I am a mountain, I am a tall tree, ohhhhh
I am a swift wind sweepin’ the country
I am a river, down in the valley, ohhhhhh
I am a vision, and I can see clearlyyy
If anybody asks you who I am
Just stand up tall
Look ‘em in the face and saaaaay
I’m [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Something to make you feel good
Posted in Naveling on December 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
More Canadian DMCA info…
Posted in Naveling on December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
According to Boing Boing:
The roller coaster that is the Canadian DMCA has taken another turn. Sometime between yesterday afternoon and this morning, the government decided to hold off. At 10:00 am this morning, the introduction of new government bills came and went without a new copyright bill. The Industry Minister’s press secretary has advised journalists [...]
Lethbridge College Horizons Magazine
Posted in Lethbridge on December 11, 2007 | 9 Comments »
The image above is small, but is the best I could find of the new issue of Lethbridge College’s Magazine Wider Horizons. The cover depicts a woman with the African continent superimposed over her face , and the lead title:
College brings humanity to the Dark Continent
Is this really how they are phrasing this? The Lethbridge [...]
Stop the Canadian DMCA
Posted in Calgary, Internet Culture, Politics on December 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I sent around an email today to friends and family with information about the Canadian DMCA that Minister Jim Prentice is trying to push through while no one is looking. It feels like the Conservative government is trying to pull a fast one here.
First of all, looking at some of the implications of this bill, [...]
Year End Lists
Posted in Hate, Music on December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been following Largehearted Boy’s round up of 2007 best of lists, and there is something about it that really makes me feel uncomfortable. Something about the sheer volume that makes all of the lists lose their value. Look at the sheer homogeneity of the lists, guaranteed to have a giant overlap in with all of [...]
Live Blogging: Stories, Texts and Technoscience (5)
Posted in Academic on December 3, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Fleck – the process of discovering facts vs Facts aren’t produced! They are RECOGNIZED! / Wittgenstein – not to have breakthrough, but to clear up the mess by the last philosophy (ANT close to this with regards to science – we have ourselves with a misunderstanding of the claims of science and the goals of [...]
