I’m constantly tossing interesting websites into what I call my blogpile. Some of them find their way here in the form of regular posts, but more often than not they languish and get buried deeper in the pile. The end result is that I have to go back and do a bit of shoveling. Today’s item is 11 Ways To Expand Your Mind… Recover From Brain Rot.
Old Blue: I’ve been back at my current FOB for over a week now, and have made a conop* to Kabul and back in the meantime. The day after we got here, we made a major thrust into the country to the north of here, which is generally accepted to be “Indian Country.” It was sudden, it was in force, and it was a surprise. The enemy did nothing. He didn’t…
Part of being a good citizen of the blogosphere is visiting, reading and, most importantly, taking the time to leave a comment on other’s blogs. It’s all about the conversation. In the interest of setting an example I’ve decided to link to those blog posts that have compelled me to leave a comment.
I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. This week he brings us all a reminder that we complain to much: From My Dad.
I don’t think the people who assembled YouTube fully understood the tool they created for global news as it has been shown in Myanmar, Tibet and Turkey. I think they imagined lots of Brittany Spears wanna be’s lip syncing to her latest hits. What they’ve achieved is many times more powerful. And many times more than even that dangerous.
From The Chicago Tribune:
In June 1989, a single photograph of a solitary young man staring down a line of tanks became the iconic image of the Tiananmen Square protests.
Almost 20 years later, the anti-Chinese protests in Tibet are the subject of thousands of videos captured by professional media outlets, plus the residents and tourists.
Anyone with a camera and access to the Internet or a wireless phone network can upload a video from an international hot spot.The proliferation of user-generated content, whether shot with skill or a shaky hand, is transforming how people around the world take note. That now includes places where anti-government news images were scarce or non-existent.
In the case of Tibet, the volume of content is so overwhelming that China has shut off access to Google-owned YouTube for its residents, following similar moves in recent months by Turkey and Myanmar. In all three countries, access to YouTube remains closed. Continue Reading »
My name is Jeff Hess and I’m a biblioholic. I own hundreds of books. Not valuable books, mostly Science Fiction paperbacks and text books, tomes rescued by the bag from library book sales. A few years ago, in the interest of not burying myself, I began reading more books from the library and taking notes. My electronic chapbook was born.
This is a passage I copied from Midrash and Literature edited by Geoffrey H. Hartman and Sanford Budick.
Lection: 1 : a liturgical lesson for a particular day2 [New Latin lection-, lectio, from Latin] : a variant reading of a text [107] Lectionary: a book or list of lections for the church year [107] Lemma: A subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem. [26] Lexical: Of or pertaining to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as contrasted with its grammatical or syntactical aspects. [24] Liturgy: A form of public worship, ritual. [29]
Today, as I go about my tasks, I’ll think about: A failing life is a succession of failing days, a paraphrase from Ari Kiev”s A Strategy For Daily Living. p. 31
It’s already Monday morning in Myanmar and the last week of March; the time set by the ‘All Burma Democratic Front General Strike Committee for a general strike in that country. Has it started yet? The only way to check is to run the wires and scan the headlines. If it has, Myanmar could be looking at a bloodbath greater than that of 1988.
From Mizzima News:
Secret activists into their movement underground in Burma informed Mizzima that the ‘All Burma Democratic Front General Strike Committee’ was formed on March 18 This new group recognizes only the 1990 general election results and calls for a tripartite dialogue. They announced that they won’t recognize the SPDC’s constitution drafting process, constitutional referendum and fresh elections. Maung Dee from Mizzima interviewed the spokesman of this new group on March 22, 2008 over telephone.
Q: You said you are calling for a general strike, when will you put your plan into action?
A: We have decided to put our plan into action from the last week of this month. We will continue our struggle until they withdraw their announced constitutional referendum to be held in May this year. We will base our struggle in four places viz. Rangoon, Mandalay, Ayerwaddy and Bago. We will start our struggle from these places. Continue Reading »
Part of being a good citizen of the blogosphere is visiting, reading and, most importantly, taking the time to leave a comment on other’s blogs. It’s all about the conversation. In the interest of setting an example I’ve decided to link to those blog posts that have compelled me to leave a comment.
1400 Myanmar
I’m constantly tossing interesting websites into what I call my blogpile. Some of them find their way here in the form of regular posts, but more often than not they languish and get buried deeper in the pile. The end result is that I have to go back and do a bit of shoveling. Today’s item is 25 Things You Must Learn to Ask For.
Lt G: We slip out under the crescent moon, carefully treading our way through the midnight blackness, adjusting to our night vision devices while locking and loading our M4s. Red direct, fingers and minds ready to switch from safe to semi in an instant, trained to kill without hesitation and without mercy. Shades of green ebb and flow into our vision, like a…
I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. This week he brings us all a reminder that we complain way to much: From My Dad.
Paul Antony Fernandez, citizen of Singapore, enjoys the status quo, the trouble-free life. Free, mostly, of people who inconveniently point to injustices and violations of human rights that might disturb Frenandez’s other wise perfect day. Fortunately, others in Singapore disagree with his position.
From Diary of A Singaporean Mind:
That letter in the StraitsTimes forum which they selected over a thousand others carries a profound message for all Singaporeans. If your life is good (trouble free) why bother to do anything for your fellow citizens? Bus fare increase? As long as you can afford why bother with the people who can’t. Why bother about the poor who can’t make ends meet when you can afford to eat the best buffett in town. Some people believe societies are cohesive because people are willing to stand up for each other – it is the white guy marching for the rights of the blacks, the middle class that demand better deal for the poor that strengthen society. However, we in Singapore don’t have this type of society – Singaporeans standing up for other Singaporeans openly is frowned upon……actually Singaporeans standing up for any cause that is related to justice, equality or democracy is viewed negatively. We can’t protest the killing of monks in Myanmar, the killing of monks (again?) in Tibet, the war in Iraq etc. If you feel strongly about something the acceptable way of expressing yourself is to write a letter to the Straits Times Forum, however, there is a limited space and they cannot guarantee they will publish it because there are always great letters like the one written by Mr. Fernandez. Continue Reading »
My name is Jeff Hess and I’m a biblioholic. I own hundreds of books. Not valuable books, mostly Science Fiction paperbacks and text books, tomes rescued by the bag from library book sales. A few years ago, in the interest of not burying myself, I began reading more books from the library and taking notes. My electronic chapbook was born.
This is a passage I copied from Midrash and Literature edited by Geoffrey H. Hartman and Sanford Budick.
Imperious: Urgent; commanding; domineering; overbearing. [11] Introit: A choral response sung at the beginning of a religious service.[27] Karaite: : a Jewish doctrine originating in Baghdad in the 8th century that rejects rabbinism and talmudism and bases its tenets on Scripture alone- Karaite \-9Út\ noun [143] Kerygma: The preaching of the gospel of Jesus, especially in the manner of the early church. [14] Laconic: Concise, expressing in a few words. [4]
Today, as I go about my tasks, I’ll think about: A failing life is a succession of failing days, a paraphrase from Ari Kiev”s A Strategy For Daily Living. p. 31
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