January 2011
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WatchLadysmith Black Mambazo, “Old MacDonald, Zulu Style”.
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Beat internet shutdowns... with dial-up. →
God, I bet there’s an old 56k modem in my dad’s closet somewhere.
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"No, I'm staying." →
From Bloody and bruised: the journalist caught in Egypt unrest, on promotingpeace:
At several points the truck roared to a stop and the single door opened, revealing armed policemen on the other side. They called out the name of one of the protesters, “Nour”, the son of Ayman Nour, a prominent political dissident who challenged Hosni Mubarak for the presidency in 2005 and was thrown in jail for...
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Y'know, if *Daily Mail* readers think you've got a... →
For the non-British, this is the Daily Mail, for expletive’s sake.
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“The artist looked up at the psychiatrist, and realised the importance of what...”
– - from Adrian Reynolds’ “Commissioning”
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“White Mice” by The Mo-Dettes
This song is...
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*You* know the answer to this one.
My Indomitable Spouse’s milestone birthday this upcoming weekend… what should I do for it?
For the love of life, give me some idea!
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RIP, Don Kirshner →
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Thomas Burke, on trying to make a living from...
From Burke’s memoirs:
Jack London, with whom I had some correspondence, sent me a warning from California. Morley Roberts warned me. They used the words ‘precarious,’ ‘edge of a precipice,’ ‘bitter struggle,’ ‘nerve-wracking,’ in relation to the literary life as a sole source of income.
Nice to know some things never change.
[via jessnevins]
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“Olive McMillan, 68, was freed from her self-imposed isolation when workmen...”
– - from WIFE FREED FROM HUBBY’S BOMB SHELTER - AFTER 35 YEARS UNDERGROUND
…1970s housewife was told Soviets had started WWIII, on sale in Sun’s Weekly World News supplement, February 21, 2011.
Look for it at a newsstand, supermarket or dollar store near you.
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Watch“How Grand You Are” (sample), by Resist Revolt Reform
Lovely, well-executed idea. Want more.
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kung fu grippe: HOWTO make me sad →
At least three of the headlines below could refer to stories which have already run in the publication by which I am employed. Several more could run in upcoming editions. The tabloid publication.
I am so ahead of the game.
viafrank:
Real Headlines from the Homepage of Boing Boing
HOWTO teach your small children to swordfight
Ketchup dispensing mobile robot
Demon rug
Insects made of human...
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Same great products. Same reasonable prices.... →
Feel like your money’s not going as far?
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Merry Twelfthnight to you all, and to all, a radiant Epiphany.
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Ts'oa Jio Po: The spirit of the sea-storm....
jessnevins:
Want to know more about this.
But am afraid to Google it:
…Amoy sailors at sea drive away the terrible Pissing Woman by the firing of crackers and blunderbusses.
Here, a safe-for-work explication. Abusive sailor, wife drowns herself, no ship is safe from angry spirit. When a compact storm cloud is seen, sailors must batten hatches, set off loud firecrackers, burn spirit money,...
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“Let Down”, Rockabye Baby!
I just...
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Not by the Direct Method.: Some of the terms for... →
As the war against spectres is so old, a variety of terms denoting it have arisen. The following nearly all occur in writings of the Han dynasty or previous to it:
jang, to drive off, repel, or fling back. It occurs in the sense of exorcism in the writings of Lü Puh-wei. In books of the Han…
Necessary ancient vocabulary for today’s tumultuous times. Click for the full glossary.
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StopWilson is a DOS blog. →
>DIR
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Fred Hargesheimer led an unexpected life. →
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By this moment, now, the top-paid CEOs in Canada... →
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