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On my recent trip to Venice I saw this work by David Della Venezia at the BAC Art Studio and as I am about to spend three years of my life for the most part surrounded by books doing a PhD I thought/feared this would be a useful picture/warning to stick by my desk!repayment 401k wachovia loanloan payday interest $500loans $500.00payments loans month $200,000 660alfred foundation sloanloans 100 fix and nj fliphome refinance fico 500 loantile loans car aaaloan company services financial americanafs credit improvement loanloans installment online 100 approved5 3 home bank loansloan 5000 dollar from commercea loan from millionares$2500 dollar loanloan 403badvantage loan student alaskahome loan americandream Map

I plan to devote the next few years of my life to pursuing a PhD examining various aspects of how people’s use of the Internet can help people to feel better about themselves and build their social networks (or why they don’t use the Internet in this way and how they might be encouraged to).

According to this satirical report, the online social capital revolution has already arrived and it’s all happening on Amazon and epinions.

“…While some online reviewers give little more than basic pros-and-cons of a product or a one- to five-star rating, many use the write-ups as a vital means of self-expression, providing in-depth anecdotes about their own experiences with a particular product, or even their autobiography. On Amazon.com, some reviewers create deeply personal Listmania! lists, such as “The Best Kung Fu Movies Ever” or “Things You Absolutely Need To Survive Working In A Cubicle.”

“Through these product reviews, in which we fulfill our collective desire to guide our fellow humans to good purchasing decisions, a sense of community emerges,” Piersall said. “But just as important, a sense of self emerges. By publicly expressing our feelings about the Coleman Quickbed air mattress, we tell people not merely about this product, but about ourselves.”

With reviews running the gamut from commentary on the Criterion Collection DVD of Fellini’s 8 1/2 to the usefulness of a portable Weber propane gas grill versus the traditional full-size standup model, Piersall said that ‘once again, we are talking.’…

Although the Onion exaggerates for effect, I would actually argue the basic point is right – that people becoming self-appointed experts on Espresso makers (whether on weblogs, personal web pages or via product review sites) may indeed increase their feelings of self-worth.

There was an article not long ago (though I can’t remember the address, unfortunately) which talked about how being “star reviewers” at sites like Amazon and epinions has changed people’s lives.

I was visiting London’s City Hall on Saturday and I came across this exhibit:

It’s meant to be interactive – you lift handles on the left side and models of a car, a bus, a bicycle and a tube train slide down the rails. Unfortunately, the tube train has fallen off its track – not unlike other tube trains have tended to do. (Incredibly, more than four months after the Central line derailment the trains on that line are only now starting to run on time!)

Here’s a fascinating transcript of an interview on Fox TV’s The O’Reilly Factor with a man whose father was killed on 9/11 but who signed an anti-war ad. According to Harpers where I first read it, after the interview O’Reilly said to Glick “get out of my studio before I tear you to f*cking pieces.”fu movies kungstrapon lesbian moviemature lesbian moviesthemes mp3 moviefree movies nudemovie porn forummovies scuba quicktime divingpreviews movie sexmovies scenes in hollywood sexhollow movie sleepy

1) SuSe Linux 8.2 is now available for download (and I am busy downloading it!)

2) the UK government’s new civil servant in charge of broadband is Stephen Speed (really!)jinke mp3 karib aapzen mp3 512adp credit corporationwordpress viagra spam blog comment 20053generic sildenafil viagraaaja aaja ringtone3gp tp mp3machine 5×5 gambling haunted house arcade Map

Playing With Time is an educational site that lets you see everything from a blink or a cat slurping milk slowed down to a pregnancy speeded up or a woman ageing 69 years in a few seconds.a consolidation in loan canada debtconsolidation debt direct loan aloan mortgage a lculatorsite add auto your loanpay loan adjustablehome loan refinance rate refinance adjustableadvance cash 20 fast loanlink loan cash advance 6 payday20 service cash loan advance paydayservice advance loan payday checkmike myers moviesmom movies fuckingmovies sex momnude movie celebritieshumps moviemovie maker downloadclips movie sex scenein released movies 1999 Map

Check out this amusing (if a teeny bit misogynist) Flash animation short – Hearts and Hammers.sanyo 3g sprint ringtone free5500 ringtone sanyo6340i ringtonesringtone free 6360 nokiaringtone 7250 free blackberry8900 download audiovox ringtoneringtone infinity 93 tillin warrington jobs accounts payable manager Map

A list of the elements as sung by Tom Lehrer to the tune of the Major General’s song from the Pirates of Penzance (in the form of a flash animation). For more G & S Parodies, see here, for more about Gilbert and Sullivan see this and for more about Tom Lehrer see here.

The Gentleman’s Page is “a resource for those who wish to look and act like; or perhaps better understand, the 19th Century American man.” It would be interesting to see how it differs from the guidance given to a British gentleman. Though come to think of it no gentleman would see the necessity of consulting a guide to proper behaviour in any case!