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• Flickr after the storm

  April 26 2008, 8:29am | Comments

• Spacecollective.org The Metaphor is the Message Part II: Palimpsests Palimpsests Palimpsests

  April 24 2008, 8:57am | Comments

• Spacecollective.org hypertext/?="The Metaphor is the Message"

  April 18 2008, 4:22am | Comments

• Spacecollective.org History as Revolution: A Dialogue

  April 3 2008, 10:10am | Comments

• Spacecollective.org The Archaeology of The Book

  March 17 2008, 3:05am | Comments

• Wikipedia The Charms of Wikipedia - Nicholson Baker Wikipedia is just an incredible thing. It's fact-encirclingly huge, and it's idiosyncratic, careful, messy, funny, shocking, and full of simmering controversies—and it's free, and it's fast. In a few seconds you can look up, for instance, "Diogenes of S

  March 13 2008, 10:08am | Comments

• Wikipedia Palimpsest - Wikipedia A palimpsest is a manuscript page, whether from scroll or book that has been written on, scraped off, and used again. The word "palimpsest" comes through Latin from Greek παλιν + ψαω = ("again" + "I scrape"), and meant "scraped again." Romans wrot

  February 6 2008, 9:26am | Comments

• Wikipedia Sokal Affair - Wikipedia The Sokal Affair was a hoax by physicist Alan Sokal perpetrated on the editorial staff and readership of the postmodern cultural studies journal Social Text

  February 3 2008, 2:32pm | Comments

• Wikipedia John Frum - Wikipedia John Frum (or Jon Frum; John From) is a figure associated with cargo cults on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. He is depicted as an American World War II serviceman, who will bring wealth and prosperity to the people if they follow…

  January 20 2008, 3:29pm | Comments

• Wikipedia Proprioception - Wikipedia Proprioception (pronounced /ˌproʊpriːəˈsɛpʃən/ PRO-pree-o-SEP-shun); from Latin proprius, meaning "one's own" and perception) is the sense of the relative position of neighbouring parts of the body.

  January 20 2008, 8:14am | Comments

• Wikipedia How to Persuade an Atheist to Become Christian - wikiHow Dealing with a friend that has different beliefs than you can be frustrating for both yourself and the non-believer. Learning how to deal with it can be extremely difficult and you might want to convert them.

  November 13 2007, 2:39am | Comments

• Wikipedia Mise en abyme - Wikipedia Mise en abyme (also mise en abîme) has several meanings in the realm of the creative arts and literary theory. The term is originally from the French and means, "placing into infinity" or "placing into the abyss". The commonplace usage of this phrase…

  October 31 2007, 10:11am | Comments

• Flickr Viktor Bulla's Pioneers in Defense Drill, Leningrad (1937)

  July 6 2007, 4:58am | Comments

• Wikipedia Defenestration - Wikipedia Defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window. The word comes from the Latin de (from; out of) and fenestra (window). Merriam-Webster's dictionary users named it as one of their favorite words of the year in 2004.

  July 3 2007, 2:28am | Comments

• Wikipedia Raymond Roussel - Wikipedia Raymond Roussel (Paris, January 20, 1877 - Palermo, July 14, 1933) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, chess enthusiast, neurasthenic, and drug addict. Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted a profound influence on certain groups w

  May 7 2007, 5:51am | Comments

• Wikipedia Internet - Wikipedia The Internet is a worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, aca

  April 27 2007, 2:30am | Comments

• Ask Metafilter The Various Workings of a Cube-Shaped Gallery | Ask MetaFilter Imagine a cube-shaped building, with ten cube-shaped rooms along each side (10 rooms long, 10 high & 10 deep). Each cubular room has 4 walls, 1 ceiling and 1 floor. Each of the 6 interior surfaces in all 1000 cubular rooms is decorated…

  April 25 2007, 3:39am | Comments

• Wikipedia A Million Penguins The evening had begun several hours ago with Jim standing in front of his full-length mirror, checking out his attire for the night ahead. He had been invited to the most important social function of the year - the comeback of Bananarama- and…

