21.03.06
glass beads for our age
from the latest harper's (although also widely reported elsewhere):
[Barter]
A LARD BARGAIN
From a list of donations to be made by Agip Oil Ecuador to the Huaorani tribe in eastern Ecuador, in return for releasing Agip from any liabilities when carrying our oil exploration on Huaorana land. The contract dates from 2001 and was obtained last year from Bolivar Beltran, an Ecuadorian lawyer, by journalist Kelly Hearn. Translated from the Spanish by Dan Keane.
Two (2) buckets of lard
One (2) sack of salt
100 pounds rice
100 pounds sugar
One (1) chalkboard
One (1) Ecuadorian flag
Fifteen (15) plates
Fifteen (15) cups
Fifteen (15) spoons
Two (2) pots
Two (2) ladles
Two (2) soccer balls
One (1) stopwatch
One (1) referee whistle
what does this show us? that exploitation keeps happening? no. it shows us what our priorities should be on the eve of a football world cup.
that's right, it's coming upon us again. on june 9th the opening kick will let loose a month of bliss and low productivity.
and you don't have to wait until july. now is a great time to read up on the teams, the players, and the to-be-proven-wrong predictions.
at this point i'll be happy to take and share recommendations for good online pre-tournament coverage.
14.03.06
replaced old motd
...finally
"there is no such thing as a mistake. there are things you do, and things you don't do."
character paul martel in 'unfaithful'
09.03.06
stop the logo
will someone please stop redesigning great logos? first nwa changed a brilliant logo design (combining the N with the W and the NW direction on the compass) totally draining it out of its cleverness.
and now at&t bastardized saul bass's classic to give it a totally meaningless twist:
Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:07
dude... maybe take yoga or something :)
- ram
Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:31
haha ... seriously though you SHOULD take yoga it's the greatest thing in the world...
- cynthia
Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:01
i love his logo for unknown, done in unknown. it reminds me of something, but i just can't put my finger on it. wait, yes i can. that feels good.
Sun, 7 May 2006 09:26
To put this another way, same old same old
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Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:51
As for me, AT&T redesign is number one in Top 10 of ugliest redesigns. The worst feature of the new logo is this attempt to go 3D while not taking into account that Saul Bass's original already had it's famous 3D illusion trick.
08.03.06
adventures in southern utah
america, as i keep finding out never ceases to enchant me, and in many places is as remote and rural as any an exotic village you might seek out for adventures. utah in particular, as kurt the towing cowboy will later say 'is the last bit of true wilderness in the continental states'. and so i found it, too.
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