November 10, 2003

things other people have done by my age

Penniless and unemployed, Buckminster Fuller decided against suicide, resolving instead to live out the rest of his life as an experiment to see what one person could do to help humanity.

Alexander the Great conquered almost the entire known world.

Composer, conductor and painter E. T. A. Hoffmann began to write the tales for which he is now primarily remembered.

English artist and poet William Blake wrote Songs of Innocence, illustrated with Blake's water-colors.

Johann Rudolf Wyss wrote The Swiss Family Robinson.

English parson Thomas Robert Malthus wrote his "Essay on the Principles of Population."

depress yourself at the museum of conceptual art

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November 05, 2003

euro israel survey

theres no real point endlessly responding to the ridiculous accusations of anti-semitism that seem likud's only response to critisism of israel. far better to read haaretz on the matter....

"It is much easier to claim the entire world is against us than to admit that the State of Israel, which rose as a refuge and source of pride for Jews, has not only turned into a place less Jewish and less safe for its citizens, but has become a genuine source of danger and a source of shameful embarrassment to Jews who choose to live outside its borders. Arguing it takes an anti-Semite to call the Israeli government's policies of 2003 a danger to world peace is a contemptible cheapening of the term anti-Semitism."

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needlepoint

lara croft needle work from game girl advance.

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November 04, 2003

exclusive!

richard whitely of countdown fame has a count down ring tone.

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November 03, 2003

my frequency is

james has worked out my frequency:

"very high frequency - very short wavelength..." he says.....

7.86707899 × 10 - to the power of 51 hertz
(58kg*c^2)/(planck's constant)

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homes and gardens of the reich

simon waldmans archive of a 1938 homes and gardens spread of hitlers mountain home is restored after a copyright wrangle.

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stalking with bluetooth

So, we've got past the boring part. Now, using a phone with Bluetooth, you can create a phonebook contact and write a message, eg. 'Hello, you've been bluejacked', in the 'Name' field. Then you can search for other phones with Bluetooth and send that phonebook contact to them. On their phone, a message will popup saying "'Hello, you've been bluejacked' has just been received by Bluetooth" or something along those lines. For most 'victims' they will have no idea as to how the message appeared on their phone. So, personalised messages like 'I like your pink top' and the startled expressions that result is where the fun really starts.

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