t do, last week. to Television by birgitte |
| Wednesday Oct 27, 1999 | While looking for the text of H.R. 3028 - the House bill to ban "cybersquatting" - I found the House of Representatives roll call.
Find out what your representatives did yesterday. You can even find out who abstained. Called in sick, maybe? Or maybe they just don’t like 4-H Clubs .
to Politics by birgitte |
| Tuesday Oct 26, 1999 | Why is it that natural languages like English or Italian, imperfect as they
are, seem to work so much better than artificially constructed languages
like Esperanto? Check out Umberto Eco’s lecture on the subject. to Linguistics by birgitte |
| Friday Oct 22, 1999 | If you are like me, maybe you wonder exactly when works pass into the public domain. This has all been changed as a result of Sonny Bono or someone using his name, because now that coporations own a lot of works, instead of individuals, and corporations live forever, the list probably won't get much longer. to Law by birgitte |
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Remember that guy who spent his junior year abroad who came back to school with better shoes and a girlfriend in Barcelona? Be like him. If you know where you want to go search by country. If you just want general information start here. You can even find someone else to pay for you. to Travel by birgitte |
| Tuesday Sep 21, 1999 | George W. Bush's campaign contributions
can be viewed daily. These guys did a statistical analysis of the contributions, including who exceeded the legal limits.
Unfortunately you need to download a "free trial version" of their Table Lens application
in order to view and manipulate the data, however the press release
includes some interesting conclusions about his campaign donors.
to Politics by birgitte |
| Wondering what to do with the that script buried in your desk drawer somewhere
beneath your Sallie Mae loan papers and free
aol disks?
Well,
if you aren't worried about indie cred
send it here.
It will cost you, but then look at how much
money
some scripts are going for. If this is the future of Hollywood, it doesn't look good people.
to Movies by birgitte |
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