“I for one am afraid that American culture’s overemphasis on happiness at the expense of sadness might be dangerous, a wanton forgetting of an essential part of a full life. I further am concerned that to desire only happiness in a world undoubtedly tragic is to become inauthentic, to settle for unrealistic abstractions that ignore concrete situations.”
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Steal This Film II
DVD, iPod and HD Video formats are available for free via Bit Torrent at the film’s website. Some pretty interesting commentary on the economics of new media.
Ron Paul on Meet the Press
Tim Russert is breaking Ron Paul’s balls the whole time yet Ron does a pretty good job of keeping his cool. I’d like to see an interview like this conducted over correspondence where each side has more time to consider and prepare their responses.
FFFFOUND! Redux
This is my response to an image recently promoted to the top of social image bookmarking site, FFFFOUND!.
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FFFFOUND! is a new-ish image bookmarking site, kind of like del.icio.us for whatever badass photography/art/design/etc. you find around the internet. Not only that though, the website itself is an aggregate cornucopia of beautiful, stimulating, cortex-crunching imagery taken from everyone else’s submissions.
Burning Man 2007: Recap
If you didn’t go or if you’re just now getting back, there’s a lot of digital remnants from this year’s Burn. I’ve been following it all fairly closely and am posting the best of what I’ve seen. Please let me know if I’m missing anything cool.
Live Earth: 7/7/07
Live concerts in all seven continents broadcasted live on television and the internet around the world, raising money and awareness for climate change and environmental activism.
500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art
500 years of the female face evolves in 3 minutes, as depicted in western art.
Caseleggio Associates – The Future of Media
Wherein space exploration, by the year 2050, becomes entirely funded by a corporate merger between Google, Amazon and Second Life.
Live Webcast from Bonnaroo 2007
June 14 – 17, in Manchester, TN.
The Flaming Lips, Damien Rice, Ziggy Marley, The Roots, Regina Spektor, STS9, Feist, Lily Allen, Aesop Rock, Rodrigo y Gabriela, etc.
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