Monthly Archives: July 2008

Care about what other people think

Posted on July 28, 2008 by

The very optimum of independence, as often declared and advised by the shallow rich and/or famous: “Don’t care what other people think.” In our society ‘being rich’ is often confused with ‘being successful’, and being successful must mean that you … Continue reading →

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Disclaimer confusion

Posted on July 22, 2008 by

There may be some among you that have ever sent an actual letter (which is sort of like a printed e-mail). What I remember from letters is that you’d never write at the bottom that you couldn’t be held responsible … Continue reading →

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No sport is more beautiful… Le Tour.

Posted on July 21, 2008 by

With the spring-classics behind us and the big multistage events coming up, starting with the Giro d’Italia, I get a lot of the following question again: “Why would you want to waste your time on watching that drug-infested display of … Continue reading →

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Wordle coolness

Posted on July 18, 2008 by

Tagclouds may be revealing and all that, but they’re also quite boring. Visually I mean. Fortunately, there’s something you can do about it with Wordle. IBM programmer Jonathan Feinberg wrote some algorithms for laying out and displaying words. His site … Continue reading →

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Open Radiohead Source

Posted on July 16, 2008 by

It’s easy to be all ’2.0′ and ‘open source’ when you’ve got nothing to lose. It’s an entirely different thing if you’re one of the biggest rock bands of our time (and indisputably the most influential band of the fin … Continue reading →

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Did Skinner answer why we have a thing called religion?

Posted on July 9, 2008 by

In 1948 the famous Harvard psychologist B.F. Skinner did a test on some pigeons (poor things). He kept the pigeons in a box and with a button they could operate a mechanism that provided food. So, not surprisinlgy, the pigeons … Continue reading →

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Did I say suspense? The paintings of Jason Shawn Alexander

Posted on July 3, 2008 by

In a previous post I briefly mentioned the artwork of Jason Shawn Alexander, whose work is currently exhibited in a group exhibition with, among others, Sarah Folkman. But Alexander is not an artist one can briefly mention without giving him … Continue reading →

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Deep Screen – art @ SMCS Amsterdam

Posted on July 1, 2008 by

“The increasing digitalization of our culture has consequences for art.” Not a very strong opening for a press release for the show ‘Deep Screen – Art in Digital Culture’at the Stedelijk Museum CS in Amsterdam. It actually made me yawn … Continue reading →

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