Arcangel and the future of digi/net art
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Innovative Book Designs
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Behind the Mask - Michael Jackson's rarest recording?
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8. Oh yeah, and I recently put the FULL, 8gb English version of Wikipedia on my SDHC card (thanks to WikiTaxi). Now I take it wherever I go, whether I am online or not. Kindles can't do this, and iPod/iPhones can only wikipedia in a wifi zone.... [
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8 months ago
I LOVE my Asus 901 EEE PC. Because:
1. It does everything a bigger laptop can do, but it fits in my bag and has a battery of 6-->8 hours. With an upgrade to 2GB ram (under $30/£20) it can do even more.
2. It doubles as an e-reader when... [
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A nation of nonbelievers
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9 months ago
Your question is an intriguing incite into the workings of other, reading, minds - thank you.
I do not necessarily visualise scenes in a book, but I do have a visceral sense of them that lingers in my head as I read them. It is surely impossible... [
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10 months ago
Your question also reminded me of a quote attributed to André Breton:
The man who can't visualise a horse galloping on a tomato is an idiot.No offence intended...... [
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txvtchick: "I like to read points of view that are contrary to my own but it's hard to take them seriously when the quotes are distorted. Your quotes are off the mark by enough to make it seem like you are implying things that are simply not... [
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'Chopper' has an amazing commentary by Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read himself. A great commentary by director Andrew Dominik also comes on the DVD, but Chopper on Chopper?!... [
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I wish my maths teacher had taught me how to play the ancient Japanese/Chinese board game 'Go' (known as 'Igo' in Japan). The game teaches you how to intuit numbers, game theory and the enormity of permutations that reality rests upon. Consider this,... [
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Wow.
I've created a sort of anti-cult hell bent on outdoing the inanity they perceive me as having.
I will phrase my questions more carefully in future. Please don't burn me, I hurt like a real boy.... [
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There is no greater time-line in fiction that Olaf Stapledon's Star Maker. It is the 'sequel' to Last and First Men and explores a narrative set over THE ENTIRE lifetime of the universe.
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A similar question I asked here some time ago might be of interest to you... My iPod has been full ever since. [
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