Howard Hughes, The Union Buster
Posted on January 28, 2005 - Filed Under culture-society-history, government, movies/tv | Leave a Comment
Doug Ireland wrote today that Scorsese’s The Aviator deified Howard Hughes while leaving out some key aspects of the entrepreneur’s personality, especially his strong hatred for communism and unions. In The Howard Hughes Scorsese Doesn’t Tell You About, Ireland posits that Scorsese, who previously made movies hailing the Hollywood-blacklisted communist, has gone establishment and […]
Read More..>>Little Shop of Fantasy Coffins
Posted on January 28, 2005 - Filed Under culture-society-history, funny | Leave a Comment
The unusual, hilarious and morbid-creative out of Accra, Ghana. Check out the BBC slideshow.
Read More..>>Revolution From Without
Posted on January 27, 2005 - Filed Under computing & internet, government | Leave a Comment
Now that we have a neocon government bent on empire, how do we go about getting rid of them? Obviously not by sitting around in blogs and exhorting. Here is what I wrote on The Progressive Blog Alliance forum:
“The ineffectual Kerry campaign, some relevant new articles and personal meditation reveal that a revolution […]
More Music Not To Buy
Posted on January 26, 2005 - Filed Under computing & internet, government, music, science & technology | Leave a Comment
Music purchasing just gets easier and easier. The following artists have joined the fight against music piracy: the Eagles, the Dixie Chicks, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks, Tom Jones and Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson. Oooh, I’m scared.
Don Henley, the voice that brought you All She Wants To Do Is Dance says, […]
12 Year Old Corrects Encyclopedia Britannica
Posted on January 26, 2005 - Filed Under books, culture-society-history, science & technology | Leave a Comment
Why do people give me funny looks when I say that more kids should be like this? There is nothing wrong with precocious brightness.
Lucian disputed the whereabouts of the Polish part of the Belovezhskaya Forest. According to the encyclopaedia, it lies in the Bialystok, Suwalki and Lomza provinces. But Suwalki and Lomza […]
This Is Why You Need MY Search Engine
Posted on January 25, 2005 - Filed Under computing & internet, science & technology | Leave a Comment
According to The Pew Internet and American Life Project survey released recently, “only 1 in 6 users of Internet search engines can tell the difference between unbiased search results and paid advertisements.”
While D argues that most people don’t know how to use search engines because they aren’t all that computer-savvy in the first place, this […]
Grid Computing Hits It Big … Finally
Posted on January 25, 2005 - Filed Under computing & internet, geology, science & technology, wisconsin | Leave a Comment
Mainstream industry are not early adopters, as is obvious from the only recent boom of commodity Linux, OpenSource and database solutions. Observing Miron Livny’s work in grid computing at the University of Wisconsin since 2000, I wondered why companies didn’t absorb and utilize this concept, when SETI@Home, Cancer Grid and academic researchers have put […]
Read More..>>Jazz Funeral For Democracy
Posted on January 25, 2005 - Filed Under government, new orleans | Leave a Comment
Read my coverage of New Orleans’ January 20th Jazz Funeral for Democracy: A Wake For Peace at whatcharockin.com.
Pictures are available here.
The Empire Of Vulgarity
Posted on January 25, 2005 - Filed Under culture-society-history, government | Leave a Comment
A scathing take on the Chimperor, reinauguration festivities and America’s hawkish neocon war plans by Mike Carlton of the Sydney Morning Herald.
“He’s in the White House because God put him there for a time such as this,” [Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, one of the two Pentagon undersecretaries under Rumsfeld] told a prayer meetin’ in Oregon […]
CRAPs!!
Posted on January 24, 2005 - Filed Under culture-society-history, mardi gras, new orleans | Leave a Comment
The recent radio silence on VatulNet was caused by several incidents, not the least of which were the loss of my voice and, more importantly, parading in Krewe Du Vieux!!! Almost fully recovered, your favorite blogger is back in black (still mourning January 20th) and ready to tackle the new and (maybe) improved.
Dancing and prancing […]
