May 2007 Archives
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Organisers of the Next Web conference in Amsterdam ask Tim O'Reilly, Steve Rubel, Matt Mullenweg, Marten Mickos, Eric Meyer and Jay Adelson 5 basic questions about the future of the web.
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Mike Figgis interrogated by LAX immigration
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"I am not able to work at the level that I would want to."
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25.36 % mainstream. David Bowie is 70.47%mainstream? Heh.
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Links to some great Magnum photogalleries
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Cowell was a contestant on a game show in 1989
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Yay Anton.
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Taken by old friend Stefano in NYC
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TodaysArt Festival brings you the unofficial pp Public Twitter 3v12stream Google Mashup Aapplicatie!Great mash up of all the Pinkpop stuff available (Twitter, video streams, flickr, google maps)
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Annual international multidisciplinary modern creativity festival in The Hague.
Taken at the Pasar Malam Besar (flickr set) in The Hague. Enjoyed it heaps.
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"For the first time, Tate is inviting members of the public to contribute to the content of an exhibition."
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Collection of review quotes
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At that time it wasn't trendy to go into rehab. He'd have probably been alright now; he'd have been in the f***ing Priory trying to pull Kate Moss. He'd have loved it in there with all the models. He'd have got himself a habit just to get in there."
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'a twitter for the long now'
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Dutch filmsite on Anton's 'Control'
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Stills from Control
Interview with Anton and fragments from the film. Trailer at YouTube.
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Gore now officially cool/geek
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'Denmark'-based. Sigh. Delft, The Netherlands!
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by Mashable.com
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'Skeeter' built his own house in the desert, a solar power system, etc etc. He's living off the grid.
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Runs on your own server
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The 'lite' version
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"It seems that Copenhagen is to Amsterdam as Berkeley is to Palo Alto." Huh. Can someone explain that one to me?
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I've signed up for Amazon's Simple Storage Service. I've been pushing my luck for too long, when it comes to backing up my essentials.
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Corey Arnold takes pictures of fish. The sea. And fishermen.
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My DNA report
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Hey look, we're on Salon.com.
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Spinal Tap reunion video
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Whedonesque's mentioned in this piece
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Hey look we're in the Toronto Star.
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"The museum is currently being constructed, with the opening planned for the spring of 2009."
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Firefox app
Joss Whedon, in an impassioned post on community weblog Whedonesque.com, condemns the underlying attitude that led to the 'honour-killing' of Dua Khalil in Iraq and films such as the upcoming torture-porn film Captivity in the U.S.A.
He writes: 'It’s no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humanity from itself.'
Joss Whedon is the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly,
See also:
A Corbijnesque oldie in honour of the Cutty Sark, where this picture was taken. The Cutty Sark went down in a blaze this week. Some blame the Dutch.
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3 quarks daily essay on Royal de luxe
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Documentary on Rutger Hauer, making a living in Hollywood
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Hi-res stills from Mathew Barney's Cremaster series
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How to set up Amazon S3 for Simple Storage Solution
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Joss Whedon 'snaps'. Long post by his Jossness about women, violence and inequality.
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Corbijn's 'Control' debuts at Cannes. This review has some great stills.
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Raving review of 'Control' screening. "Afterward, breathless and stunned, the audience erupted into thunderous applause"
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"Control gripped the audience at Cannes; it had atmosphere."
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People leaving JPGmag in hordes after the company ousted founders Chawazek
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With the passing of time, Almond is becoming our male Piaf. And this is his "Je Ne Regrette Rien" time, his "September Song" time, his "My Way" time. Words like "gone" and "was" and "should have" and "death" are everywhere.
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Dirk Benedict and Dwight Schultz on 3FM. DJ doesn't know Benedict was on Big Brother a few months back. *sigh*
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'Change a bulb. Change everything.'
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Artists 2.0, the changing face of artist/fan relationships on the internet
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Matt shares his insights running Metafilter and communities in genearl. We do things the opposite way at Whedonesque
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Muziekrecensies van Gijsbert Kramer
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"How to Take Travel Pictures Like a Pro"
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Jesus, that sounds like a world of hurt. Sad day.
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This is my second most favourited picture. I don't get it.
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Oh thank goodness. And I want one of the Panther's team jackets. Stat.
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Fantastically clueless/bigoted Metafilter live blogging of Eurovision. Even the ones 'in the know' must have missed the show the last few years.
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I'll never forget any appointment ever again in my enwired life
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'I want you!'
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UK proxy info
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Jaiku Eurovision backchannel
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New Dutch 'free' paper has rather good website
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Peter Gabriel's new venture offers DRM-free downloads with advertising ('Off-Web' promotional messages)
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Preview from the Turner documentary on Marlon Brando. Home video of Brando and Montgomery Clift horsing around in drag.
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"The Old Masters of painting spent years of their lives learning about color."
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'News and perspectives on fan communication'
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A map of online tribes
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huzzah!
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translated in various languages
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From around 1979
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Dutch version of SCI FI Channel website has gone live. BSG, STOS, STNG, Dark Angel, Sliders, Tremors. Not bad for a start.
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House, Monk, Law & Order, Cracker, Poirot... Hmm. Excited about Cracker.
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Good article (in Dutch) on mobile feed readers
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Redesigned from the 7-year old 'bruggenletter' based on the typeface used for Amsterdam bridge-names.
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New Zealand 'Octi''s a clever girl
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A five star review for Rufus's new disc
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Wakoopa keeps track of what you use on your desktop. But... isn't software moving web-side? Even Adobe are working on an online version of Photoshop. I don't think I'm nerdy enough for this.
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Sanjaya Malakar is beating Bono.
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"Director Philip Kaufman observed that Valenti could see a breast cut off by a sword and give it an R, but if a hand stroked the breast it was an NC17."
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"I surpassed my revenue goals on my sites and I was ready to make the jump for good, building my own sites and answering to no one else. To "live the dream" as everyone called it. Thus began my new career in professionally screwing around on the web."
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Story on Mika, insight into today's music business
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Great and sometimes eye opening q&a with the man who was Principle Snyder. And Quark.
Queen's Day 2007
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Dutch crown prince Willem-Alexander at 40 (documentary)