Archive for June, 2008

a few things that I came across

Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2008 by hubricant

Afrigadget is making waves. A good tribute to them here. Its one of my favourite sites.

Porn is quite frankly boring. However “safe for work” porn is a very amusing concept, and I think pokes fun at commercially available pornography, revealing it to be uncreative, stupid, sterotyped etc. I also like the fact that it makes american fast food look ridiculous.

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hangin’ out with art on the walls

Posted in Uncategorized on June 20, 2008 by hubricant

I find one of the sad things about kenyan society is that they don’t have a strong public art culture. To be expected really, in a country where you can be given the death sentence for stealing someone’s cellphone, or jailed for a long time for loving someone of the same sex. Jo sent me these links, to some exquisite art.

http://www.elmac.net/

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“I invented the internet” and other bedtime stories

Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2008 by hubricant

I had to resist the temptation to put this onto my other blog… its so far away from its intended subject matter and unprofitable that this would probably sound its death knell, so I thought better of it.

A neighour of mine claims to be an entrepreneur, and part of a group of thinkers that formulated a “fore-runner of the internet”. I’ve met a few people like this. Usually wealthy people that could have been contenders. But are now past prime

Here on the other hand is an article describing Paul Otlet, who in 1934 conceptualised a “reseau” or network. It also has a quote from Kevin Kelly, former editor of Wired, who I came across recently in connection with steampunk. But thats a whole ‘nother story…

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The dinks

Posted in Uncategorized on June 14, 2008 by hubricant

“double income, no kids”. Its very catchy. The NY times reports on legalisation of same-sex marriages in California and uses this cool lingo.

of reasoning and sensibility

Posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2008 by hubricant

I haven’t cut my hair in a while. So I was sent this image. I really, really like it. it kind of looks like my hair too. There is in fact something profound here but I can’t figure out what it is. Something about self-expression / actualisation.

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