  February 18 2007, 3:45pm | Comments

• Wikipedia New Scientist Technology Blog: Wiki wave sweeps on While one wiki has become a major feature of modern life, experiments with the medium are still continuing. One is the "wiki novel" started by established, conventional book publisher Penguin. Amillionpenguins is fascinating, chaotic and often perplexi

  February 18 2007, 3:41pm | Comments

• Flickr kkkwheel

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• YouTube

  June 13 2006, 7:46pm | Comments

• Metafilter Switching off self-awareness Researchers have found that prolonged concentration on a difficult task actually switches off a person's self awareness. Fancy experiencing this sensation for yourself? That would be an oxymoron in existence. Just lay back and let the orgasm take hold.

  April 20 2006, 8:16pm | Comments

• Metafilter The Simulacrisation of Technology into Life As the Pentagon ousts plans to turn insects into cyber war machines you'd be forgiven for asking the question: Where does the real digital end and the faked life begin? Are we simulating life synthetically? or just speeding up an entirely natural process?…

  March 15 2006, 8:09pm | Comments

• Metafilter Clonycavan Styling Gel - 2000 years of cool or your money back! Body, volume, style and shine with long-lasting power. Clonycavan Styling Gel, along with mummification in Irish peat, works together with your freshly disemboweled corpse to protect hair from the disruptive power of 2000 years of rigor-mortis.

  January 17 2006, 9:06pm | Comments

• Metafilter The concept of the Transhuman: human, the self, consciousness and their effects on the law Whether or not you believe humans are set to evolve into gods, or AI is destined to achieve self-awareness the idea of the Transhuman is a thought provoking concept. Philosophers have debated the nature of the self, of the human for millennia. Is…

  December 13 2005, 5:43pm | Comments

• Metafilter MeFi: Plane crashes in to the word trade center. Plane crashes in to the word trade center. Apologies for not linking to anything besides the main CNN page but there are no full stories on this yet. The plane crashed into the building about six minutes ago, from what the TV is…

  September 11 2001, 6:58am | Comments

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• Flickr after the storm

  April 26 2008, 8:29am | Comments

• Spacecollective.org The Metaphor is the Message Part II: Palimpsests Palimpsests Palimpsests

  April 24 2008, 8:57am | Comments

• Spacecollective.org hypertext/?="The Metaphor is the Message"

  April 18 2008, 4:22am | Comments

• Spacecollective.org History as Revolution: A Dialogue

  April 3 2008, 10:10am | Comments

• Spacecollective.org The Archaeology of The Book

  March 17 2008, 3:05am | Comments

• Wikipedia The Charms of Wikipedia - Nicholson Baker Wikipedia is just an incredible thing. It's fact-encirclingly huge, and it's idiosyncratic, careful, messy, funny, shocking, and full of simmering controversies—and it's free, and it's fast. In a few seconds you can look up, for instance, "Diogenes of S

  March 13 2008, 10:08am | Comments

• Wikipedia Palimpsest - Wikipedia A palimpsest is a manuscript page, whether from scroll or book that has been written on, scraped off, and used again. The word "palimpsest" comes through Latin from Greek παλιν + ψαω = ("again" + "I scrape"), and meant "scraped again." Romans wrot

  February 6 2008, 9:26am | Comments

• Wikipedia Sokal Affair - Wikipedia The Sokal Affair was a hoax by physicist Alan Sokal perpetrated on the editorial staff and readership of the postmodern cultural studies journal Social Text

  February 3 2008, 2:32pm | Comments

• Wikipedia John Frum - Wikipedia John Frum (or Jon Frum; John From) is a figure associated with cargo cults on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. He is depicted as an American World War II serviceman, who will bring wealth and prosperity to the people if they follow…

  January 20 2008, 3:29pm | Comments

• Wikipedia Proprioception - Wikipedia Proprioception (pronounced /ˌproʊpriːəˈsɛpʃən/ PRO-pree-o-SEP-shun); from Latin proprius, meaning "one's own" and perception) is the sense of the relative position of neighbouring parts of the body.

