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SpoonBlog

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:26:51 -0700

SpoonBot! Strange and often very funny musings on life, art, philosophy, and sundry other cultural detritus. Includes a gallery of paintings about robots. A recent post, for example, is "Classical Literature with Rational Actors," which turns Oedipus into a play that would--given the rational behavior of the agents--fit on a post card.

Auktionshaus Tschoepe Historische Wertpapiere (alte Aktien etc.), Finanzdokumente (Scripophily)

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:11:12 -0700

Wow. So many odd printed things with scroll work--scripophily! I particularly enjoyed reading about the Duchamp item with the adorable Duchamp soap-face. Clicking on the images provides healthy-sized images for more detail.

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Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:39:40 -0800

This is wonderful: a San Francisco Chronicle reader calls in to complain about an editorial oversight--and completely losing his composure. A one and a half minute audio file:
http://cdn.sfgate.com/blogs/sounds/sfgate/chroncast/2007/01/23/CorrectMe-001-2.mp3
On the one hand, he goes too far, but on the other hand, you feel for him. WARNING: he does refer to micturating in clear language, if that sort of thing upsets you.

Film cameras

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:17:45 -0800

I just watched "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" tonight, and it was exciting! An amazing film: you see the coup against Chavez from the inside, and also how so much of the success/failure of the coup depended on controlling the media. A particularly striking scene was seeing the Chavez supporters in the Presidential palace after it had been re-taken by the legitimately elected rulers, as they watched the mass media (and CNN) reporting that the dictator who staged the coup was still in complete control--these words being watched by the very people who had undone the coup from within the Presidential palace--the are living the truth that the lie they see on the news is trying to erase. The documentary fills a gaping whole in most US citizens' complete ignorance of Venezuela and Hugo Chavez. I should note that you can see the whole documentary for free on google video at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5832390545689805144

UPDATE (2007): Chavez seems to be getting more and more dictatorial of late--not a good sign. But he's got a good role model here in the US. (And it still doesn't erase the US-backed-coup in his country...)

English Portuguese dictionary, translation

Sun, 17 Jul 2005 21:41:42 -0700

English to Portuguese dictionary -- doesn't seem half bad, though my impression is that it translates using continental rather than Brazilian Portuguese.

Sebokolik.com - �ebnem Ferah - Sebnem Ferah Fan Club - Can K�r�klar� - Kelimeler Yetse - Resimleri - Konserleri - �ark�lar� - Mp3leri - �ark� S�zleri - Video Klipleri

Wed, 25 May 2005 02:30:07 -0700

a fan page dedicated to female Turkish rock star SEBNEM FERAH -- if you click on "Albumler," you can watch her videos (about 5 in total, look for "klip" next to song title) - requires Realplayer 10, I think

The Medieval Review

Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:09:41 -0700

Much like its companion site, the Bryn Mawr Classical Review -- lots of reviews, very addictive, and, above all, SEARCHABLE

NewsFollowUp.com, Promote government, business transparency, watchdog resources

Wed, 20 Apr 2005 23:25:03 -0700

This is almost overwhelming -- links to news articles, from a progressive slant, but also providing links to conservative websites and news; haven't had time to digest much of it but it looks amazing. Seems to have lots of information of the "follow the money" type -- who sponsors whom, which corporations are behind what. Am still not sure exactly where it's coming from, but hope to look into more along the way... (I still have to poke around enough to make sure it isn't a LaRouche site pretending to be progressive...!) If nothing else, it has links to many many news sources.

Fashion Planet ™

Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:29:14 -0800

I visited their store in NYC years ago and it was amazing -- forget Proust's Madeleine! Each one brings back feelings, emotions -- it's strong. But I have gone back to the store and now it's gone. (I didn't know they were still active!) I wonder if they've moved to a new space?

lisa germano - the official website of lisa germano

Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:13:40 -0800

Lisa Germano's music is incredible. The web site's nicely done, too -- it feels like a Brothers Quay movie...