Safeiq (Soloveitchik’s Cat)
http://subtopia.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-archiving-architectural-signatures.html
This is important stuff. The architectural signaling that goes on in these scenarios may not be dreamt up from nowhere. I believe that the inspiration for these spaces actually exist in other planes. These realms of chaos are no less real than our own world, save for a certain inconsistency of law (law as in gravity, not law as in speed limits). They infect and infest arils within our own world, seeking to implant the seeds of chaos, so that our world’s coherency can be broken apart. I have experienced this profound state of disconnection while wandering. To those used to our current state of interconnectedness, this isolation could be profoundly disturbing, perhaps even soul-crushing. However, it is important to realize that the various abilities and mental gifts that are classed as magic, are actually the product of these same chaotic realms. Our individual reactions to mundane agitators can produce remarkable insight and talent, but these alchemical reactions occur only rarely, only in the dark, outside the purview of peer review and analysis. Surveillance in these cases serves only to dissect the newborn before it has taken its first breath. Reproducible results are important, because they indicate a robust process, but important results are not always reproducible. There must be places of insecurity, in between the harsh sunlight of law, and the absolute darkness of chaos, where reality itself can breed new forms, think fresh thoughts, and find new life through those of us who live on the ontological bleeding edge.
Torture-stravaganza
“We will hurt you. And we are not sorry. But we do not do it to punish you. We do it to redeem you. Because afterward, you’ll be a better person … and because we love you. One day you’ll thank us for it.”
And behold, the origin of waterboarding!
LittleBigCremaster
More here.
Easy Peasy
I’ve gotten a lot of use out of my Eee PC, and my wife and kids have used it even more than I have. When someone wants to Google info for a report, or look up who’s in the film we’re watching, it often happens on the Eee PC. The native Xandros that comes with it looks really nice, both in Easy and Advanced modes. However, Easy Peasy, an Ubuntu remix, looks even better. Easy Peasy is specifically built for Eee PCs, and most stuff works perfectly on install. I can say that by far, this version of Linux required the least amount of messing around in the terminal of any Linux distro I’ve ever installed, because it didn’t require any at all. I downloaded the disk image here, then followed the instructions here. I actually created the bootable USB stick in Windows, then used it on the Eee PC, but you can do it either way. Xandros is kind of a pain when it comes to making the USB stick bootable, but if you’ve got the XP Eee PC, it’s really no big deal. Also, make sure to put the USB stick in the USB port on the left side of the Eee PC. For some reason, the 2 USB ports on the right hand side don’t work when you try and boot from them. All of this was done on an Eee 702 8G, with 2 GBs of RAM. The OS is pretty snappy and even does HQ youtube reasonably well. I may post more impressions after spending some time using it.
