Archives for July, 2002
2002.07.29 (Mon)
Spider-Man
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My daughter and I braved the Sunday crowds of Shibuya and went to see Spider-Man yesterday. It was not bad…
There Really Is an Extinction Movement!
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Why is it the throwaway lines get the best responses? I introduced a previous post with a line about…
2002.07.27 (Sat)
A Good Day for Clouds
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Yesterday was a good day for clouds. Big columns of cumulo-nimbus cruised overhead most of the day. These formations…
No Medicine for Stupidity
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There’s a wonderful Japanese saying that states there is no medicine for stupidity. This is universally true, of course, so…
2002.07.24 (Wed)
Dale Peck on Rick Moody’s The Black Veil
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Let’s face it; everybody loves a good hatchet job. It seems like every summer we get a good dust-up (must…
2002.07.22 (Mon)
Existential Milk
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Albert Camus (at least I think it was Camus) said that a man’s life is nothing more than the…
2002.07.18 (Thu)
OK, the box for the new version of Mac OS X is very cute… I had to laugh. But…
2002.07.17 (Wed)
Sign Up for the Human Extinction Lobby!
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I’ll try to post some good news soon, really. In the meantime, where can I sign up for the Human…
True Axis of Evil Closer to Home?
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Rumsfeld is quite a piece of work, isn’t he: Rumsfeld out to unshackle the militaryEsther Schrader, Sydney Morning Herald The…
Ambulatum Interruptus
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I think I’d make a good New Yorker – at least when it comes to walking. A while back I…
2002.07.16 (Tue)
Scottish Salmon Heading for Extinction?
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You’ve got to hand it to humans; we’ve really fucked things up. Scottish salmon in “extinction vortex”Danny Penman, New Scientist…
Typhoon No.9
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Ah, weather. It’s an endlessly entertaining subject. Typhoon No.9 is bringing some big rain today. Tokyo is at 12:00…
GM Contamination Scare in NZ
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Via dangerousmeta, news on a GM crop contamination scare in NZ: Fallout from GE corn scare continuesStuff.co.nz The Greens and…
2002.07.15 (Mon)
The Opiate of the Masses Just Got a New Syringe
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If I watched TV, I’d want one of these. It’s like a Tivo for your Macintosh. Of course, what I’d…
A Less-than-sonic Boom
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A 1:10 scale test version of the supersonic jet under joint development by Mitsubishi and Nissan separated from its…
2002.07.13 (Sat)
HIV-Positive Muppet
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This is just heartbreaking. The Sesame Street Workshop can only be applauded for doing this (assuming they do it right,…
Corporate Crime: Straight to the Top
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Paul Krugman on George W. Bush setting precedents in the corporate crime wave. I’m constantly stunned by how the U.S….
2002.07.12 (Fri)
Killing Jasmine
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We will never be jasmine-free. Quite a few years ago my wife and I made the mistake of planting jasmine…
Towelling Inferno
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Seems like just last year we had a summer and here it is again already. In the southern hemisphere, I’m…
Oops… New PowerMac?
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MacSlash has a post today where someone reports that a French company may have made an ATI-style boo-boo by…
2002.07.05 (Fri)
Anti-nuclear
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I wish things like this didn’t happen. Japanese Shipment of Nuclear Fuel Raises Security Fears By Howard, nytimes.com TAKAHAMA, Japan,…
2002.07.04 (Thu)
Yet We Do Not Want for Freaks
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This is like something out of Don DeLillo or George Saunders. “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” can’t find good freaksLos…
2002.07.03 (Wed)
Anti-Palladium
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A thread at MacSlash on Apple And Digital Rights Management contains the best and most concise explanation of Palladium and…
2002.07.02 (Tue)
I’m Biber-bound
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I’d never even heard of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, let alone heard his music. After reading some of The Admiralisation’s…
Snappy Seidensticker
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Kurt Easterwood was doing a bit of research for a post on the shitamachi district of Tokyo for his blog…
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