30.9.02
Slechte copy
Hebt u de uitsmijter gezien van de tv-reclame voor Actimel van Danone?
"De effecten van Actimel zijn wetenschappelijk getest."
Ja, ik mag het hopen zeg. Dat de effecten niet wetenschappelijk bewezen zijn, is misschien nog bijzaak.
Red de blondjes
Hebt u de afgelopen dagen boude statements gehoord van Greenpeace of andere organisaties? Ik ook niet. Maar ja, je kan maar beter voor het behoud van het regenwoud, tegen het neerknuppelen van zeehondjes of het harpoeneren van walvissen zijn. Wie lanceert de actie: "Red de blondjes"? Ik zie al raids op kapsalons voor me waarbij peroxidebommen in etalageruiten worden gegooid, of valse blondines wier hoofd rood wordt gespoten.
:: Blondes 'to die out in 200 years'
Future
September 18, 2014: Austrian Team Splits 'Ding-An-Sich'
May 8, 2045: Apple Announces New Pink PiggyMac
February 1, 2039: Linguists Decipher Warning Message in Genome
:: futurefeedforward
28.9.02
The World Is Mine
Op Hooverphonic.com vind je meer over de release van de nieuwe (en naar het schijnt zeer goeie) cd van het gezelschap "Jackie Cane", en ook de de video van "The World Is Mine", de bijzonder fijne single.
27.9.02
Januskop
As the Bush administration drums up support to arm-twist Iraq into complying with UN Security Council resolutions, some critics are turning the tables on Washington, accusing it of "double standards" for not being as tough on its ally, Israel.
Israel has flouted 29 Council resolutions, say critics. Iraq has ignored 16. Israel's supporters call this an apples-and-oranges comparison. But even UN advocates say the two cases put the flaws of the international system into sharp relief.
:: UN's 'two standards' under fire
26.9.02
Arme penis
Voor de liefhebbers van een overdosis aan vreemde theorieën: Christendom and Freemasonry's Use of the Phallus!
Lego Continuo
Nu nog een Lego Hobo en een Lego Fluit en we hebben een Lego Kamerensemble dat Lego Quantzpartituren kan spelen.
:: Lego Harpsichord (via daypop)
25.9.02
Wel, wel, wel
The Sunshine Project today accuses the US military of conducting a chemical weapons research and development program in violation of international arms control law. An array of documents, ... , demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that JNLWD is operating an illegal and classified chemical weapons program. JNLWD's secret program is not focusing on highly lethal agents such as VX or sarin. Rather, the emphasis is on "non-lethal" chemical weapons that incapacitate. JNLWD's Research Director told a US military magazine "We need something besides tear gas, like calmatives, anesthetic agents, that would put people to sleep or in a good mood." These weapons are intended for use against "potentially hostile civilians", in anti-terrorism operations, counterinsurgency, and other military operations.
:: US Military Operating a Secret Chemical Weapons Program
Sunshine Project provides evidence for US violation of international law (via sargasso)
D.I.Y.#2
While you're at it, make your own Bush speech. There are easy words, big words, cool things and rubbish things you can use.
Austria - Belgium - U.S.A
Axis of oil-producing, vodka-exporting, US bullet-buyers or - as they call it here - the Apocalaxis of evil!
:: AxisApplet (via 3bruces)
Get your war on
De beurzen hebben nood aan een snelle en korte oorlog die de onzekerheid rond Irak wegneemt. Dat leert een rondvraag bij vier Belgische economen over de huidige beursmalaise.
:: 'Snelle oorlog beste oplossing voor de beurs'
24.9.02
Van den hond
Meneer Verbal Jam verblijdde me met volgend beeldmateriaal!
Ik voel me helemaal warm worden vanbinnen bij het zien van zulke lieve beestjes, maar de vraag die ik heb is: wie is in hemelsnaam de poes?
Ritter
"This is not about the security of the United States," said this card-carrying Republican while pounding the lectern. "This is about domestic American politics. The national security of the United States of America has been hijacked by a handful of neo-conservatives who are using their position of authority to pursue their own ideologically-driven political ambitions. The day we go to war for that reason is the day we have failed collectively as a nation."
:: The Coming October War in Iraq (via Mig)
Kantel
Niet dat dit iets met Jörg Kantel te maken heeft, maar de Kantelwoning is een huisje dat wel leuk zou passen in mijn tuin, denk ik.
23.9.02
TARGETED SOUND
Unlike ordinary speakers, which disperse sound in all directions, American Technology's speakers emit ultrasonic frequencies in a focused cone, like a flashlight. Only when you disrupt the sound beam or reflect it off a surface do you hear it. So audio can be pinpointed to reach an individual or widened to target a larger group.
:: Hypersonic sound
Nose jobs
Allez, allez, Pinokkio, gij hebt 'ne neus van hier tot in Tokyo, zong de Clement Peerens Explosition al. Een schone collectie gefotoshopte bekende madammen met pinokkio-neuzen vind je hiero.
Triiiiiing
It works on a very simple principle to locate and identify other bloggers in your location simply by recognising their mobile phone ringtone. I've chosen Nokia's ever popular Grande Valse ringtone played backwards as something unique and easily identifiable as the War Ringing unique ringtone. The rule being, if you have a weblog, upload the War Ringing ringtone to your mobile and everytime it rings you'll be alerting other bloggers to your presence and identifying yourself as a blogger. Then go hug each other or something.
:: WAR-RINGING, another one of Gary Turner's crazy ideas.
Maan
Klik op de maan om meer manen in een baan rond de aarde te brengen. Aartsmoeilijk.
:: Make your own moon
What if
YOU ARE NAMED POPE
1) If you don't know Latin, now would be an excellent time to try to learn some. (Note: Do not try to "fake it" using pig latin. People can tell the difference.)
2) The good news is you're now infallible. Still, the Vatican frowns on its pontiff going on Jeopardy! and browbeating Alex Trebek into accepting any random series of words as a correct answer.
:: The Best-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
22.9.02
Autopsiekit
How often has this happened to you? You're enjoying a quiet evening with friends and family when suddenly somebody dies and the medical examiner's office is closed for the weekend. Do you really want to wait until Monday for an autopsy and an official cause of death? Of course not!
:: Project Gastro Portable Autopsy Kit
Herfst
Gelukkig is het ondertussen herfst! Eindelijk zullen de zomerhits van de hitparade vallen en zijn we verlost van "Asereje" en andere dwaze liedjes die zich in je hoofd vastbijten. Het is nu tijd voor melancholie en somberheid. Eindelijk.
