To my Bloglet subscribers – I am so sorry for the missing posts. The Bloglet code didn’t play nice with the WordPress installation, and I didn’t get response to requests for help. Luckily, WordPress has great support options, and there I was able to find the missing information that I needed. For future reference, and for the benefit of WordPress 1.5 users who use Bloglet for subscriptions, here is a working settings format at Bloglet. weblog title: (name of your…
Not hearing “Independence Day” much this year, so let me say it loud: HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!! It’s about a revolution against the tyrannies of old King George. How could so much of our hard-won independence for our freedom and democracy been so senselessly squandered? How could Independence Day be represented the way I’m seeing it this year? I want to see more patriots and less nationalists! Give me liberty or give me death – it’s on the license plates still…
Thrilled to plug new works from my brilliant artist friend Joseph Nechvatal. Check out: BEING IS DIFFERENCE and the new series back tO Order :-.,_,.-:*’“’*:-.,_,.-:*’“’*:-.,_,.-:*’“’*:-.,_,.-:*:-.,*:-.,_,.-:*’“’*:-.,_ Also stumbled across this site this morning – compelling ideas and performance in these works at 6168. http://www.6168.org/
Go ahead! Take the blog survey and be a statistic for MIT. (I always wanted that for you honey. I know.) And check this out – screen shots of Windows 1.0 all the way to XP. I remember every one of them. My first PC was an IBM PS2 – no hard drive. Ran a DOS version of Word Perfect off a floppy, using function keys to format documents. Actually, it wasn’t that different from basic html coding. Turn the…
One of my relatives sent me one of those email thingies intended to sway you into some sort of feeling or other. It was about the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and what happened to them. “Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.” (See the Snopes breakdown on the facts) It ends with the idea that we shouldn’t take our liberties for granted. I certainly…
Ok, “Unconscious Mutterings” is just a blog toy – just for fun. Every week we get this handy list of words – and we just free associate. It’s kind of funny to compare yours to others. Ok, it’s not rocket science or anything – just word association fun. I’m interested in rhetoric, language, and psychology – how can I resist? Statistics::Strange Attractor Grin::Fin Saturn::Rings Fulfilled::Plan Life plan::Surprise Cult::Authoritarian Lily::Fae Stalemate::Diplomatic Celebration::Daily Underwear::Lace