Saturday, May 03, 2003
Radio National: Re-imagining Utopia
"Ever wondered what's involved in building an intentional community?
Take part in critical debates over land and water sharing, dealing with anti-social behaviour, and building in environmentally sensitive areas, and observe the impact of your involvement in the process."
I believe the radio series is inspired by the 30th anniversary of Australia's Aquarius Festival, where thousands of hippies bought up a town, more or less. Nimbin has a special place in the hearts of thousands of Australians, including your almanackist, and I hope very much to be able to get there for the big gig.
blogtech : Because Blogger is as flaky as pie crust
I didn't need to use this, but it looks useful for missing archives problems, though a bit scary (technically).
Well strike me pink, the archives are working after all this time! (I hope for the long term.) For the curious, I used the Blogger suggested method and it worked on about the 5th time over several days. I had read somewhere that it's known to do that.
Word for the Wise transcripts
"... can you name the first writer who used carpe diem in English as a naturalized English term?"
Friday, May 02, 2003
Internet Archive
"The Internet Archive, working with Alexa Internet, has created the Wayback Machine [which] makes it possible to surf more than 10 billion pages stored in the Internet Archive's web archive."
Where websites go when they die. Archaeology of the Net has a big future. This is a start. I typed in http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com and was nostalgically delighted to see what my homepage looked like on March 5, 2002.
Garys HomePage
GARY DUSCHL
GUINNESS WORLD RECORD
GUM WRAPPER CHAIN
OFFICIAL LENGTH ON MARCH 11, 2003
42,908 FEET
RealityCarnival "News that shatters the ice of our unconscious!"
Death Carnival Unsolved Mysteries Parallel Universes Religion & Science Weird & Fun Sex Beauty & Brains Exotic Sushi Fantastic Memes
Catalog - Petra Fine Art
This is Petra Fine Art's catalog of antique lithographs produced by David Roberts in the mid-1800s. I got absorbed in these wonderful prints of Middle Eastern scenes.
Clifford A. Pickover's Home Page
Have you discovered Pickover yet? Maybe not ... I mention him in the Almy from time to time but hear very little about him from any source, so I assume he's not too well known. The polymathic Pick is a must-read, and I recommend checking out his report.
Rafal T. Prinke - Hermetica
If you are interested at all in hermetics and alchemy, this site is worth a look. It's rich with illustrations; note that it links to Adam McLean's magnificent online alchemy resource.
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834
A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court."
Iraqis target Gen. Franks for war crimes trial -- The Washington Times
"The complaint will state that coalition forces are responsible for the indiscriminate killing of Iraqi civilians, the bombing of a marketplace in Baghdad, the shooting of an ambulance, and failure to prevent the mass looting of hospitals ..."
Follies And Folly Towers Monuments and Obelisks
"The Cerne Abbas giant has stood on the side of this hill, overlooking the village, for an indeterminate number of years. The first mention of it was in 1694 amongst the accounts of a church warden, for re- cutting the turf, this is now done every seven years or so."
Great picture of the excitable Cerne Abbas giant.
Have you tried to leave a comment and couldn't? Please let me know if it didn't work. Click to email and let me know what browser you have, please.
Thursday, May 01, 2003
Amnesty International - Nigeria: How Much More Suffering under Sharia Penal Legislation?
The Nigerian Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for Amina Lawal, condemned for the crime of adultery on August 19th 2002, and she is to be buried up to her neck and stoned to death. Her death was postponed so that she could continue to nurse her baby. Execution is now set for June 3rd.
Click here for petition
Enter your first name in the space marked "nombre", last name ("apellidos") county or state ("provincia"). Then use drop-down list of countries. Then click on "Seguir" and go to the second page. (There you have the option of entering your email address if you wish to receive follow-up information.) In any case, be sure to click on "Aceptar" to have your name added to the petition list.
For a literal translation you can copy and paste here
Ari, Why Won't You Answer the Question? - BuzzFlash News Analysis
"4/23/03 Press Briefing w/Fleischer (excerpt below appears middle to two-thirds way down website page - the reporter is referring to a former question on Powell's use of the word "consequences" France will have to face)"
Amnesty International - Library - Ireland: Irish Government refuses access to Amnesty prison researchers
LONDON -- "Amnesty International is disappointed at the Irish Government's refusal to allow researchers of a joint Amnesty International and Irish Penal Reform Trust project to visit several named Irish prisons to investigate the issue of racism in Irish detention establishments", the human rights organization said today.
stereotypography :: all your favourite news
Nice looking design site. Wonder how they do that.
Wednesday, April 30, 2003
ZNet | Grace News
"The U.S. government this week launched its Arabic language satellite TV news station for Muslim Iraq. It is being produced in a studio -- Grace Digital Media -- controlled by fundamentalist Christians who are rabidly pro-Israel. That's Grace as in 'by the Grace of God.'"
LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD!?
Funny games, and very well scripted by Andy Foulds.
Spiritualitea: May Day/Beltane by Mike Nichols
A good article on May Day/Beltane. It's free for the republishing.
GLOBAL DAY OF PROTEST DEMANDS SOUTH AFRICA GOVERNMENT PROVIDE AIDS TREATMENT TO MILLIONS: South Africa Indymedia
"(Capetown, South Africa and Washington, D.C.) Just days before South Africa’s Freedom day on April 28th, AIDS activists from the Treatment Action Campaign (T.A.C.) of South Africa kicked-off a global day of protest with a non-violent sit-in."
Independent Media Center Journalism Under Siege
"In spite of the U.S. corporate media's biased pro-war coverage, outrageous examples of media manipulation and the actual targeting of journalists by the U.S. military in Iraq is mirrored regularly in the Occupied Territories of Palestine. In the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday 19 April, another journalist was murdered by the Israeli military. Such incidents, as well as the limiting of access to the Territories for journalists who might report these atrocities, appears to be standard policy for the forces of repression and empire."
Tuesday, April 29, 2003
How the road to war was paved with lies
"A high-level UK source said last night that intelligence agencies on both sides of the Atlantic were furious that briefings they gave political leaders were distorted in the rush to war with Iraq. 'They ignored intelligence assessments which said Iraq was not a threat,' the source said."
Well, I've got the comments script working (yayy!!), so now you can make comments on any entry here. Soon I'll see what I can do about the missing archives. :)
Monday, April 28, 2003
POVA - Psychological Operations Veterans Association
Now there's a group with a reunion that would be fun to attend. Don't you love these guys?
Google Viewer "Overview
The Google Viewer displays the pages found as a result of your Google search as a continuous scrolling slide show. You can view your search results without using your keyboard or mouse and you can adjust the speed with which the images move across your screen. Each image of a page's contents is accompanied by a short "snippet" describing that page."
It might be because Google's the Antichrist, but they sure come uip with some clever tools, like this one.
electric 6 - gay bar
LMAO! Another Bush-Blair movie like Endless Love that came out a few weeks ago.
I tried adding a code from some blog place or other to allow readers' comments. Unfortunately, so far I can't get it to work so I removed the script. Any script gurus out there who have any ideas?
jeb Bush thanks NRA for helping make Dubya president
"ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -- Florida Gov. Jeb Bush thanked the National Rifle Association Saturday for helping elect his brother president in 2000."