21.9.02
Morbide
Ook een manier om reclame te maken voor doodskisten: een pin-up calender en foto's van al je modellen vergezeld van een model :)
20.9.02
Labera lege
Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant,
Fac ut gaudeam
of
Imus ad magum Ozi videndum, magum Ozi mirum mirissimum,
het zijn maar een paar voorbeelden uit de fijne collectie Latin Phrases for all occasions.
Tapijt
Wat ik me afvraag: mogen de U.S. wel tapijtbombardementen uitvoeren gezien de bestaande embargo's op import en export van producten? En wat met de daardoor ontstane oneerlijke concurrentie met de tapijtenkleinhandel?
:: U.S. Bombing Watch: When was the last time the U.S. Bombed Iraq?
Banaan
I'm going bananas, And I feel like my poor little
mind is being devoured by piranhas, For I'm going bananas
:: Project Dole: minimal decoration using Dole Banana Cartons
WTF?
The American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, has said the United States will find ways to stop weapons inspectors going back to Iraq unless there is a new United Nations Security Council resolution on the issue.
:: US threat to stop Iraq inspections
19.9.02
Lego™ filosofen
The Lego Michel Foucault comes with a Parisian library for younger children, or with the Lego San Francisco S&M Dungeon™ for older boys and girls.
:: Social theory for fans of Lego™
Apocalogismen
Ik wou u maar even wijzen op de stortvloed aan neologismen (nieuwe woorden) die afgeleid worden uit het woord "apocalyps". Vind er zelf maar uit en post ze bij Mig.
Software = kunst
CODeDOC takes a reverse look at 'software art' projects by focusing on and comparing the 'back end' of the code that drives the artwork's 'front end'--the result of the code, be it visuals or a more abstract communication process.
:: CODeDOC
18.9.02
Neuro Linguistic Blogging*
1. Behind every weblog there is a positive intention.
2. The blog is not the internet.
3. Anything can be blogged when the task is broken down into small enough chunks.
4. There is no such thing as flamewars, only feedback.
5. Bloggers already have all the resources they need.
6. Every post is useful in some context.
7. If one person can blog, other people can learn from that person's success.
8. The spammer never rests until the spam is delivered.
9. The meaning of your posts is the comments you get.
10. Weblogs are redundant.
11. Choice is better than no choice.
12. People always read the best weblog available to them at the time.
13. If what you are blogging isn't working, blog anything else.
(* inspired by gary and based on this)
Fisk
So a few thoughts for the coming weeks: remember the days when Saddam was America's friend; remember that Arabs committed the crimes against humanity of 11 September last year and that they came from a place called the Middle East, a place of injustice and occupation and torture; remember "Palestine"; remember that, a year ago, no one spoke of Iraq, only of al-Qa'ida and Osama bin Laden. And, I suppose, remember that "evil" is a good crowd-puller but a mighty hard enemy to shoot down with a missile.
:: Robert Fisk: America's case for war is built on blindness, hypocrisy and lies
But justice is not what President Bush wants – unless it's a useful way of putting America's enemies out of the way, of effecting "regime change" or of providing a useful excuse for a military invasion which will leave US oil companies – including Mr Bush's own buddies – in control of one of the world's largest reserves of oil. Saddam Hussein's own cynicism – for he could have given UN inspectors free rein years ago – will be matched by Mr Bush's cynicism. Saddam's letter to Mr Annan was a smart move, as contemptuous as it was inevitable. Stand by, then, for an equally contemptible response from President Bush.
:: Robert Fisk: President Bush wants war, not justice - and he'll soon find another excuse for it
Beam me up, Scottie
Electric signals can be transmitted at least four times faster than the speed of light using only basic equipment that would be found in virtually any college science department.
:: Speed of light broken with basic lab kit (via low)
Is It Not True?
Gelukkig maar, ze zijn niet allemaal zo dwaas bij de Republikeinen!
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas read the following to the House of Representatives, September 10, 2002:
"Soon we hope to have hearings on the pending war with Iraq. Here are some questions I would like answered by those who are urging us to start this war:
1. Is it not true that the reason we did not bomb the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War was because we knew they could retaliate?
2. Is it not also true that we are willing to bomb Iraq now because we know it cannot retaliate -- which just confirms that there is no real threat?
...
33. Is it not true that since World War II, Congress has not declared war and -- not coincidentally -- we have not since then had a clear-cut victory?
34. Is it not true that Pakistan, especially through its intelligence services, was an active supporter and key organizer of the Taliban?
35. Why don't those who want war bring a formal declaration of war resolution to the floor of Congress?"
:: Is It Not True?
17.9.02
Atomen
Composing for an Ensemble of Atoms:
The Metamorphosis of Scientific Experiment into Music
:: 50 Particles in a Three-Dimensional Harmonic Potential, An Experiment in 5 Movements by Bob L. Sturm (incl. freaky mp3)
Link
Functional links
> A Blatant Link
> A Filler Link
> A Random link
Links that convey literary effect
> An Emotive (or Romance) Link
> A Lateral Link
> A Complicating Link
> A Temporal Link
> A Portal Link
:: A Poetics of the Link
16.9.02
Groenten
Doe eens wat anders met sla, maïs, selder en tomaat!
:: 4 short interactive pieces about vegetables and sound
Header
Ik heb me nog eens een nieuwe header aangeschaft die u met CTRL F5 tevoorschijn kan halen (of anders hier kan bekijken)
Do I worry?
:: video's van vocale ensembles uit de jaren '40, o.a. van "Do I worry" van The Ink Spots.
Het vel van de beer
American and foreign oil companies have already begun maneuvering for a stake in the country's huge proven reserves of 112 billion barrels of crude oil, the largest in the world outside Saudi Arabia.
:: In Iraqi War Scenario, Oil Is Key Issue
(via kapingamarangi die overigens van een nieuwe layout is voorzien)
Meer
"Foreign perceptions of the United States are far from monolithic, but there is little doubt that stereotypes of the United States as arrogant, self-indulgent, hypocritical, inattentive, and unwilling or unable to engage in cross-cultural dialogue are pervasive and deeply rooted."
:: Is America the 'good guy'? Many now say, 'No.' (via dane carlson)
Bovendien
It is far from clear that America will be able to control the next leader of Iraq, even if he is not as diabolical as Saddam. Any leader of Iraq will look around him and see that Israel and Pakistan have nuclear weapons and that Iran may soon. Just as England and France opted to build their own bombs in the cold war, and not depend on the U.S. nuclear umbrella, the next president of Iraq may want to have his own bomb. “He may want to, but he can’t be allowed to,” says a Bush official. But what is to guarantee that a newly rich Iraqi strongman won’t buy one with his nation’s vast oil wealth? In some ways, Iraq is to the Middle East as Germany was to Europe in the 20th century, too large, too militaristic and too competent to coexist peaceably with neighbors. It took two world wars and millions of lives to solve “the German problem.” Getting rid of Saddam may be essential to creating a stable, democratic Iraq. But it may be only a first step on a long and dangerous march.
