what do these have in common? quite a lot, apparently:
from wired.com: the sleazy life and nasty death of russia’s spam king, written by brett forest, whose adventures into the cultural life in russia read more like fiction than human interest. all of this reminds me of gibson’s pattern recognition, especially the part about black mercedes’ [...]
(according to wikipedia)
july 21st, events:
1969 - Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon.
july 21st, births:
356 BC - Alexander the Great
1899 - Ernest Hemingway, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1961)
1948 - Cat Stevens, English singer
this article from newsweek, written by steven levy, author of a book i quite enjoy, talks about a phenomenon i’ve experienced myself, being a former (and hopefully future) ipod user. is the shuffle function really totally random? of the two i used, one had a pension for dj shadow, and the other, miles davis. sometimes [...]
if ever you thought it didn’t, these folks prove it: cansei de ser sexy
i may soon be changing my blogging software. the spam comments have become unreal.
in other news… one of the most influential collaborative albums in the past 30 years is up for renewal: my life in the bush of ghosts, which stars two of my personal heroes, david byrne and brian eno. the album has been [...]
