Desire Armed

Yeah, I signed up for GoogleVoice. It's Awesome.

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It's a beautiful thing.

Or does this game look dirty to you too?

He calls this piece, "Hello World! or: How I Learned to Stop Listening and Love the Noise."

Hello World! is a large-scale audio visual installation comprised of thousands of unique video diaries gathered from the internet. The project is a meditation on the contemporary plight of democratic, participative media and the fundamental human desire to be heard.

On one hand, new media technologies like YouTube have enabled new speakers at an alarming rate. On the other hand, no new technologies have emerged that allow us to listen to all of these new public speakers. Each video consists of a single lone individual speaking candidly to a (potentially massive) imagined audience from a private space such as a bedroom, kitchen, or dorm room. The multi-channel sound composition glides between individuals and the group, allowing viewers to listen in on unique speakers or become immersed in the cacophony. Viewers are encouraged to dwell in the space.

Hello World! or: How I Learned to Stop Listening and Love the Noise from Christopher Baker on Vimeo.

From about a year ago. He is probably my bigest hero right now.

This is great too.

This is a fun quick read. Oh, the frailty of humanity.

The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when humanity first stepped into the light. The question came about as a result of a five dollar bet over highballs, and it happened this way:

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Adell was just drunk enough to try, just sober enough to be able to phrase the necessary symbols and operations into a question which, in words, might have corresponded to this: Will mankind one day without the net expenditure of energy be able to restore the sun to its full youthfulness even after it had died of old age?

Or maybe it could be put more simply like this: How can the net amount of entropy of the universe be massively decreased?

Multivac fell dead and silent. The slow flashing of lights ceased, the distant sounds of clicking relays ended.

Then, just as the frightened technicians felt they could hold their breath no longer, there was a sudden springing to life of the teletype attached to that portion of Multivac. Five words were printed: INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MEANINGFUL ANSWER.

"No bet," whispered Lupov. They left hurriedly.

By next morning, the two, plagued with throbbing head and cottony mouth, had forgotten about the incident.

Thanks to a generous gift ($600 for a plane ticket!), I will be in Oklahoma this weekend for a wedding.

The trip will be quite brief though.

I am looking forward to seeing my family, especially, my newest nephew.

Think about it.

“The only way you are going to be relevant to this generation is by you getting detached from this generation and getting connected to the realm of heaven.”

This from foreignpolicy.com today:

Mobs of Jewish settlers rioted in the West Bank attacking Palestinians and setting fire to agricultural land in protest of the Israeli government's pledge to crack down on "wildcat" settlements. Settlers are also waging an ongoing legal battle to evict Palestinians from homes in East Jerusalem.

This is from the first article:

Settlers have vowed to retaliate with attacks on Palestinians after removal even the tiniest enclave _ a tactic known as "price tag."

Under any other context, what would we call this?