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Never Trust A Guy (Who Never Been A Punk)

Joe — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:36:06 +0000

Speaking of which, when I was in Vancouver the other day I happened to walk by the original steam clock precisely at noon:

Circa 1977, go figure.

Quiero ser famosa: my first fan remix

Nick — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:41:39 +0000

Marlies found the most remarkable item on YouTube today. At first I thought it was another fan translation…but it turned out to be something much more ambitious:

(direct link)

“This will be my rhythm for the day.”

Nick — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:14:47 +0000

“Metronome“, by Daniel Cockburn.

This works on so many levels.

Nick — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 10:30:50 +0000

Two Inscrutable Things

Nick — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 03:53:41 +0000

I’d like to share two puzzling things that I found today. One is a political cartoon from Britain. The other is a video-game strategy diagram from Japan.

now I understand…

Nick — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 23:24:24 +0000

I just got my first ever royalty check today. Seven hundred bucks dropped out of the sky. Now I know what makes the Mickey Mouse copyright lobby so mean–they get free money in the mail. Or else by wire transfer. I assume the meanness, as with most things, scales nonlinearly with the size of the check.

Hooray for Jane

Nick — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:24:04 +0000

I received an inspirational email forward today. I don’t think it’s inspirational the way the forwarder intended, exactly, but it picked my spirits up nonetheless.

> 6. The tears happen.

Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. (Jane says,” I disagree. If we have received Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, He is with us always. He has promised, I will never leave you nor forsake you.”)

Out of the great roiling mass of names through whose hands this bit of treacle passed, Jane decided to add her own editorial comment. I’m not being patronizing here–Jane has broken the new rules, after all, considering that this text, if it isn’t already under copyright, could easily be claimed as such if the anonymous author had the lawyers.

Before 1998, Jane could cite the 1886 Berne Convention in her defense. Initiated by Victor Hugo (!), the conference laid the foundation for international copyright law and included rudimentary protections for fair use. But in the post-1998 Mickeymouse era, looks like Jane’s a rebel….

Everyman

Joe — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 03:56:26 +0000

I’m going to enter the Everyman non-professional photo contest (you should too!), but I’m having trouble picking two to submit. If you wouldn’t mind looking through a few of my favorites and commenting on the ones you like best, I’d be much obliged.

good question

Nick — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 04:45:10 +0000

“What is the connection between knitting, computer programming, board games, and candy? All desirable yet highly mathematical, algorithmic, and structured. How can these soft, shiny, entertaining and sweet systems also be encrypted, intangible, programmed, tension-creating objects?”

Pac-Mondrian

Joe — Tue, 13 Jul 2004 15:18:33 +0000

Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie Woogie meets Pac-Man.

Even though I got this from Boing Boing, I enjoyed it so much I had to share.