MetaFilter posts by jouke

I shot Saint-Exupéry down

jouke — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:41:30 -0800

I shot his plane down. First his fighter plane was just lost under unknown circumstances during WWII. People speculated on a possible suicide of the writer. Then his golden armband was found by a fisherman in the sea. Then the plane of well known french writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was found in the mediteranean. Now 88 year old journalist Horst Rippert, who was a fighter pilot during WWII, admits that he shot down Saint-Exupéry and that he regretted this his whole life.

Space shuttle does a back flip

jouke — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:15:48 -0800

The space shuttle does a back flip while the earth races by underneath.

Documentary: embedded with US troops in Baghdad

jouke — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:53:53 -0800

Sean Smith spent two months embedded with US troops in Baghdad and Anbar province. His harrowing documentary exposes the exhaustion and disillusionment of the soldiers.

Interview with Ze Frank on creativity

jouke — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:50:56 -0800

Interview with Ze Frank on creativity Ze Frank discusses some techniques he learned himself to harness his creativity. Apart from his quite creative daily online video, which is now defunct, he's apparently also an adjunct professor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Parsons School of Design, and SUNY Purchase.

Putins spy war on the West

jouke — Sun, 20 May 2007 04:54:53 -0800

Putins spy war on the West White House intelligence advisers believe no other country is as aggressive as Russia in trying to obtain US secrets, with the possible exception of China. In particular the SVR, as the former KGB’s foreign intelligence arm is now known, is using a network of undercover agents in America to gather classified information about sensitive technologies, including military projects under development and high-tech research.

Farrokh Bulsara

jouke — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:59:31 -0800

BBC Tribute to Freddie Mercury (1991) [youtube] Lots of live concerts.

Who's killing Putin's enemies?

jouke — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:30:35 -0800

A dozen of Putin's critics have been assassinated and Russia's vast natural resources are in the pockets of a chosen few. A 2 part article in The Guardian.

audiomap

jouke — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:59:15 -0800

Find new artists similar to the ones you like using this Flash navigatable map based on data from last.fm The site is owned by EMI but artists not under contract by EMI are shown too, although not as exensively.

the guns of august....redux

jouke — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 02:39:50 -0800

Richard Holbrooke delivers an analysis and forecast of how the current situation could trigger a chain reaction that would lead to world war. He refers to Barbara Tuchmans Guns of August, apparently a political science classic, that has been mentioned here on mefi. Here's the article in dutch with an appropriate picture of the murder of archduke Franz Ferdinand.