Macrolog
Macrolog entries posted in June 2003
Minor Improvements Mon 30 Jun 2003
Some minor improvements to this here website as of late: == I've been sprucing up my Features section over the last few days. Just to make it a bit more, I don't know, individual. Right now there's a rejigged Bookmarks...
Ethan James RIP Thu 26 Jun 2003
Mike Watt recently posted (on the Watt list) the following tribute to Ethan James, the LA producer/engineer probably best known for his work on the Minutemen’s Double Nickels on the Dime, who lost his secret battle with liver cancer last...
Windows, Mirrors and Walls Thu 26 Jun 2003
(An appendix of sorts to On America’s Imperial Delusion) Last night whilst reading Naomi Klein’s collection of articles on the globalisation debate, Fences and Windows, I came across the following paragraph from The Brutal Calculus of Suffering, her speech to...
Late Night TV Blues Wed 25 Jun 2003
Last night I set the video to tape Cry, The Beloved Country on Channel 4. But that's not quite what I found on my tape this afternoon... I had woken up at some point during the night, whilst the video...
Tongue Tied Tue 24 Jun 2003
Might our linguistic freedom also reflect the political freedoms we enjoy? Such a question had never dawned on me until I read this enlightening article by Prof. Niloofar Haeri on the democracy of language, and how many in the Arab-speaking...
Our Lying Eyes Mon 23 Jun 2003
The Guardian's Libby Brooks brought an eye specialist along with her to Tate Britain's latest show, a retrospective of optical illusionist Bridget Riley. I can't say that I knew of Riley before reading the article, but I _was_ familiar with...
A Right Royal Shame Mon 23 Jun 2003
So there's been some major controversy surrounding the Royal birthday party that took place over the weekend. And no, I'm not talking about the gatecrasher. I'm talking about the party guests, those posh toffs in all their pseudo-savage, blackfaced glory....
On America's Imperial Delusion Sun 22 Jun 2003 | 3 Comments
In a thought-provoking comment piece from last weekend’s Guardian, Eric Hobsbawm attempts to answer the question surrounding America’s supposed drive for world domination. It seems fair to assert that the United States sees itself politically as the big boss man,...
Graham Norton Must Die! Fri 20 Jun 2003
If there’s one person that I’m simply sick of seeing on my TV night after night, it has to be Graham Norton. I actually used to enjoy his original show, So Graham Norton, back in the day; at the time...
Escher Googled Tue 17 Jun 2003
I just paid a visit to the Google homepage, and was surprised to find this: ==== It seems that today is the birthday of M.C. Escher. Very impressive of Google to commemorate such an important and visionary artist, I must...
Interview Post Mortem Tue 17 Jun 2003
So the big interview was this morning. I got there quite early, allowing for time to get lost in the building (which I did, of course — story of my life). But the interviews were running a quarter of an...
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before Mon 16 Jun 2003
Been quiet around here, hasn't it? Don't worry, I'm still alive. I've just been preoccupied over the last week or so. I'm still on a good reading buzz that's showing no signs of wearing off anytime soon; today, I finished...
Family Photo, 08/06/03 Mon 09 Jun 2003
Taken yesterday at my mum's birthday party (that's her in the middle).
Friday Five #55 Sun 08 Jun 2003
*1. How many times have you truly been in love?* Truly in love? Just once. Right now. 2. What was/is so great about the person you love(d) the most? I couldn't even begin to put my finger on it exactly....
Natural's Not In It Sat 07 Jun 2003
In a commentary in today's Guardian US law professor Philip Bobbitt -- whilst ultimately defending the American government's politically expedient approach to the defense of human rights -- makes some valid observations about the humanitarian justification for military action, and...
High Anxiety Thu 05 Jun 2003
This morning I received an invitation for an interview with the head honchos of the journalism programme at DIT. Twelve days and counting. I was hoping that they might skip the interview part. I haven't had an interview in almost...
The Morality of Dissent Mon 02 Jun 2003
[Views] that offer an informed critical analysis of the Bush administration’s foreign policy, particularly with regard to the Middle East, are not part of the national conversation in the United States. And until Americans can have that conversation with...
Matrix Schmatrix Sun 01 Jun 2003 | 5 Comments
I'm probably the last weblog writer on earth to see The Matrix Reloaded. I was in fact much later getting around to seeing the original because, to be honest, I just wasn't that pushed about it. (I didn't bother until...
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