i consider myself a semi-world conscious person. i try to keep up with world events and news, from various sources. i support the causes believe need my support. i also consider myself a spiritual person, although i don’t directly believe in the christian version of god. that’s a conversation for a different post though.
“where you [...]
i haven’t read much of his work, just the big sellers like breakfast of champions, but his impact on american literature and culture is undoubtedly significant. we were born in the same town, though at very different times, with similar family backgrounds. i can’t help but feel a twinge of pride when i think about [...]
after the announcement that humankind certainly is responsible for at least part of the recent rise in global temperature, you’ve got to be asking yourself, what can i do? stop driving my car? use candles instead of electric light? recycle my fecal matter for use as natural gas?
well, yes. you could do that. but you [...]
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’ [...]
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 [...]