:: How Saddam Happened
Anderzijds
Ik begrijp een aantal zaken echt niet goed. Hoe wordt een man als Saddam Hussein, toch niet de meest devote moslim, een bondgenoot of zelfs fan van het Al Qaeda netwerk, tenzij natuurlijk een objectieve bondgenoot in de "strijd" tegen het imperialisme van de V.S.? Is er dan niet genoeg bewijsmateriaal tegen Hussein dat we de link met 9.11 erbij moeten halen? En wat met de rol van de V.S. zelf.? Was het niet zo dat in de Iran-Irak-oorlog van de jaren '80, Saddam en de V.S. een soort van bondgenootschap hadden tot het Iran-Contragate-schandaal (waarbij de V.S. hun bondgenoot verraadden door wapens te leveren aan aartsvijand Iran)? Vertel me niet dat het de binnenlandse zaken (neerslaan van de - ook al door de V.S. gesteunde - opstanden van de Koerden etc.) zijn, die de V.S. in hun oorlogszucht drijven om Bagdad weer te gaan bombarderen.
:: Iraq 'will have nuclear bomb in months'.
Remember: the only country ever to have used nuclear bombs for real are the United States.
:: Bush's 9/11 Reichstag Fire
Verontrustend
A SECRET blueprint for US global domination reveals that President Bush and his cabinet were planning a premeditated attack on Iraq to secure 'regime change' even before he took power in January 2001.
::Bush planned Iraq 'regime change' before becoming President
15.9.02
13.9.02
Yo Homie
Look like a real rap star
Impress your girlfriend
Feel like a superstar
:: Rapper Kit $19.95
Rat Race
The Rat Race is a sponsored race of 3,5 km to be run with a team of 5 colleagues. But... in business outfit! Gentlemen in suit, ladies in coat and skirt. Briefcase in one hand, mobile phone in the other hand.
:: Rat Race
12.9.02
Vulkaan
Altijd handig wanneer je op een vulkaan bent: How To Cook With Lava. Lijkt me wel een beetje gevaarlijk.
Lemonica Winsky?
The Lemonica is a pair of voltage controlled oscillators whose pitch is controlled by the pair of lemons impaled on spikes made from zinc and copper.
11.9.02
Toneel
De repetities bij mijn vaste gezelschap voor "De weldoeners" van Nicky Silver zijn begonnen! Hoera! En met vreugde melden we u dat het tweede stuk van dit seizoen "Top Dogs" van Urs Widmer wordt en het derde "Pitbulls en Labradors [Reservoir Dogs]" van Quentin Tarantino. Ik zal in elk geval in het eerste en laatste meespelen.
Perspective
Hunger kills 24,000 people every day, or over 8 million each year.
Poverty is the principal cause of hunger. There are 1.2 billion poor people in developing countries who live on $1 a day or less. Of these, 780 million suffer from chronic hunger, which means that their daily intake of calories is insufficient for them to lead active and healthy lives. Extreme poverty remains an alarming problem in the world’s developing regions, despite the advances made in the 1990s. Progress in poverty reduction has been concentrated in Asia, and especially, East Asia. In all the other regions, the number of people in extreme poverty has increased. In sub-Saharan Africa, there were 58 million more poor people in 1999 than in 1990 (Food and Agriculture Organization 2002). Hunger is also a cause of poverty. By leading to such effects as poor health, low levels of energy, and even mental impairment, hunger can lead to even greater poverty.
Conflict as a cause of hunger. Worldwide, there were some 21.5 million refugees and displaced persons in 1999 – largely as a result of wars, political turbulence, civil conflict and social unrest (e.g. Afghanistan, the Balkans, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, East Timor, Somalia and Sudan). In such emergencies, malnutrition runs rampant, exponentially increasing the risk of disease and death (World Health Organization 2002). But, important and visible though it is, conflict is not nearly as important as poverty as a cause of hunger.
:: World Hunger Facts
Zelfmoord
The Tsunamii.Net Crush Server is currently online live from the Millbank Gallery in London! Watch as the webserver counts itself down before it activates the industrial crusher attached to it, bearing 150-tonnes of brute force onto itself and terminating its existance.
:: Tsunamii.Net Alpha 3.5 Crush Project Online
Magnificat
He hath shown strenght with His arm, He hath scattered the proud. He hath put down the mighty from their thrones, and hath regarded the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He hath sent empty away.
:: Magnificat - Herbert Howells.
10.9.02
911
In de reeks Waar was u op 11 september 2001 zal ik u vertellen dat ik voor een managementopleiding ergens te velde was. De dag was leuk begonnen met spelletjes om groepsdynamiek aan te tonen (geblinddoekt met z'n tienen in een bos opdrachten uitvoeren en zo). Na de middag begon de ene gsm na de andere af te gaan. Het ongeloof was groot, maar gelukkig waren er in de hotelkamers televisies te over. Mijn bezorgdheid ging in eerste instantie uit naar een vriendin die in de omgeving van de WTC-torens werkte (en die achteraf via mail liet horen dat ze veilig weggeraakt was) en naar de winnaar van een jongerenwedstrijd die we hadden georganiseerd (met een trip naar New York als prijs) die net die dag de toren zou gaan bezichtigen. Ook hij bleek ongedeerd omdat de liften naar het dak niet zo vroeg 's ochtends werkten.
Hip
Cool it: Stop it, behave normally, change the subject, leave. "Cool it" is an urgent warning.
Cool yourself, or cool your brains: Relax, stop "coming on".
It's cool: It's all right, or okay. "Thats cool with me".
Be cool: Be careful.
Cool that stud: Get rid of him, shut him up.
Is he cool(?): Does he know whats happening? Will anything we do upset or shock him? Is he a cop?
:: How to speak hip (via everlasting blort)
9.9.02
Plezante nonkel
Elke familie heeft er wel een of meer: plezante nonkels. Soms een zegen, veelal een plaag. Mijn plezante nonkel woont al een jaar of twintig in het zuiden van Frankrijk. Nu is mijn - quasi blinde en 85 jaar jonge - grootmoeder (zijn schoonmoeder) daar op bezoek. En kijk nu wat mijn nonkel de familie mailt: la dolce vita!
Jager-Verzamelaar
They don't have special powers of persuasion or the ability to see through walls, they can't fly or shoot fireballs from their eyes, because that stuff just isn't real. What they do have is the special powers of who they really are, in all their glory. Oh yeah, and they're 100% celebrity-free.
Wie wil ruilen?
:: peoplecards: collect all six billion!
8.9.02
Ye Gods!
