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“…I find myself growing distracted by the music coming from the phonograph. It features two voices, one sweetly resonant, the other strident and nasal. This combination shouldn’t work, the voices should repel each other, but instead they come together like swans in love. The music is odd, twangy guitars (a twelve-string here and there?), a […]

Nov

25

new personal safety device

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Ever wanted to rid the public space you’re in of an obnoxious, blaring TV? Now you can!
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Nov

16

‘ostensibly’ on instant messaging

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Just catching up on the Nerve.com “Blog-a-Log,” and the clever fellow who calls himself “Ostensibly” came up with this little gem on instant messaging:
“…the chief application of Instant Messenger is to drive irreparable wedges between good friends and lovers by removing any and all context, irony, expression and vocal inflection from conversation, thereby allowing casual […]

Nov

6

marryanamerican.ca update

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Remember that site I told you about? Well, since the election the thing has totally taken off, completely shocking the 15 or so of us who got together one Saturday afternoon for a laugh and to see what it took to build a “web phenomenon” (without really expecting it to turn into one).
It started with […]

Nov

4

a study in two reactions

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In the fall of 2004, Americans are torn, as evidenced by a high voter turnout with the electorate split cleanly down the middle. Interestingly, it seems American progressives are similarly split. On one hand, you have Michael Moore, completely wrong on all his projections and hunches and hopes and optimism (by the way, where were […]