Hey! JPG Magazine, a new publication which showcases the work of photographers who fall between the amateur and professional levels, is accepting photographic submissions for its premiere issue, themed “Origin.” Click the link for more info.
Read more →Have you read the latest Simon World :: Asia by Blog? Well, what are you waiting for?
Read more →What’s the follow-up to Gurinder Chadha’s wonderful film Bend It Like Beckham? Oh yes: Jane Austen in a sari. I can’t wait to see Bride and Prejudice. In Bride and Prejudice, the Bennet family of sleepy Longbourn, Hertfordshire, become the Bakshis of Amritsar, a city equally far removed from Indian high culture and society....
Read more →The Iraq war’s not about oil? Yeah, sure, say the authors of two books discussed here. Given the Administration’s ties and allegiances, I’d be surprised if anything they did wasn’t about oil.
Read more →Over at Wired News, a piece about Gordon Rugg and the verifier method. What is that? Well, you see, in and around every field of speciality, there is an “expertise gap” that exists… approaches and possibilities that lie outside the mainstream of extant disciplines. This “expertise gap” is rife in academia, but few recognize...
Read more →Have you ever thought about whether there’s a difference between suicide bombers and kamikaze pilots? It seems that the comparisons are common enough, and I regarded them without a second thought. Both are people willing to die in order to meet their military objectives. Sure, Japanese kamikazes were army pilots serving a state (of...
Read more →오늘은 추석이고 매사람에게 좋은 추석 받아고 말 하고 싶어요! 뿌린 대로 행복하게 거둬세요! 가족도 음식도 줄겨면 생활을 떠잘 평가할수있어서 추석에 깨우자! Sorry for the bad Korean writing. Happy Chuseok, everyone! I’m spending the day trying to get over my cold. Ungh. I hope all of your Chuseoks are better than mine…
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