  January 20 2008, 8:14am | Comments

• Wikipedia How to Persuade an Atheist to Become Christian - wikiHow Dealing with a friend that has different beliefs than you can be frustrating for both yourself and the non-believer. Learning how to deal with it can be extremely difficult and you might want to convert them.

  November 13 2007, 2:39am | Comments

• Wikipedia Mise en abyme - Wikipedia Mise en abyme (also mise en abîme) has several meanings in the realm of the creative arts and literary theory. The term is originally from the French and means, "placing into infinity" or "placing into the abyss". The commonplace usage of this phrase…

  October 31 2007, 10:11am | Comments

• Flickr Viktor Bulla's Pioneers in Defense Drill, Leningrad (1937)

  July 6 2007, 4:58am | Comments

• Wikipedia Defenestration - Wikipedia Defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window. The word comes from the Latin de (from; out of) and fenestra (window). Merriam-Webster's dictionary users named it as one of their favorite words of the year in 2004.

  July 3 2007, 2:28am | Comments

• Wikipedia Raymond Roussel - Wikipedia Raymond Roussel (Paris, January 20, 1877 - Palermo, July 14, 1933) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, chess enthusiast, neurasthenic, and drug addict. Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted a profound influence on certain groups w

  May 7 2007, 5:51am | Comments

• Wikipedia Internet - Wikipedia The Internet is a worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, aca

  April 27 2007, 2:30am | Comments

• Ask Metafilter The Various Workings of a Cube-Shaped Gallery | Ask MetaFilter Imagine a cube-shaped building, with ten cube-shaped rooms along each side (10 rooms long, 10 high & 10 deep). Each cubular room has 4 walls, 1 ceiling and 1 floor. Each of the 6 interior surfaces in all 1000 cubular rooms is decorated…

  April 25 2007, 3:39am | Comments

• Wikipedia A Million Penguins The evening had begun several hours ago with Jim standing in front of his full-length mirror, checking out his attire for the night ahead. He had been invited to the most important social function of the year - the comeback of Bananarama- and…

  February 18 2007, 3:45pm | Comments

• Wikipedia New Scientist Technology Blog: Wiki wave sweeps on While one wiki has become a major feature of modern life, experiments with the medium are still continuing. One is the "wiki novel" started by established, conventional book publisher Penguin. Amillionpenguins is fascinating, chaotic and often perplexi

  February 18 2007, 3:41pm | Comments

• Flickr kkkwheel

  January 25 2007, 11:40am | Comments

• YouTube

  June 13 2006, 7:46pm | Comments

• Metafilter Switching off self-awareness Researchers have found that prolonged concentration on a difficult task actually switches off a person's self awareness. Fancy experiencing this sensation for yourself? That would be an oxymoron in existence. Just lay back and let the orgasm take hold.

  April 20 2006, 8:16pm | Comments

• Metafilter The Simulacrisation of Technology into Life As the Pentagon ousts plans to turn insects into cyber war machines you'd be forgiven for asking the question: Where does the real digital end and the faked life begin? Are we simulating life synthetically? or just speeding up an entirely natural process?…

  March 15 2006, 8:09pm | Comments

• Metafilter Clonycavan Styling Gel - 2000 years of cool or your money back! Body, volume, style and shine with long-lasting power. Clonycavan Styling Gel, along with mummification in Irish peat, works together with your freshly disemboweled corpse to protect hair from the disruptive power of 2000 years of rigor-mortis.

  January 17 2006, 9:06pm | Comments

• Metafilter The concept of the Transhuman: human, the self, consciousness and their effects on the law Whether or not you believe humans are set to evolve into gods, or AI is destined to achieve self-awareness the idea of the Transhuman is a thought provoking concept. Philosophers have debated the nature of the self, of the human for millennia. Is…

  December 13 2005, 5:43pm | Comments

• Metafilter MeFi: Plane crashes in to the word trade center. Plane crashes in to the word trade center. Apologies for not linking to anything besides the main CNN page but there are no full stories on this yet. The plane crashed into the building about six minutes ago, from what the TV is…

  September 11 2001, 6:58am | Comments

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