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it’s nice to see someone express my thoughts on the AIG bailout as of late. namely, that when this goes through the us government will be technically backing my least favorite team in europe.
i wonder if i could make it a condition of my tax-payer dollars that ronaldo has to wear a boa.
that said, it [...]

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lots of construction going on at brown this year. it’s actually kinda ridiculous. not only does the swimming team have to use a temporary “aquatics bubble,” not only is most of the pembroke campus still boxed off with construction scrim, but j. walter wilson, the still-under-construction “student resource building” is starting to develop a ghost [...]

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before boing boing picks it up, i’d just like to share this quirky story with you all.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7629433.stm

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echoes of my time at the berkman center for internet society continue to reverberate in my life, despite my distance from the sunny side streets of cambridge, and my re-enmeshment into life as a student at brown university. tomorrow (well actually it looks like it’s technically today) is one web day, the earth day for [...]

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this is a long lost response to something i read in a lev manovich essay almost eight months ago. that something was:
if we now try now to develop a better historical and theoretical understanding of remix era, we will be in a better position to recognize and understand whatever new era which will replace it.
the [...]

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while i wasn’t paying attention, my comrades at students for free culture decided to announce the location of this year’s free culture national convention. it turns out it’ll be in berekely, california, in just under one month.
it looks like i’ve got some work to do.
last time free culture had decided to have a conference, it [...]

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so this past week marked my 21st annual completion of orbiting the sun. because the united states federal government believes that this number of orbits holds particular meaning in terms of access to alcoholic beverages, much fun was had.
MUCH. FUN.
one of the great things about turning 21 is the fact that i can now go [...]

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