The new Apple Fifth Avenue retail store looks like the Louvre. Or maybe the International Centre of Photography in NYC (I think not, but it still looks cool). I think Steve's getting a god complex, but hey - it's really impressive. Smaller than you expect though,
I've gotten into fierce and sometimes uncomfortable arguments with people regarding what we (America / North America) are as a society. After much reading of Western history, I began to argue that countries like the US were pretty savage establishments. I was always countermanded with loads of mythology -
I recently found "The Gutenberg Project" and completed reading my first book online (Heart Of Darkness). Actually, I had my Mac read it to me. This is soooo convenient as there are so many classics that I still want to sink my teeth into. Google is also digitizing
I was actually just south of Union Square on Monday May 1, 2006, when the massive NY leg of the opposition to the US Bill H.R. 4437 (an extension of the immigration and control act), marched by. As I was only there by coincidence, these grainy pictures were taken
Holy Smokes, I've burned more time than expected just perusing difference blogs. And I've come across some reeeeally cool Mac Apps. In particular, I'm being turned on to watching my TV online!! Democracy - Internet TV Player The only thing that's scrambled
Work should be fun. My brother recently violently disagreed with me on this point, but when I started bringing up the scientific links between job satisfaction, productivity and so on, I was able to support my point for the corporate manager mindset. However, that's not really why any
The US Republican party shot down a bill guaranteeing "network neutrality" in American information networks. This is bad. The background here is that cable and fibre optic companies (Verizon, AT&T) want to have the power to have "preferred" content flow through their networks. And
This is an ode to one of my favourite cities on earth - Berlin. There's almost nothing like the electronic music you'll hear there. There's still some mistakes in this mix, but... ( OK, I was tired ) SONGS Tour De France "Kraftwerk"; Sex
OK, I haven't been this excited over a piece of technology since, well, my last Mac. My new MacBook Pro is very slick, feels really thin and reeeally light. Most of my initial time with this machine was spent fawning over it, like "Wow, this feels sooo
I picked up the latest issue of science magazine "Seed". It was funny... and also talked about a few things I've always thought. First, that we are fundamentally shaped by our surroundings and culture: "THE REINVENTION OF THE SELF" And getting laid is the
OK, so I' ve been in New York now for only 2 months, but that's no reason to miss incredible music shows. I had more than enough time to go and see Burning Spear in Boston, or Sinead O'Connor or Ulrich Schnauss in New York.
Hello everybody, it's bee such a long time since I posted. Some bits are missing, but I was starting think about my life so far. And I hate this city sometimes. But I've made it to New York, to a job, an apartment; to something resembling