Longest time: 81 days 20 hours 05 minutes 07 seconds
How long can you hold the button? (via coolio's)
Ondertussen #14
- Verplancke! Het is vandaag Open Monumentendag! Waar is de brochure?
- Hier, edelachtbare, ik las hem net op het toilet.
(blader, blader, blader)
- Ah! Kijk nu, de tuin van concullega Frédéric is te bezichtigen. Ik wist niet dat dat ook een monument was.
- Wel, chef, dat komt door die hond van hem, die Bernard.
- Bon, Verplancke, rij de limo maar voor, we gaan eens een kijkje nemen.
(wordt vervolgd op { druppels })
Zoek de verschillen
DNA <--> B52
Irony - To express something different from and often opposite to its literal meaning.
Zondag
Ik verbaas me er steeds over hoe sommige muziekstukken in je geheugen gegrift kunnen zijn. Zonet beluisterde ik op deze rustige zondagochtend nog het pianoconcerto nr.22 van Mozart - in een uitvoering van Jos Van Immerseel en het ensemble Anima Eterna, onder begeleiding van een kop koffie en een knapperverse croissant - en ik krijg het nu niet meer uit mijn hoofd. Ik heb een geheugen voor muziek, vrees ik. Ik zie notenbalken als ik muziek hoor.
7.9.02
Swedish
Vriend Daan Stuyven heeft op zijn site ook een leuke videoclip staan van de tamelijk fantastische single "Swedish Designer Drugs". Een must listen to.
6.9.02
Doolhof
Tip #1: No path should be used more than twice.
Tip #2: If you arrive at a choice of ways you have never visited before, it does not matter which one you take.
Tip #3: When a new path leads you to a junction of ways you have visited before, or into a blind alley, retrace your steps to where you entered it.
Tip #4: When an old path leads you to a junction of ways you have visited before, take a new path if possible; if not, take any of the others.
Now get lost.
:: How to conquer a maze
Flash
Transphormetic is an exploration of iterative generative forms in the flash 5+ environment. All modules remain alive and in a state of flux. Each piece presents many possible pathways of further exploration. Some of these modules have mouse interaction and some of them rengenerate after a number of iteration cycles. there are no files on this site larger in size than 3.5k
:: transphormetic.com
Weblog Scriptie
:: Egodump: een symbolisch-interactionistische visie op identiteit in een online subcultuur, een scriptie van egodump (via merel)
What is it good for?
Since the second world war
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Has bombed 21 countries
China 1945-46, 1950-53
Korea 1950-53
Guatemala 1954, 1960, 1967-69
Indonesia 1958
Cuba 1959-61
Congo 1964
Peru 1965
Laos 1964-73
Vietnam 1961-73
Cambodia 1969-70
Lebanon 1983-84
Grenada 1983
Libya 1986
El Salvador 1980s
Nicaragua 1980s
Panama 1989
Bosnia 1985
Sudan 1998
Former Yugoslavia 1999
Iraq 1991-20??
Afghanistan 1998, 2001-02
:: New Internationalist Magazine
Bangelijk vinylleke
Remember those flat round things you may have found lying around the house. Those that never really worked well as flying saucers? Well, the other day I happenned to have a good look at one through a magnifying glass. I was able to discern something waveform'esqe in the shape of the grooves. I thought, "groovy, there must be a way to extract something sensible off of that" (actual thought quoted).
:: Digital Needle - A Virtual Gramophone
Geen rook zonder
N.a.v. deze post van VJ een verrassende (of verassende) lijst van ingrediënten in sigaretten: o.a. cognac, koriander-, limoen- en pepermuntolie.
Message in a bottle
Met flessenpost verstuur je een bericht. Maar het lot bepaalt - en dat maakt het zo spannend - aan wie. Wanneer jouw boodschap na een onstuimige tocht door cyberspace bij iemand aanspoelt, wordt hij of zij door ons ingelicht. De ontvanger leest vervolgens het bericht en beslist zelf om jou te beantwoorden. Of niet.
:: Flessenpost (thanks, Inge)
Malkovich
Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich, Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich? Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich !
:: Malkovich.Malkovich.Malkovich.
5.9.02
Habemus GSM
De Heer is waarlijk opgestaan
Dit is de dag die de Heer heeft gemaakt
Veni sancte spiritus
Rorate caeli
:: 'Catholic Tunes', de site voor katholieke ringtones (via martin)
Have mercy
The US State Department is due to host a conference on why there is so much anti-American sentiment in the world. Twenty leading academics from the US and around the world will address members of the US Government on Thursday as part of a sustained campaign by the government to improve its global image. There is a genuine sense of confusion amongst many people here in the US about why there should be so much anti-American feeling worldwide. The belief, particularly on the right of US politics, is that the American dream is something most of the world would aspire to if they were only free to do so. That has led to a sustained attempt by the Bush administration to promote American ideals and values around the world.
:: Anti-US feeling under scrutiny
3 : Normal
Washing up is done twice weekly
Coffee cups are moved into kitchen within one day of use
Saucepan full of liquid is eyed suspiciously
Vegetables occasionally roam into non-appropriate keeping places
:: The Beaufort Scale of Domestic Squalor
4.9.02
Richter Revisited
Earthquakes follow the Gutenberg-Richter law, which says that the frequency of earthquakes corresponds to their magnitude. Specifically, the logarithm, or exponent, of the cumulative frequency of earthquakes is proportional to their magnitude. The researchers found that the Internetquakes followed similar mathematics: the round trip time, which represented the magnitude of the Internetquake, corresponded in the same way to the frequency of the quakes. The researchers' experiments also showed similar mathematics between Internet activity and earthquake aftershock activity.
:: Net traffic mimics earthquakes
3.9.02
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit etc etc etc
:: lorem ipsum generator (via low)
Surely
We all know that girls love pants and all the paraphernalia that goes with them so Underpant toast has to be a winner, for the sophisticated man around town.
:: Underpant toast - Surely this Impresses girls
Hello China
Starting testing...
Stage one testing complete.
Stage two testing complete.
Testing complete for http://www.urendagennachten.be. Result:
Reported as accessible in China
(via juul)
A.I.
Gnod is my experiment in the field of artificial intelligence. Its a self-adapting system, living on this server and 'talking' to everyone who comes along. Gnods intention is to learn about the outer world and to learn 'understanding' its visitors.
:: gnod (via sargasso)
Schrijftips
1. Take a stand.
2. Use the royal "we".
3. Turn your experiences into absolutes.
4. Argue that people will fail unless they do as you suggest.
5. Accept only complete agreement.
6. Point out the stupidity of the commons.
:: How to Write Like a Pundit
2.9.02
Sci-Fi #2
En dan vergeet ik Taxandria van Raoul Servais nog!
