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Passing by

Wish I had thought of this. And I wish my phone camera recorded better videos. To see behind the curtain, try passingby-looking-right.

Kind of thing I do miss about San Francisco

Sock exchange at San Francisco laundromat – Boing Boing Todd Lappin took this photo of a sock exchange at a laundromat in Bernal Heights, San Francisco.

If equal affection cannot be

Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man to beast. How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection [...]

Tax Dollars For Hookers

Caveh Zadeh, maker of the new film I Am a Sex Addict, shares I recently met a writer of some repute who had been in the army during the first Gulf War. We got to talking about the film and he was moved to share some of his own prostitute experiences. He told me that [...]

Parkour

Watch these videos: Latvian Russian parkour video David Belle, one of the founders of parkour Yamakasi parkour video This is Parkour and here’s how to do it. Watching the videos, especially the first one, plays with one’s rigid conception of urban architecture. e.g. “walls are for dividing” and “stairs are for stepping up”. It was [...]

Baba knows

Only that in you which is me can hear what I’m saying. — Baba Ram Dass Very cog sci.

A poem, How the Body in Motion Affects the Mind

encountered this on a neurolinguistics mailing list. I hope Pattiann Rogers doesn’t mind this display of her work.

Does he mean the band?

Modern English is the Wal-Mart of languages: convenient, huge, hard to avoid, superficially friendly, and devouring all rivals in its eagerness to expand. -Mark Abley, journalist (1955- ) (by way of AWADmail Issue 105)

Graphical Personality Test

My pal Tracey writes ok, but i thought it was cool, and most of all, quick. http://users.rcn.com/zang.interport/personality.html

New media

Two media you’ve probably never played with: Dynamic Kaleidoscope and Sand on Projector.