May 2007

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Eclectic Odd Fellows located Here, originally uploaded by (nz)dave.

This is old news to readers of David Wiley’s weblog, and to my Twitter friends, but in the coming weeks readers of this weblog will see some [...]

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I’ve been known to sample Dr. Strangelove myself (and will be doing so again shortly), so this fantastic set of images recreating stills from one of my supreme favorite flicks really broke on through…
The photoset and interview reveal that this show will come to Vancouver’s Contemporary Art Gallery in July. I’m there!
Peace and precious bodily [...]

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guts, originally uploaded by striatic.

I’ve got ‘em. You’ve got ‘em.

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“The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never allow us to bring about genuine change.” ~ Audre Lorde

Stephen Downes cites that passage in today’s Half an Hour post:

The implication is: so long as what we’re doing online (such [...]

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The Real Costs, originally uploaded by MrGluSniffer.

The Real Costs:

is a Firefox plug-in that inserts emissions data into travel related e-commerce websites. The first version adds CO2 emissions information to airfare websites such as Orbitz.com, United.com, [...]

Cape Bonavista Lighthouse on Bonavista peninsula, Newfoundland, Atlantic Canada. Originally uploaded by Gebuys.com Photopgraphy.
I almost fell out of my chair when I read the news in my morning paper:

“I told them when I handed in the album and we started talking about touring, I said, ‘Before anybody starts getting any ideas, this time we’re doing [...]

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Here’s a question that should make any of us think: if you were you to give one last lecture or presentation, what would you say? Presumably you wouldn’t hold anything back, you would share your deepest passions and convictions… but how to use that precious time? What really is your own special contribution to the [...]

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