Every fire needs a spark. The images of change starting by small actions, small vigorous actions, are legions. The latest adbusters.com campaign, kick it over is exactly one of these.…
Month: July 2009
I’m working through a second listening of the Verlaine’s new album Corporate Moronic. I’m expecting, as I always do with this bunch, that the less accessible songs will grow on…
Werewolf.co.nz is a spin off from the excellent, if hard to navigate, scoop.co.nz. It’s really based around one of NZ’s finest reporters, Gordon Campbell – someone I’ve held in respect…
I’m writing a book review as an assignment for clas on Nikola Rose’s “The Politics of Life Itself”. It talks about the politics and ethics of new biomedical technology, and…
20% of Americans think Obama is a Muslim, or are not sure about his religion. the wonderful On The Media look at the persistence of mis-information – and the effect…
I just saw the following story on the b3ta.com website, and found it just too delicious not to steal. TICKETS – “Shouting from the front of the bus, disturbs my…
I’ve always been a bit negative about Jackson, but the following article really made me feel quite compassionate towards him: an overbearing set of brothers, minders who accepted eccentricities and…
Since the intertubes got going, especially email, the art of telling jokes has died off. I used to stand round at parties with a half dozen people, and we would…
This may look nerdy, and I suppose it is, but this encaspulates one person’s idea that has radically changed _everything_ about how we communicate. I mean, this isn’t like inventing…