Culture

India: Field Notes on Democracy

By robert

Listen to Arundhati Roy, reciting the horrors and torments befallen on the poor population of… »

Support the Israeli Apartheid Week in your City

By robert
Support the Israeli Apartheid Week 2010

The sixth Israeli Apartheid Week is upon us starting March 1st. Support this moral cause to end apartheid in Israel and the occupied… »

Joel on Software

By robert
Joel on Software: and on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and Managers, and to Those Who, Whether by Good Fortune or Ill Luck, Work with Them in Some Capacity

In this book, Joel Spolsky is an iconoclast par excellence. He relentlessly refutes many of the absurdly sacred tenants that are touted by many software developers as absolute truths, in his down-to-earth tell-it-like-it-is… »

Peace Love Equality: The Seattle Gay Pride Parade 2009

By robert
A Bystander in the Seattle Gay Pride 2009

This year’s Gay Pride Parade in Seattle was a wonderful display of diversity and freedom of expression. Here’s a collection of… »

Fremont Solstice Parade 2009

By robert
Fremont, Seattle, the Center of the Universe

The Fremont Solstice parade is world famous for its Naked Cyclists that open the procession every year. Here are some photos from 2009’s… »

“Buddy Christ” is Finally For Real

By robert
New Sculpture of Jesus in Jeans was recently unveiled in East Sussex, England

A new Sculpture of “Jesus in Jeans” was recently unveiled in East Sussex, England, “depicting Christ as a man of the 21st… »

High Tide Heels

By robert
Original High Tide Heels designed by Belgian artist Paul Schietekat in 2006

A new fashion seems to be picking up for beach footwear where high heel shoes are combined with flippers for fashion-conscious divers out there. Any possible uses other than in the porn… »

Why Jane Fonda Is Banned in Beirut – WSJ.com

By robert
Beirut: World Book Capital City 2009

A very intriguing article by William Marling, a visiting professor of American Studies at the American University of Beirut, relating how books and other media are systematically banned in Lebanon by an outdated and ignorant censorship system, even though Beirut was named “World Book Capital City” in… »

What in the World is a Stupid Fact?

By robert

Who decides what is “stupid” and what is not? Who decides who the Web should cater for? Who says what should appear on the Web and what is “meaningless” to put out there? A new book, “Stupedia” claims to be the authority on the… »

Wold Digital Library… a Good Start

By robert
World Digital Library Main Geo-Timeline Browsing View

The World Digital Library website opened as promised on April 21st. It features a very elegant and more or less intuitive user interface. The content is scarce for now, but quite… »