Animatiefilms van zijn hand zijn ook on line te bewonderen: Nachtvlinders,
Harpya,
Sirene,
To speak or not to speak,
Operation X-70,
Pegasus.
1.9.02
Yo Yo Yo
Die rappers van tegenwoordig toch! Titels als "Liberal Democrats are Racist", "Gun Control is Racist" of "Liberal Hollywood Hypocrites" bekken geweldig!
:: Citizens Opposing Racism and Discrimination (audio + lyrics)
In de brievenbus
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Slechte copy
Hebt u de uitsmijter gezien van de tv-reclame voor Actimel van Danone?
"De effecten van Actimel zijn wetenschappelijk getest."
Ja, ik mag het hopen zeg. Dat de effecten niet wetenschappelijk bewezen zijn, is misschien nog bijzaak.
Red de blondjes
Hebt u de afgelopen dagen boude statements gehoord van Greenpeace of andere organisaties? Ik ook niet. Maar ja, je kan maar beter voor het behoud van het regenwoud, tegen het neerknuppelen van zeehondjes of het harpoeneren van walvissen zijn. Wie lanceert de actie: "Red de blondjes"? Ik zie al raids op kapsalons voor me waarbij peroxidebommen in etalageruiten worden gegooid, of valse blondines wier hoofd rood wordt gespoten.
:: Blondes 'to die out in 200 years'
Future
September 18, 2014: Austrian Team Splits 'Ding-An-Sich'
May 8, 2045: Apple Announces New Pink PiggyMac
February 1, 2039: Linguists Decipher Warning Message in Genome
:: futurefeedforward
The World Is Mine
Op Hooverphonic.com vind je meer over de release van de nieuwe (en naar het schijnt zeer goeie) cd van het gezelschap "Jackie Cane", en ook de de video van "The World Is Mine", de bijzonder fijne single.
Januskop
As the Bush administration drums up support to arm-twist Iraq into complying with UN Security Council resolutions, some critics are turning the tables on Washington, accusing it of "double standards" for not being as tough on its ally, Israel.
Israel has flouted 29 Council resolutions, say critics. Iraq has ignored 16. Israel's supporters call this an apples-and-oranges comparison. But even UN advocates say the two cases put the flaws of the international system into sharp relief.
:: UN's 'two standards' under fire
Arme penis
Voor de liefhebbers van een overdosis aan vreemde theorieën: Christendom and Freemasonry's Use of the Phallus!
Lego Continuo
Nu nog een Lego Hobo en een Lego Fluit en we hebben een Lego Kamerensemble dat Lego Quantzpartituren kan spelen.
:: Lego Harpsichord (via daypop)
Wel, wel, wel
The Sunshine Project today accuses the US military of conducting a chemical weapons research and development program in violation of international arms control law. An array of documents, ... , demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that JNLWD is operating an illegal and classified chemical weapons program. JNLWD's secret program is not focusing on highly lethal agents such as VX or sarin. Rather, the emphasis is on "non-lethal" chemical weapons that incapacitate. JNLWD's Research Director told a US military magazine "We need something besides tear gas, like calmatives, anesthetic agents, that would put people to sleep or in a good mood." These weapons are intended for use against "potentially hostile civilians", in anti-terrorism operations, counterinsurgency, and other military operations.
:: US Military Operating a Secret Chemical Weapons Program
Sunshine Project provides evidence for US violation of international law (via sargasso)
D.I.Y.#2
While you're at it, make your own Bush speech. There are easy words, big words, cool things and rubbish things you can use.
Austria - Belgium - U.S.A
Axis of oil-producing, vodka-exporting, US bullet-buyers or - as they call it here - the Apocalaxis of evil!
:: AxisApplet (via 3bruces)
Get your war on
De beurzen hebben nood aan een snelle en korte oorlog die de onzekerheid rond Irak wegneemt. Dat leert een rondvraag bij vier Belgische economen over de huidige beursmalaise.
:: 'Snelle oorlog beste oplossing voor de beurs'
Van den hond
Meneer Verbal Jam verblijdde me met volgend beeldmateriaal!
Ik voel me helemaal warm worden vanbinnen bij het zien van zulke lieve beestjes, maar de vraag die ik heb is: wie is in hemelsnaam de poes?
Ritter
"This is not about the security of the United States," said this card-carrying Republican while pounding the lectern. "This is about domestic American politics. The national security of the United States of America has been hijacked by a handful of neo-conservatives who are using their position of authority to pursue their own ideologically-driven political ambitions. The day we go to war for that reason is the day we have failed collectively as a nation."
:: The Coming October War in Iraq (via Mig)
Kantel
Niet dat dit iets met Jörg Kantel te maken heeft, maar de Kantelwoning is een huisje dat wel leuk zou passen in mijn tuin, denk ik.
TARGETED SOUND
Unlike ordinary speakers, which disperse sound in all directions, American Technology's speakers emit ultrasonic frequencies in a focused cone, like a flashlight. Only when you disrupt the sound beam or reflect it off a surface do you hear it. So audio can be pinpointed to reach an individual or widened to target a larger group.
:: Hypersonic sound
Nose jobs
Allez, allez, Pinokkio, gij hebt 'ne neus van hier tot in Tokyo, zong de Clement Peerens Explosition al. Een schone collectie gefotoshopte bekende madammen met pinokkio-neuzen vind je hiero.
Triiiiiing
It works on a very simple principle to locate and identify other bloggers in your location simply by recognising their mobile phone ringtone. I've chosen Nokia's ever popular Grande Valse ringtone played backwards as something unique and easily identifiable as the War Ringing unique ringtone. The rule being, if you have a weblog, upload the War Ringing ringtone to your mobile and everytime it rings you'll be alerting other bloggers to your presence and identifying yourself as a blogger. Then go hug each other or something.
:: WAR-RINGING, another one of Gary Turner's crazy ideas.
Maan
Klik op de maan om meer manen in een baan rond de aarde te brengen. Aartsmoeilijk.
:: Make your own moon
What if
YOU ARE NAMED POPE
1) If you don't know Latin, now would be an excellent time to try to learn some. (Note: Do not try to "fake it" using pig latin. People can tell the difference.)
2) The good news is you're now infallible. Still, the Vatican frowns on its pontiff going on Jeopardy! and browbeating Alex Trebek into accepting any random series of words as a correct answer.
:: The Best-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Autopsiekit
How often has this happened to you? You're enjoying a quiet evening with friends and family when suddenly somebody dies and the medical examiner's office is closed for the weekend. Do you really want to wait until Monday for an autopsy and an official cause of death? Of course not!
:: Project Gastro Portable Autopsy Kit
Herfst
Gelukkig is het ondertussen herfst! Eindelijk zullen de zomerhits van de hitparade vallen en zijn we verlost van "Asereje" en andere dwaze liedjes die zich in je hoofd vastbijten. Het is nu tijd voor melancholie en somberheid. Eindelijk.
