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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010“Poem 7 The Mind Tree Maybe it is night Maybe it is day I can’t be sure Because I’m not yet feeling the heat of the sun I am the mind tree When I had been gifted this mind of mine I recall his voice very clearly To you I have given this mind And [...]
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Saturday, February 14th, 2009Hacking the Earth
Ellis and family
Thursday, January 1st, 2009“Ellis, I need new HOUSE DVDs.” “Why do you like HOUSE, Lili? He’s just a grumpy old man, and you always tell me I’m a grumpy old man.” “Yes, but you’re not a doctor… (pauses, sees something she distrusts in my eyes, continues slowly)… you’re not legally a doctor, Ellis.” “…shit.” (here)
Warren Ellis on the Interwebs
Thursday, January 1st, 2009Pages are here and here.
Media Duh
Saturday, December 20th, 2008So, I received this message this morning in my Myspace inbox: Widget From Your Profile Has Been Deleted. Your Project Playlist widget has been removed from your profile in response to copyright complaints. We are sorry for the inconvenience, but it is absolutely imperative that MySpace respect the rights of copyright owners, artists and record [...]
Spook Country by William Gibson
Sunday, July 27th, 2008Just finished the book– Gibson continues to be in finest form. A particular ringing quote: “A nation…consists of its laws. A nation does not consist of its situation at a given time. If an individual’s morals are situational, that individual is without morals. If a nation’s laws are situational, that nation has no laws, and [...]
Autism- biomed middle ground
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008This article on biomed treatments for autism was brought to my attention (article quoted after cut). When I first started working with special needs, I only heard the term biomedical treatments in reference to procedures such as chelation, and I ran screaming for various reasons, including that the subjects were not asked for consent, the [...]
The ‘Three Laws’ (according to Warren)
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008Found this posted by Warren Ellis, a favourite author of mine, recently on Myspace: Apr 1, 2008 5:23 PM Subject: Brainmail Body: The Three Laws Of Robotics 1. Robots couldn’t really give a fuck if you live or die. Seriously. I mean, what are you thinking? “Ooh, I must protect the bag of meat at [...]