The Real Kazakhstan

The Kazakhstan Embassy press secretary clears up some misconceptions created by Da Ali G Show. > Women are not kept in cages. Wine is not made from fermented horse urine.

Dart Music

DART to begin free concerts at rail stations every Thursday with a national and local band. Sloan and Chris Megert are kicking it off.

*hand over mouth*

An angry father of a soldier in Iraq vents his rage and pain at the man who put him there. The picture of the Bush supporter covering the father’s mouth really captures the essence of the Bush presidency for me.

Ebert on DGG

Ebert saw filmmaker David Gordon Green at the Toronto film fest and had this to say And then he showed us “Undertow,” and this film is a masterpiece.

'I reckon you're fired. You...

‘I reckon you’re fired. You could either work for him or John Kerry.’ Moulton, Alabama woman fired for Kerry bumper sticker on her car.

gnumatt Redesign

You’re soaking in it. -Palmolive Ads

I’ve been missing some functionality in gnumatt.org for awhile. I’ve wanted to hold more posts on a page. I’ve wanted a separate area for quick notes. I’ve wanted a place to post pictures I take without having to build some photo gallery since I rarely have more than one worth keeping.

I’ve been inspired by all the pretty sites on cssvault to redo gnumatt.org. I spent time working on a redesign this weekend instead of helping other people out. I feel sorta guilty about not helping, but I’ll get to them.

Remembering past massacres

An engagement between the non-treaty Indians, the Lakota-Cheyenne, and the 7th U.S. Calvary occurred there June 25th, 1876. General [a breveted rank from the Civil War] Custer, who had lived among the Cheyenne and considered them the finest light calvary in the world, died fighting along with 210 other men under his command. It was the high watermark of Indian resistance to American expansion. During the fighting Custer’s body was guarded by Cheyenne warriors from scalping and looting as he had been considered a friend to the indians.

The best show nobody watches

In its third season, the drama will continue to expand its sociopolitical desciption of a fictional Baltimore by examining the city’s political component and its relevance to the problems confronting a post-industrial city.

That picture with Kima and McNulty looking out a car window, with Stringer and some new guy in the reflection is a classic moment from the series. The two warriors are getting ready to face down again.

History will be written by the net savvy

I continue to be amazed at the uses people keep finding for the Internet. Right now I’m listening to an mp3 stream of live coverage of protests at RNC-NYC put together by anoise.

People call in by cell phone live from rallies to give updates on what’s happening. The show hosts coordinate all the information together to give a bird’s eye view of what’s going on. The segment I’ve been listening to has a lawyer making sure the callers are taking the right legal precautions. The whole thing seems to be put together with commodity technology.

Fear Itself

“The meaning of life is that it ends.”- Franz Kafka Fear Itself is an article about how terrorism creates fear. The author intentionally put himself in situations that where terrorists have struck or threatened to strike.