Morbide
Ook een manier om reclame te maken voor doodskisten: een pin-up calender en foto's van al je modellen vergezeld van een model :)
Labera lege
Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant,
Fac ut gaudeam
of
Imus ad magum Ozi videndum, magum Ozi mirum mirissimum,
het zijn maar een paar voorbeelden uit de fijne collectie Latin Phrases for all occasions.
Tapijt
Wat ik me afvraag: mogen de U.S. wel tapijtbombardementen uitvoeren gezien de bestaande embargo's op import en export van producten? En wat met de daardoor ontstane oneerlijke concurrentie met de tapijtenkleinhandel?
:: U.S. Bombing Watch: When was the last time the U.S. Bombed Iraq?
Banaan
I'm going bananas, And I feel like my poor little
mind is being devoured by piranhas, For I'm going bananas
:: Project Dole: minimal decoration using Dole Banana Cartons
WTF?
The American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, has said the United States will find ways to stop weapons inspectors going back to Iraq unless there is a new United Nations Security Council resolution on the issue.
:: US threat to stop Iraq inspections
Lego™ filosofen
The Lego Michel Foucault comes with a Parisian library for younger children, or with the Lego San Francisco S&M Dungeon™ for older boys and girls.
:: Social theory for fans of Lego™
Apocalogismen
Ik wou u maar even wijzen op de stortvloed aan neologismen (nieuwe woorden) die afgeleid worden uit het woord "apocalyps". Vind er zelf maar uit en post ze bij Mig.
Software = kunst
CODeDOC takes a reverse look at 'software art' projects by focusing on and comparing the 'back end' of the code that drives the artwork's 'front end'--the result of the code, be it visuals or a more abstract communication process.
:: CODeDOC
Neuro Linguistic Blogging*
1. Behind every weblog there is a positive intention.
2. The blog is not the internet.
3. Anything can be blogged when the task is broken down into small enough chunks.
4. There is no such thing as flamewars, only feedback.
5. Bloggers already have all the resources they need.
6. Every post is useful in some context.
7. If one person can blog, other people can learn from that person's success.
8. The spammer never rests until the spam is delivered.
9. The meaning of your posts is the comments you get.
10. Weblogs are redundant.
11. Choice is better than no choice.
12. People always read the best weblog available to them at the time.
13. If what you are blogging isn't working, blog anything else.
(* inspired by gary and based on this)
Fisk
So a few thoughts for the coming weeks: remember the days when Saddam was America's friend; remember that Arabs committed the crimes against humanity of 11 September last year and that they came from a place called the Middle East, a place of injustice and occupation and torture; remember "Palestine"; remember that, a year ago, no one spoke of Iraq, only of al-Qa'ida and Osama bin Laden. And, I suppose, remember that "evil" is a good crowd-puller but a mighty hard enemy to shoot down with a missile.
:: Robert Fisk: America's case for war is built on blindness, hypocrisy and lies
But justice is not what President Bush wants – unless it's a useful way of putting America's enemies out of the way, of effecting "regime change" or of providing a useful excuse for a military invasion which will leave US oil companies – including Mr Bush's own buddies – in control of one of the world's largest reserves of oil. Saddam Hussein's own cynicism – for he could have given UN inspectors free rein years ago – will be matched by Mr Bush's cynicism. Saddam's letter to Mr Annan was a smart move, as contemptuous as it was inevitable. Stand by, then, for an equally contemptible response from President Bush.
:: Robert Fisk: President Bush wants war, not justice - and he'll soon find another excuse for it
Beam me up, Scottie
Electric signals can be transmitted at least four times faster than the speed of light using only basic equipment that would be found in virtually any college science department.
:: Speed of light broken with basic lab kit (via low)
Is It Not True?
Gelukkig maar, ze zijn niet allemaal zo dwaas bij de Republikeinen!
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas read the following to the House of Representatives, September 10, 2002:
"Soon we hope to have hearings on the pending war with Iraq. Here are some questions I would like answered by those who are urging us to start this war:
1. Is it not true that the reason we did not bomb the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War was because we knew they could retaliate?
2. Is it not also true that we are willing to bomb Iraq now because we know it cannot retaliate -- which just confirms that there is no real threat?
...
33. Is it not true that since World War II, Congress has not declared war and -- not coincidentally -- we have not since then had a clear-cut victory?
34. Is it not true that Pakistan, especially through its intelligence services, was an active supporter and key organizer of the Taliban?
35. Why don't those who want war bring a formal declaration of war resolution to the floor of Congress?"
:: Is It Not True?
Atomen
Composing for an Ensemble of Atoms:
The Metamorphosis of Scientific Experiment into Music
:: 50 Particles in a Three-Dimensional Harmonic Potential, An Experiment in 5 Movements by Bob L. Sturm (incl. freaky mp3)
Link
Functional links
> A Blatant Link
> A Filler Link
> A Random link
Links that convey literary effect
> An Emotive (or Romance) Link
> A Lateral Link
> A Complicating Link
> A Temporal Link
> A Portal Link
:: A Poetics of the Link
Groenten
Doe eens wat anders met sla, maïs, selder en tomaat!
:: 4 short interactive pieces about vegetables and sound
Header
Ik heb me nog eens een nieuwe header aangeschaft die u met CTRL F5 tevoorschijn kan halen (of anders hier kan bekijken)
Do I worry?
:: video's van vocale ensembles uit de jaren '40, o.a. van "Do I worry" van The Ink Spots.
Het vel van de beer
American and foreign oil companies have already begun maneuvering for a stake in the country's huge proven reserves of 112 billion barrels of crude oil, the largest in the world outside Saudi Arabia.
:: In Iraqi War Scenario, Oil Is Key Issue
(via kapingamarangi die overigens van een nieuwe layout is voorzien)
Meer
"Foreign perceptions of the United States are far from monolithic, but there is little doubt that stereotypes of the United States as arrogant, self-indulgent, hypocritical, inattentive, and unwilling or unable to engage in cross-cultural dialogue are pervasive and deeply rooted."
:: Is America the 'good guy'? Many now say, 'No.' (via dane carlson)
Bovendien
It is far from clear that America will be able to control the next leader of Iraq, even if he is not as diabolical as Saddam. Any leader of Iraq will look around him and see that Israel and Pakistan have nuclear weapons and that Iran may soon. Just as England and France opted to build their own bombs in the cold war, and not depend on the U.S. nuclear umbrella, the next president of Iraq may want to have his own bomb. “He may want to, but he can’t be allowed to,” says a Bush official. But what is to guarantee that a newly rich Iraqi strongman won’t buy one with his nation’s vast oil wealth? In some ways, Iraq is to the Middle East as Germany was to Europe in the 20th century, too large, too militaristic and too competent to coexist peaceably with neighbors. It took two world wars and millions of lives to solve “the German problem.” Getting rid of Saddam may be essential to creating a stable, democratic Iraq. But it may be only a first step on a long and dangerous march.
