You know, I just wrote a story eerily lime like this… but with zombification, instead of proper rescusciation: Docs Change the Way They Think About Death Via Fragment of the Day
Category: ASIDES
Uncle Ben, CEO?
Uncle Ben, CEO? A slideshow of racist advertising Alexis linked to.
They Didn’t React As Expected
In this fascinating piece titled Pearls Before Breakfast is discussed an experiment conducted by the Washington post regarding how people perceive music in public spaces. What happens when one of the best classical musicians in America puts on a baseball cap and goes busking in Washington, D.C.? The article raises some really interesting questions about American culture, about art, about contexts for art. It brings to mind a question that’s been bugging me: is the blog a good context for writing to be presented? I’m beginning to think it isn’t.
The Electric Smack Shack: Assorted Thingmabobs
Over at The Electric Smack Shack, Marvin doesn’t post often, but when he does, there’salways at least one movie or book added to my must6-check-out pile. Marvin, how are ya? It’s been ages!
Death threats against bloggers are NOT…
Not cool. Not acceptable. Not to be tolerated. Blogger Kathy Sierra at Creating Passinate Users has apparently been receiving death threats, and having her likeness posted in all kinds of sick, Photoshopped ways. Which is so beyond not cool it makes me feel sick. To my stomach. (via Min Jung Kim‘s site)