Archives for June 2008
Words per minute #2: Szymborska on Love
True love. Is it really necessary? Tact and common sense tell us to pass over it in silence, like a scandal in Life’s highest circles. Perfectly good children are born without its help. It couldn’t populate the planet in a… continue reading »
Hulk Smash Atheist!
Awesome in its predictability: Whether you’re an action/sci-fi movie fan or not, if you find yourself in the midst of conversation about The Incredible Hulk, try using the conversation to talk about stress – how you deal with it and… continue reading »
First Person Singular
While reading this post, you should be listening to Let the Good Times Roll by Layo and Bushwacka! I tend to think that the Singularity is merely the ne plus ultra of technotopianism, a trend which must be combated wherever… continue reading »
Leaving Croydon early
I grew up in Croydon, which was a cultural graveyard made only partly bearable by the fantastic Warehouse Theatre. (It’s still a cultural graveyard, but now with added Ikea and knife crime.) Music was my only outlet, but there was… continue reading »
Look How Much The Internet Cares
While reading this post, you should be listening to Perfect Bird by Hexstatic and Missalu Aduna by Omzo.1 Dave Steinberg writes a column on How much do we have to care about? with annotations by Ethan Zuckerman. Both of these… continue reading »
Words per minute #1: Horace on Autonomy
Ac ne forte roges, quo me duce, quo lare tuter, Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri. (Horace, Epistles 1:1:13-14) You shall not ask for whom I fight Nor in what school my peace I find; I say no master has… continue reading »