:: How Saddam Happened
Anderzijds
Ik begrijp een aantal zaken echt niet goed. Hoe wordt een man als Saddam Hussein, toch niet de meest devote moslim, een bondgenoot of zelfs fan van het Al Qaeda netwerk, tenzij natuurlijk een objectieve bondgenoot in de "strijd" tegen het imperialisme van de V.S.? Is er dan niet genoeg bewijsmateriaal tegen Hussein dat we de link met 9.11 erbij moeten halen? En wat met de rol van de V.S. zelf.? Was het niet zo dat in de Iran-Irak-oorlog van de jaren '80, Saddam en de V.S. een soort van bondgenootschap hadden tot het Iran-Contragate-schandaal (waarbij de V.S. hun bondgenoot verraadden door wapens te leveren aan aartsvijand Iran)? Vertel me niet dat het de binnenlandse zaken (neerslaan van de - ook al door de V.S. gesteunde - opstanden van de Koerden etc.) zijn, die de V.S. in hun oorlogszucht drijven om Bagdad weer te gaan bombarderen.
:: Iraq 'will have nuclear bomb in months'.
Remember: the only country ever to have used nuclear bombs for real are the United States.
:: Bush's 9/11 Reichstag Fire
Verontrustend
A SECRET blueprint for US global domination reveals that President Bush and his cabinet were planning a premeditated attack on Iraq to secure 'regime change' even before he took power in January 2001.
::Bush planned Iraq 'regime change' before becoming President
Yo Homie
Look like a real rap star
Impress your girlfriend
Feel like a superstar
:: Rapper Kit $19.95
Rat Race
The Rat Race is a sponsored race of 3,5 km to be run with a team of 5 colleagues. But... in business outfit! Gentlemen in suit, ladies in coat and skirt. Briefcase in one hand, mobile phone in the other hand.
:: Rat Race
Vulkaan
Altijd handig wanneer je op een vulkaan bent: How To Cook With Lava. Lijkt me wel een beetje gevaarlijk.
Lemonica Winsky?
The Lemonica is a pair of voltage controlled oscillators whose pitch is controlled by the pair of lemons impaled on spikes made from zinc and copper.
Toneel
De repetities bij mijn vaste gezelschap voor "De weldoeners" van Nicky Silver zijn begonnen! Hoera! En met vreugde melden we u dat het tweede stuk van dit seizoen "Top Dogs" van Urs Widmer wordt en het derde "Pitbulls en Labradors [Reservoir Dogs]" van Quentin Tarantino. Ik zal in elk geval in het eerste en laatste meespelen.
Perspective
Hunger kills 24,000 people every day, or over 8 million each year.
Poverty is the principal cause of hunger. There are 1.2 billion poor people in developing countries who live on $1 a day or less. Of these, 780 million suffer from chronic hunger, which means that their daily intake of calories is insufficient for them to lead active and healthy lives. Extreme poverty remains an alarming problem in the world’s developing regions, despite the advances made in the 1990s. Progress in poverty reduction has been concentrated in Asia, and especially, East Asia. In all the other regions, the number of people in extreme poverty has increased. In sub-Saharan Africa, there were 58 million more poor people in 1999 than in 1990 (Food and Agriculture Organization 2002). Hunger is also a cause of poverty. By leading to such effects as poor health, low levels of energy, and even mental impairment, hunger can lead to even greater poverty.
Conflict as a cause of hunger. Worldwide, there were some 21.5 million refugees and displaced persons in 1999 – largely as a result of wars, political turbulence, civil conflict and social unrest (e.g. Afghanistan, the Balkans, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, East Timor, Somalia and Sudan). In such emergencies, malnutrition runs rampant, exponentially increasing the risk of disease and death (World Health Organization 2002). But, important and visible though it is, conflict is not nearly as important as poverty as a cause of hunger.
:: World Hunger Facts
Zelfmoord
The Tsunamii.Net Crush Server is currently online live from the Millbank Gallery in London! Watch as the webserver counts itself down before it activates the industrial crusher attached to it, bearing 150-tonnes of brute force onto itself and terminating its existance.
:: Tsunamii.Net Alpha 3.5 Crush Project Online
Magnificat
He hath shown strenght with His arm, He hath scattered the proud. He hath put down the mighty from their thrones, and hath regarded the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He hath sent empty away.
:: Magnificat - Herbert Howells.
911
In de reeks Waar was u op 11 september 2001 zal ik u vertellen dat ik voor een managementopleiding ergens te velde was. De dag was leuk begonnen met spelletjes om groepsdynamiek aan te tonen (geblinddoekt met z'n tienen in een bos opdrachten uitvoeren en zo). Na de middag begon de ene gsm na de andere af te gaan. Het ongeloof was groot, maar gelukkig waren er in de hotelkamers televisies te over. Mijn bezorgdheid ging in eerste instantie uit naar een vriendin die in de omgeving van de WTC-torens werkte (en die achteraf via mail liet horen dat ze veilig weggeraakt was) en naar de winnaar van een jongerenwedstrijd die we hadden georganiseerd (met een trip naar New York als prijs) die net die dag de toren zou gaan bezichtigen. Ook hij bleek ongedeerd omdat de liften naar het dak niet zo vroeg 's ochtends werkten.
Hip
Cool it: Stop it, behave normally, change the subject, leave. "Cool it" is an urgent warning.
Cool yourself, or cool your brains: Relax, stop "coming on".
It's cool: It's all right, or okay. "Thats cool with me".
Be cool: Be careful.
Cool that stud: Get rid of him, shut him up.
Is he cool(?): Does he know whats happening? Will anything we do upset or shock him? Is he a cop?
:: How to speak hip (via everlasting blort)
Plezante nonkel
Elke familie heeft er wel een of meer: plezante nonkels. Soms een zegen, veelal een plaag. Mijn plezante nonkel woont al een jaar of twintig in het zuiden van Frankrijk. Nu is mijn - quasi blinde en 85 jaar jonge - grootmoeder (zijn schoonmoeder) daar op bezoek. En kijk nu wat mijn nonkel de familie mailt: la dolce vita!
Jager-Verzamelaar
They don't have special powers of persuasion or the ability to see through walls, they can't fly or shoot fireballs from their eyes, because that stuff just isn't real. What they do have is the special powers of who they really are, in all their glory. Oh yeah, and they're 100% celebrity-free.
Wie wil ruilen?
:: peoplecards: collect all six billion!
