Monthly Archives: April 2009

Ordinary People

Posted on 26 April 2009 by Robert

Yeah yeah, whatever.  100 “Single Ladies” in Picadilly Circus: This is a mash-up to two 21st Century crazes, made possible by new technology. The first is the practice of making a tribute to a song you love, by lip-syncing to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art and Cultures, Internet Philosophy | 3 Comments

Exmouth Market, Hub

Posted on 23 April 2009 by Robert

Hundreds of wi-fi networks. Continue reading →

Posted in Diary, Internet Philosophy, London | 13 Comments

Kafka would have had a Twitter feed

Posted on 23 April 2009 by Robert

Kottke writes in defence of Twitter and quotes Geoff Manaugh of BLDGBLOG: Kafka would have had a Twitter feed! And so would have Hemingway, and so would have Virgil, and so would have Sappho. It’s a tool for writing. Heraclitus … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Philosophy | 6 Comments

Police, Camera, Action

Posted on 22 April 2009 by Robert

David at Minority Report offers some words of warning, regarding the slow trickle of citizen generated footage of alleged brutality at the G20 protests earlier this month: Reconstructing events by using any number of restricted viewpoints is no replacement for … Continue reading →

Posted in Law and Order, Liberal Conspiracy, London | 7 Comments

Linklog for 4th April to 17th April

Posted on 17 April 2009 by Robert

My del.icio.us links: 4th April to 17th April Abuse of Power: The Bush Administration's Secret Legal Memos – On April 16, 2009, the Department of Justice released four secret memos used by the Bush administration to justify torture. Anti-terror billboard … Continue reading →

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Filming the Police, Filming Us

Posted on 16 April 2009 by Robert

Placing a different set of restrictions on the police on this issue would violate Peel’s principle number 7. Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Human Rights, Law and Order, UK | 8 Comments

Britain’s Got Talent Potts-Boyler Narrative

Posted on 14 April 2009 by Robert

It is that sweet, sweet triumph over cynicism which makes these clips so throatblockingly beautiful. Expect to see a Paul Potts/Susan Boyle duet album and co-tour, sometime in 2009/10 Continue reading →

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Smashing

Posted on 14 April 2009 by Robert

Having lost many an hour’s sleep playing Linerider, I can only imagine the hours that went into this delightful piece of Heath Robinson: In the past, a person who created this in his flat would have been branded an obsessive … Continue reading →

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Gay Marriage in America

Posted on 9 April 2009 by Robert

The I think the ‘Hussain’ meme, which implies that the President is a secret Muslim, offers increasingly diminishing returns. That some columnists in America are still earnestly deploying it is quite, quite sad. However, to use it in the same sentence as the ‘pink fascism’ slur makes no sense whatsoever. Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, USA | 4 Comments

Beyond Nations

Posted on 9 April 2009 by Robert

Further examples of how companies and communities are now operating on a scale that dwarves the efforts of some nation states Continue reading →

Posted in Art and Cultures, Economy, Globalisation, Internet Philosophy | 1 Comment