Friday, April 30, 2004

A website called 'Insultingly stupid movie physics', which delivers what it promises. Worth a look!
By the way, I found this website by browsing a nice blog on technological/cultural trends, see boingboing.

Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Saturday, April 17, 2004

At least half of the 700 or so Iraqis killed by allied troops in Falluja were women or children. So much for the American claims that "95% of the killed were insurgents".

Friday, April 16, 2004

18 years ago, an Israeli scientist was imprisoned for letting the world know about Israel's nuclear weapons. He is about to be released now, this is a Guardian profile of him.

Sunday, April 04, 2004

Today I read an article on Philosophy Now magazine, describing points of contact between existencialism and Peanuts, the comic strip. Existentialist angst similar to that appearing in Peanuts also shows up in Douglas Coupland's writing, notably in Life After God. Keeping more or less on this track, a tongue-in-cheek article on How to achieve happiness.

Saturday, April 03, 2004

Walter Salles Jr writing about great South-American films.

Friday, April 02, 2004

A long profile of painter Lucian Freud, whose recent work is in an exhibition in London.

Thursday, April 01, 2004

"Found Magazine" publishes notes, photographs and other personal objects found in parks, streets, libraries... the idea is intriguing, and the magazine has enjoyed a fair amount of success.
An article by a biographer of Edward Teller, father of the H bomb. The article is titled: Meet the real Dr. Strangelove.
An article about wikis, webpages that anyone can edit at will. I browsed, and even contributed to wikipedia, it's an interesting idea on "open source" content.