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will brady's ruminations
will brady's ruminations
2008-06-04
websurfing
Sites I've stumbled across recently
From We Make Money Not Art an essay by Juan Freire about The use [or lack of use] of public spaces. "The Commons" often referred to places shared by mutual ownership by everyone. Oft-times left unmanaged [and poorly taken care of] capitalists have been quick to advocate the privatization of publicly held lands, selling off to the highest bidder and taking them out of the public domain. Yet such can be the worst thing to happen...
Street art exhibitions at the Tate Modern as captured on Flickr. Taggers and other graffiti artists get their fifteen minutes of fame and use some eight storey wallscapes for canvas. Neat! [see the image to the left]
Wood Gas gets promoted at Green Trust and Woodgas.net, which links to a Yahoo discussion group that is nice enough to host the FEMA Wood Gas Manual. This is not high-technology. A person with some basic skills in mechanics, engine maintenance; with a knowledge of welding and puttering around could do this. The use of supplying fuel from wood may certainly help some, but not everyone will be able or interested... and I'm certain the 21st century Yuppies will object to the idea. The subject is fraught with misconceptions, and it just won't seem aesthetically pleasing to some. For the rest of us... have at it, I say.
Have troubles with friends and family? Imagine getting along with others while living on Mars. Forget about running down to the store for a litre of milk. Out in space, you are really on your own.
"Abnormal radiation occurances" involving nuclear waste materials in 2007. I can't recall how frequently I schedule accidents myself, but it's nice to know the Nuclear Regulatory Commission keeps track of those that, apparently, had not been planned. Courtesy of Cryptome [whose web owner periodically receives visits from the FBI, CIA and NSA unannounced] who found it published in the Federal Register.
Sites I've stumbled across recently From We Make Money Not Art an essay by Juan Freire about The use [or lack of use] of public spaces. "The Commons" often referred to places shared by mutual ownership by everyone. Oft-times left unmanaged [and poorly taken care of] capitalists have been quick to advocate the privatization of publicly held lands, selling off to the highest bidder and taking them out of the public domain. Yet such can be the worst thing to happen... Street art exhibitions at the Tate Modern as captured on Flickr. Taggers and other graffiti artists get their fifteen minutes of fame and use some eight storey wallscapes for canvas. Neat! [see the image to the left] Wood Gas gets promoted at Green Trust and Woodgas.net, which links to a Yahoo discussion group that is nice enough to host the FEMA Wood Gas Manual. This is not high-technology. A person with some basic skills in mechanics, engine maintenance; with a knowledge of welding and puttering around could do this. The use of supplying fuel from wood may certainly help some, but not everyone will be able or interested... and I'm certain the 21st century Yuppies will object to the idea. The subject is fraught with misconceptions, and it just won't seem aesthetically pleasing to some. For the rest of us... have at it, I say. Have troubles with friends and family? Imagine getting along with others while living on Mars. Forget about running down to the store for a litre of milk. Out in space, you are really on your own. "Abnormal radiation occurances" involving nuclear waste materials in 2007. I can't recall how frequently I schedule accidents myself, but it's nice to know the Nuclear Regulatory Commission keeps track of those that, apparently, had not been planned. Courtesy of Cryptome [whose web owner periodically receives visits from the FBI, CIA and NSA unannounced] who found it published in the Federal Register.Labels: alternative fuels, public ownership, public spaces, street art, web surfing, wood gas
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2008-01-04
websites of note
Mike LaRosa's Page. "..Once upon a time we were moonshine, rushing down the throat of a giraffe..." A poem about 911 and the times we live in speaks in the background. We need to listen to what happens when we decide to "...perpetuate retribution..."
Not to be overlooked - photos of wood and wind powered energy source, links to stuff on rising oceans and problems arising from contrail pollution... "...let us make a toast with that last glass of oil..."
Does Capitalism cause mental illness?. Rhetorical question on my part but let's look at the numbers anyway. Combine this with Bushco's mandate to force doctors to conduct very basic mental health screenings of children in poor families. I guess only the indigent become mentally ill.
While collar crime prosecutions lowered. Oh, this is a surprise. Good that a lack of conscience is not a psychiatric disorder.
"Normalization" an oxymoron? The article in Eurozine starts thusly: ""Normal" is one of those words that seem not to need a definition; its meaning appears self-evident. Besides, because of the enormous flexibility of its usages, the conditions for a definition – conceptual strictness and clear semantic articulation – are hardly achievable: everyday routine is "normal", though what, precisely, is "everyday routine"?'
The naked truth about waging Peace
Slick tongued Swift Boat liars plan for future attacks. This active and creatively deceptive tax-exempt 527 group has plenty of money to play with. Houston home builder Bob Perry, Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens and billionaire drugstore impresario and investor Harold Simmons--gave a combined $9.5 million ($4.45 million, $3 million and $2 million, respectively) to keep the group's propaganda machine well oiled and running. We can expect to hear a lot more from them as the election gets closer in NOvember.
Mike LaRosa's Page. "..Once upon a time we were moonshine, rushing down the throat of a giraffe..." A poem about 911 and the times we live in speaks in the background. We need to listen to what happens when we decide to "...perpetuate retribution..."Not to be overlooked - photos of wood and wind powered energy source, links to stuff on rising oceans and problems arising from contrail pollution... "...let us make a toast with that last glass of oil..."
Does Capitalism cause mental illness?. Rhetorical question on my part but let's look at the numbers anyway. Combine this with Bushco's mandate to force doctors to conduct very basic mental health screenings of children in poor families. I guess only the indigent become mentally ill. While collar crime prosecutions lowered. Oh, this is a surprise. Good that a lack of conscience is not a psychiatric disorder. "Normalization" an oxymoron? The article in Eurozine starts thusly: ""Normal" is one of those words that seem not to need a definition; its meaning appears self-evident. Besides, because of the enormous flexibility of its usages, the conditions for a definition – conceptual strictness and clear semantic articulation – are hardly achievable: everyday routine is "normal", though what, precisely, is "everyday routine"?' The naked truth about waging Peace Slick tongued Swift Boat liars plan for future attacks. This active and creatively deceptive tax-exempt 527 group has plenty of money to play with. Houston home builder Bob Perry, Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens and billionaire drugstore impresario and investor Harold Simmons--gave a combined $9.5 million ($4.45 million, $3 million and $2 million, respectively) to keep the group's propaganda machine well oiled and running. We can expect to hear a lot more from them as the election gets closer in NOvember.Labels: politics, web surfing, websites
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