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Fisk's been my...

Veteran foreign correspondent Robert Fisk attacked in Afghanistan. Fisk's been my dispassionate-knowledgeable-counterpoint-supplier-of-choice for the events of the last few months, and unfortunately he's been very badly beaten by a mob near Quetta . His reaction: "They had every reason to be angry... If I had been them, I would have attacked me".
posted to MetaFilter by blackbeltjones at 4:07 AM on December 9, 2001 (72 comments)

in October, Germany - about borderless digital...

Make World event in October, Germany - about borderless digital culture, no doubt curated long before The Current Situation, but I'm sure will be rendered far more relevant as a result.
posted to MetaFilter by blackbeltjones at 6:37 AM on September 26, 2001

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Ketchup.
posted to MetaFilter by blackbeltjones at 1:29 AM on September 26, 2001 (20 comments)

NOT from the bbc......

light relief NOT from the bbc...
posted to MetaFilter by blackbeltjones at 10:14 AM on September 21, 2001 (8 comments)

[realaudio] on BBC's "Today" programme. The crew...

Interview with crew of the International Space Station [realaudio] on BBC's "Today" programme. The crew describe their bird's eye impressions of the environmental damage that mankind is doing to it's biosphere. If Denis Tito can get there, surely we could get Dubya up there to take a look-see for himself...?
posted to MetaFilter by blackbeltjones at 2:41 AM on August 31, 2001 (11 comments)

not in a steady state anymore. RIP....

Fred Hoyle, alas not in a steady state anymore. RIP.
posted to MetaFilter by blackbeltjones at 10:39 PM on August 21, 2001 (3 comments)

Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome....

This is truly awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.

Just the best use of flash, collaborative model/data building and use of interactive interface to explain a complex issue... i.e. the interconnections of money, influence and power in boardrooms of the global economy.

Conceived designed and built by Josh ON and the FutureFarmers I think it's going to move to a more permanent and snappier URL once it's fully ready for prime-time... I hope Josh and the gang don't mind me posting it here... but it's just too good not too... It genuinely deserves a lot of praise and attention, IMHO.
posted to MetaFilter by blackbeltjones at 2:43 AM on July 19, 2001 (24 comments)


Tiny, but remarkable...

Hello??? McFly???!!??? Tiny, but remarkable Pro-Bush/global-warming-as-myth protest in Bonn as reported by The Times. 40 deluded rich american kids against the world. Literally. And, no it's not a new reality TV series... although... I can see it now.... "Protester"(tm)
posted to MetaFilter by blackbeltjones at 12:55 AM on July 19, 2001 (44 comments)

...but let me tell you - it's better than digging...

You might not ever get rich ...but let me tell you - it's better than digging a ditch.
Larry Downes in The Standard on the saga of the Suez canal and the 'long-now' view of the Internet.
posted to MetaFilter by blackbeltjones at 3:48 AM on July 2, 2001 (9 comments)

Obviously ripping up Kyoto agreement not quick...

Wargames. Obviously ripping up Kyoto agreement not quick enough route to total destruction for George.
posted to MetaFilter by blackbeltjones at 5:16 PM on April 2, 2001 (30 comments)

archive pictures of a 'hundred years of...

"Help - i have my eye stuck in a Geodetic Tape Measuring Facility!" archive pictures of a 'hundred years of measurement' at the UK's National Physical Labs - lots of fun pictures that look like Q's Lab from the Bond movies - those big water tanks they always test the supertankers in, huge computers attended to by ladies in white coats...
posted to MetaFilter by blackbeltjones at 2:06 AM on November 30, 2000 (3 comments)

Artoo to be totally computer-generated? Kenny...

Episode II loses the 'humanity' of R2-D2 Artoo to be totally computer-generated? Kenny Baker smells a rat as the Industrial Light and Magic boys wire up a dustbin for motion capture...
posted to MetaFilter by blackbeltjones at 6:58 AM on August 31, 2000 (10 comments)