The latest issue of RCP.ML2K.PDF webzine is now live. From one of the authors via email: “Sorry Sessions” seems particularly timely and relevant given the newest release of documents by Wikileaks, and the denial of service attacks that happened soon after. We originally decided to do an issue on Wikileaks after their last big document [...]
Nearly a week after BoingBoing posted it, but this is great! You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Tags: inbox, news and politics, pop culture, re-blog tidbits, youtube
I saw the advert for Michael Moore’s new film today (Capitalism: A love story), and decided to write him a letter. It follows. Any thoughts from my readers are welcome in the comments, as well as via email. Hi Mike: Long time fan, first time writer. As my wife and I were sitting and watching [...]
Nice to see Jimbo talk about Art and Wikipedia. It’s worth a read if only to hear how carefully Wikipedia’s figure-head thinks and speaks in relation to notability and possibilities with arts coverage on Wikipedia. I agree with all of what he says (although it’s admittedly very noncommittal – so hard to disagree with), and [...]
xkcd – A Webcomic – Neutrality Schmeutrality Neutrality Schmeutrality Tags: art, art and tech, creative commons, news and politics, pop culture, re-blog tidbits, stimulus
That’s right. The co-founder of Wikipedia has joined the Facebook Group for Wikipedia Art. How’s that for some credibility? If only these guys agreed (still marked for deletion). The group. Or click image to see that he is a member – this is for real, people. Tags: Ireland Art, Links, art, art and tech, creative [...]
Lots of cool edits to the page – see the history as well. Huge debate roaring as well. My favorite quote here (followed by mini argument) is by Wikipedia user “shmeck,” aka contemporary artist Shane Mecklenburger: KEEP The Wikipedia Art page is a self-aware example of Wikipedia’s mission of collective epistemology. It enacts and exposes [...]
Lee Rosenbaum aka CultureGrrl spoke to Bill Ivey this week (Art Politico: My Interview with Bill Ivey, Leader of President Obama’s Arts Transition Team – CultureGrrl) Money Quote: There are some advantages for artists and arts organizations to position themselves as unique, especially entitled, especially important. But I think there are also advantages to seeing [...]
Merry Christmakkah! Happy new year! The turkey is defrosting (mmmm, bourbon basting), Sidonie stayed up late (for a two year old) last night eating chocolate and playing with her new doll house from her ouma (OMG I have the cutest daughter ever), and I have little bit of morning to pound out a blog on [...]
See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die Tags: Links, art, news and politics, pop culture, re-blog tidbits, stimulus, youtube
Princeton University – Evolution’s new wrinkle: Proteins with cruise control provide new perspective A team of Princeton University scientists has discovered that chains of proteins found in most living organisms act like adaptive machines, possessing the ability to control their own evolution. read it. Tags: news and politics, re-blog tidbits, technology
I simply had to re-blog the whole article, in its entirety. I was nearly brought to tears just reading it: In her own words: Teacher moved by students’ joy over Obama win – Local News Updates – The Boston Globe Boston teacher Felicia Kazer tells how Barack Obama’s election transformed McCormack Middle School in Dorchester [...]
It only takes a sec, and even a couple of bucks (instead of that cup o’ morning Joe) helps them WAY more than it hurts you. In this time of financial crisis, we NEED to support spaces that support us. Turbulence is one of the few new media art commissioning institutions around, and the only [...]
Mr President-Elect Barack Obama. Tags: news and politics
“Yeah, I’m the unlikely cable news host. But before that I was the unlikely Rhodes scholar. And before that I was the unlikely kid who got into Stanford. And then I was the unlikely lifeguard. You can always cast yourself as unlikely when you’re fundamentally alienated in your worldview. It’s a healthy approach for a [...]
See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die Tags: milwaukee art, news and politics, pop culture, re-blog tidbits, uncategorical, youtube
Tags: news and politics, re-blog tidbits, youtube
Via. … in response to the Washington Post’s observation that Obama is uncomfortable with performing Clintonesque sentimentality of the “I feel your pain” variety, I thought, that’s right, Obama’s more like “I feel your hope.” Does the difference matter? I think so. Obama is detaching from the liberal tradition of claiming that our wounds are [...]
After running some errands this morning, I remembered vaguely an email from the Obama compaign about voting early. I opened my laptop, and saw John Kerry was in town, promoting that very thing. I figured I had an hour before my next meeting, and so drove to downtown Milwaukee, ten minutes from my office. [...]
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