Ye Gods!
Longest time: 81 days 20 hours 05 minutes 07 seconds
How long can you hold the button? (via coolio's)
Ondertussen #14
- Verplancke! Het is vandaag Open Monumentendag! Waar is de brochure?
- Hier, edelachtbare, ik las hem net op het toilet.
(blader, blader, blader)
- Ah! Kijk nu, de tuin van concullega Frédéric is te bezichtigen. Ik wist niet dat dat ook een monument was.
- Wel, chef, dat komt door die hond van hem, die Bernard.
- Bon, Verplancke, rij de limo maar voor, we gaan eens een kijkje nemen.
(wordt vervolgd op { druppels })
Zoek de verschillen
DNA <--> B52
Irony - To express something different from and often opposite to its literal meaning.
Zondag
Ik verbaas me er steeds over hoe sommige muziekstukken in je geheugen gegrift kunnen zijn. Zonet beluisterde ik op deze rustige zondagochtend nog het pianoconcerto nr.22 van Mozart - in een uitvoering van Jos Van Immerseel en het ensemble Anima Eterna, onder begeleiding van een kop koffie en een knapperverse croissant - en ik krijg het nu niet meer uit mijn hoofd. Ik heb een geheugen voor muziek, vrees ik. Ik zie notenbalken als ik muziek hoor.
Swedish
Vriend Daan Stuyven heeft op zijn site ook een leuke videoclip staan van de tamelijk fantastische single "Swedish Designer Drugs". Een must listen to.
Doolhof
Tip #1: No path should be used more than twice.
Tip #2: If you arrive at a choice of ways you have never visited before, it does not matter which one you take.
Tip #3: When a new path leads you to a junction of ways you have visited before, or into a blind alley, retrace your steps to where you entered it.
Tip #4: When an old path leads you to a junction of ways you have visited before, take a new path if possible; if not, take any of the others.
Now get lost.
:: How to conquer a maze
Flash
Transphormetic is an exploration of iterative generative forms in the flash 5+ environment. All modules remain alive and in a state of flux. Each piece presents many possible pathways of further exploration. Some of these modules have mouse interaction and some of them rengenerate after a number of iteration cycles. there are no files on this site larger in size than 3.5k
:: transphormetic.com
Weblog Scriptie
:: Egodump: een symbolisch-interactionistische visie op identiteit in een online subcultuur, een scriptie van egodump (via merel)
What is it good for?
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Has bombed 21 countries
China 1945-46, 1950-53
Korea 1950-53
Guatemala 1954, 1960, 1967-69
Indonesia 1958
Cuba 1959-61
Congo 1964
Peru 1965
Laos 1964-73
Vietnam 1961-73
Cambodia 1969-70
Lebanon 1983-84
Grenada 1983
Libya 1986
El Salvador 1980s
Nicaragua 1980s
Panama 1989
Bosnia 1985
Sudan 1998
Former Yugoslavia 1999
Iraq 1991-20??
Afghanistan 1998, 2001-02
:: New Internationalist Magazine
Bangelijk vinylleke
Remember those flat round things you may have found lying around the house. Those that never really worked well as flying saucers? Well, the other day I happenned to have a good look at one through a magnifying glass. I was able to discern something waveform'esqe in the shape of the grooves. I thought, "groovy, there must be a way to extract something sensible off of that" (actual thought quoted).
:: Digital Needle - A Virtual Gramophone
Geen rook zonder
N.a.v. deze post van VJ een verrassende (of verassende) lijst van ingrediënten in sigaretten: o.a. cognac, koriander-, limoen- en pepermuntolie.
Message in a bottle
Met flessenpost verstuur je een bericht. Maar het lot bepaalt - en dat maakt het zo spannend - aan wie. Wanneer jouw boodschap na een onstuimige tocht door cyberspace bij iemand aanspoelt, wordt hij of zij door ons ingelicht. De ontvanger leest vervolgens het bericht en beslist zelf om jou te beantwoorden. Of niet.
:: Flessenpost (thanks, Inge)
Malkovich
Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich, Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich? Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich !
:: Malkovich.Malkovich.Malkovich.
Habemus GSM
De Heer is waarlijk opgestaan
Dit is de dag die de Heer heeft gemaakt
Veni sancte spiritus
Rorate caeli
:: 'Catholic Tunes', de site voor katholieke ringtones (via martin)
Have mercy
The US State Department is due to host a conference on why there is so much anti-American sentiment in the world. Twenty leading academics from the US and around the world will address members of the US Government on Thursday as part of a sustained campaign by the government to improve its global image. There is a genuine sense of confusion amongst many people here in the US about why there should be so much anti-American feeling worldwide. The belief, particularly on the right of US politics, is that the American dream is something most of the world would aspire to if they were only free to do so. That has led to a sustained attempt by the Bush administration to promote American ideals and values around the world.
:: Anti-US feeling under scrutiny
3 : Normal
Washing up is done twice weekly
Coffee cups are moved into kitchen within one day of use
Saucepan full of liquid is eyed suspiciously
Vegetables occasionally roam into non-appropriate keeping places
:: The Beaufort Scale of Domestic Squalor
Richter Revisited
Earthquakes follow the Gutenberg-Richter law, which says that the frequency of earthquakes corresponds to their magnitude. Specifically, the logarithm, or exponent, of the cumulative frequency of earthquakes is proportional to their magnitude. The researchers found that the Internetquakes followed similar mathematics: the round trip time, which represented the magnitude of the Internetquake, corresponded in the same way to the frequency of the quakes. The researchers' experiments also showed similar mathematics between Internet activity and earthquake aftershock activity.
:: Net traffic mimics earthquakes
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit etc etc etc
:: lorem ipsum generator (via low)
Surely
We all know that girls love pants and all the paraphernalia that goes with them so Underpant toast has to be a winner, for the sophisticated man around town.
:: Underpant toast - Surely this Impresses girls
Hello China
Starting testing...
Stage one testing complete.
Stage two testing complete.
Testing complete for http://www.urendagennachten.be. Result:
Reported as accessible in China
(via juul)
A.I.
Gnod is my experiment in the field of artificial intelligence. Its a self-adapting system, living on this server and 'talking' to everyone who comes along. Gnods intention is to learn about the outer world and to learn 'understanding' its visitors.
:: gnod (via sargasso)
Schrijftips
1. Take a stand.
2. Use the royal "we".
3. Turn your experiences into absolutes.
4. Argue that people will fail unless they do as you suggest.
5. Accept only complete agreement.
6. Point out the stupidity of the commons.
:: How to Write Like a Pundit
Sci-Fi #2
En dan vergeet ik Taxandria van Raoul Servais nog!
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:: Citizens Opposing Racism and Discrimination (audio + lyrics)
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