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Geeks need women: Providence Geeks' monthly meet is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday. At AS220 as always, but starting later than usual. Details at that Geeks link.
Maya 1: Are We Trapped in God's Video Game? Probably not. And no, he's not looking at your underwear. Virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier is having fun playing with your underwear in Discovery Magazine. And messing your mind.
Maya 2: : "Turning Riverstreet into a river" is the largest 3d-street-painting ever done, by Edgar Müller at the Moose Jaw Prairie Arts Festival. The photo is from his site. Click it to see photos of the work in progress. He also features other artists' street painting.
Resentment chic: Everybody Sucks: Gawker and the rage of the creative underclass.
No other form has lent itself so perfectly to capturing the current ethos of young New York, which is overwhelmingly tipped toward anger, envy, and resentment at those who control the culture and apartments. “New York is a city for the rich by the rich, and all of us work at the mercy of rich people and their projects,” says Choire Sicha, Gawker’s top editor (he currently employs a staff of five full-time writers). “If you work at any publication in this town, you work for a millionaire or billionaire. In some ways, that’s functional, and it works as a feudal society. But what’s happened now, related to that, is that culture has dried up and blown away:
What's left seems snarky and trashy. Be glad you're elsewhere.
Portuguese-style dinghy
Row, row, row... Hannu's Boatyard Free detailed plans for "One-sheet" (of plywood) and "one and a half sheet" boats. Small boats, of course.
I'd rather be in this than in Gawker's NYC.
Mp3 blogs are part of the marketing machine:. Humbug.
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Lost in translation: Is this fiery image Pope John Paul II? This is from "Australia's largest-selling daily, the Herald Sun."
...The fiery figure being hailed as Pope John Paul II making an appearance beyond the grave was spotted during a ceremony in Poland to mark the second anniversary of his death.Details appeared on the Vatican News Service, a Rome religious TV station...
Fire seems an inappropriate medium for this apparition, considering...
There's much more here -- in Italian, but reproducing several news clippings, a photo of the photographer, Gregorz Lukasik, the site of the festival, a map....
Just bad Web design: Sites that make Firefox sad. There's nothing smarmier for a user of the sleek Firefox browser than having a site tell you, "Upgrade to IE to use this site."
Swallowtail range hood?
A Collection of 18 Beautiful Butterflies & Their Color Palettes. ColourLovers again. Looking at the palettes, I'm always imagining them in my kitchen. I have to pick a palette and get painting so I can shake that ghost.
