Archive for June, 2006

Right of Admittance Reserved

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Two thoughts I’ve had while visiting five museums over the past three days.
What are museums afraid of losing by allowing visitors to take photographs or video?
I understand not allowing flash photography in order to protect light sensitive materials, but I can turn off my flash. Curators seem afraid of information disseminating beyond their walls into […]

Wanderlust

Monday, June 19th, 2006

Quick thoughts, as internet access is neither cheap nor free:

My first trip to Europe lasted five hours during my layover in Amsterdam.
I spent more time in an airplane and in airports to get to South Africa than I did working last week.
KLM is far superior to its US counterpart (Northwest Airlines) because of its excellent […]

Boston Calling Johannesburg

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

I’m in Newark Intl (the worst designed airport ever for connecting flights) on my way to South Africa for two weeks.
Arthur & I are researching our next Grey Matters Media documentary with Robbie.
Not that I blog regularly anyway, but I may or may not have regular internet access to update.
Edit: Blame the Grammar Nazi

The PC Weenies

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

The PC Weenies: Something for Ryan

Quote

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

She looks like a Barbie. Ugly girls can’t afford to be mean. Sorry, it’s true. — Steph referring to Ann Coulter

Link: Gay Bomb

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

BBC News: US military pondered love not war The US military investigated building a “gay bomb”, which would make enemy soldiers “sexually irresistible” to each other

Political Quiz

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

I took the (flawed?) How Liberal Or Conservative Are You? quiz that Bryan took and here are my results:
Overall: 55% Conservative, 45% Liberal
Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Ethics: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
No doubt my political views have significantly changed […]

Internet Crossroads (*very* important!)

Friday, June 9th, 2006

Today seemed like a giant April Fool’s Joke played on the American people by the federal government.

The US House of Representatives voted down an amendment to protect net neutrality. (More…)
An appeals court ruled that the FCC has the power to order broadband internet companies to make their networks wiretap friendly for law enforcement. (More…)
The NSA […]

Surprises Wrapped in Cellophane

Tuesday, June 6th, 2006

A few Sundays ago, Arthur and I were watching CBS Sunday Morning. I quite enjoyed my first viewing of the show. One of the stories featured Carole King. Apparently she wrote every song that I associate with an era and I had never before heard of her.
Arthur always has a surprise for me when I […]

Declare Engery Independence

Tuesday, June 6th, 2006

The Epoch Times: Declare Energy Independence