THINGS, COLLECTED.

During breakfast, I couldn’t shake the feeling I was being watched. Probably nothing.

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:55:32 +0100

During breakfast, I couldn’t shake the feeling I was being watched. Probably nothing.

C H R O N O C E N T R I S M “The egotism that one’s own generation is poised on the very...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:51:00 +0100

C H R O N O C E N T R I S M

“The egotism that one’s own generation is poised on the very cusp of history.”

- Standage, Tom (2007). The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century’s On-line Pioneers. Walker & Company. pp. 256

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Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:40:40 +0100

A short video of reclusive film director Terrence Malick dancing...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:23:28 +0100

A short video of reclusive film director Terrence Malick dancing to bluegrass.

http://nicolassarkozyaeteencorearrete.tumblr.com/ Nicolas Sarkozy a été encore arrêté? Has Nicolas...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:42:00 +0100

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Nicolas Sarkozy a été encore arrêté?

Has Nicolas Sarkozy been arrested yet?

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Iran and the West, BBC, 2009

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:39:30 +0100

Iran and the West, BBC, 2009

The Golden Age of Games, Limmy’s Show, 2011

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:10:20 +0100

The Golden Age of Games, Limmy’s Show, 2011

Ways of Seeing, John Berger, 1972.

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:01:46 +0100

Ways of Seeing, John Berger, 1972.

“It Just Doesn’t Matter.”

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:25:08 +0200

“It Just Doesn’t Matter.”

via Maser

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:27:39 +0200

via Maser

A video presentation of Dublin in its 1,000th year in 1988.

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:19:00 +0200

A video presentation of Dublin in its 1,000th year in 1988.

Good Morning! How Are You? Shut Up! Ivor Cutler, 1967

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 22:33:00 +0200

Good Morning! How Are You? Shut Up! Ivor Cutler, 1967

The New York Times, November 10,...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:45:38 +0100

The New York Times, November 10, 1919.

“LONDON,—Efforts made to put in words intelligible to the nonscientific public the Einstein theory of light proved by the eclipse expedition so far have not been very successful.”

Invaders in Tokyo via sunuq

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:11:13 +0100

Invaders in Tokyo

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A MODEST PROPOSAL

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:27:00 +0100

“I do therefore humbly offer it to publick consideration, that of the hundred and twenty thousand children, already computed, twenty thousand may be reserved for breed, whereof only one fourth part to be males; which is more than we allow to sheep, black cattle, or swine, and my reason is, that these children are seldom the fruits of marriage, a circumstance not much regarded by our savages, therefore, one male will be sufficient to serve four females. That the remaining hundred thousand may, at a year old, be offered in sale to the persons of quality and fortune, through the kingdom, always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump, and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt, will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter.”

A modest proposal for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick.

by Dr. Jonathan Swift, 1729

Tron gif via tonechootero

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:12:08 +0100

Tron gif

via tonechootero

"More fundamentally, it may be necessary to reconsider the premise that an individual has no..."

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:01:00 +0100

“More fundamentally, it may be necessary to reconsider the premise that an individual has no reasonable expectation of privacy in information voluntarily disclosed to third parties. E.g., Smith, 442 U.S., at 742; United States v. Miller, 425 U.S. 435, 443 (1976). This approach is ill suited to the digital age, in which people reveal a great deal of information about themselves to third parties in the course of carrying out mundane tasks. People disclose the phone numbers that they dial or text to their cellular providers; the URLs that they visit and the e-mail addresses with which they correspond to their Internet service providers; and the books, groceries, and medications they purchase to online retailers. Perhaps, as JUSTICE ALITO notes, some people may find the “tradeoff” of privacy for convenience “worthwhile,” or come to accept this “dimunition of privacy” as “inevitable,” post, at 10, and perhaps not. I for one doubt that people would accept without complaint the warrantless disclosure to the Government of a list of every Web site they had visited in the last week, or month, or year. But whatever the societal expectations, they can attain constitutionally protected status only if our Fourth Amendment jurisprudence ceases to treat secrecy as a prerequisite for privacy. I would not assume that all information voluntarily disclosed to some member of the public for a limited purpose is, for that reason alone, disentitled to Fourth Amendment protection.”

- United States v Jones is a near-optimal result - Freedom to Tinker

Samuel Beckett

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:36:00 +0200

Samuel Beckett

Karen Dalton, with Bob Dylan and Fred Neil.

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:31:00 +0200

Karen Dalton, with Bob Dylan and Fred Neil.

SAD THINGS ON EBAY #4567832

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:44:53 +0200

Dimitar Berbatov’s European Cup Final shirt. €4,999. Never used. Some superficial tear stain damage.