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Entries from March 5th, 2009
The Austrians are coming!
March 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Austria, Hacker culture, Shameless link-bait, United States
So I’m here to shamelessly plug Monochrom’s USA tour. As previously discussed in this blog, Monochrom are awesome. Anyone in America these days should make an effort to see them. I sincerely doubt it will cost much, if anything, since Monochom’s relationship with capitalism could generously be described as ‘conflicted’. I was also thinking it […]
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I’m so joining the French Foreign Legion
March 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · France, Travel
I just saw a commercial for the French army on TV here. They are so much cooler than the US army! It’s exactly like a video game, but with a techno/hip-hop soundtrack! Plus, they don’t really fight, like, actual wars. I think this is the commercial I saw:
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Meanwhile in another blog…
March 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Shameless link-bait, Sweden
I’ve posted an interview I did with one of the Swedish hackers in Malmö a few weeks ago. I was surprised at how demanding transcription is—trying to type quickly enough to keep up with the recording, while still inserting the correct punctuation to make it readable. The word count balloons quickly, too. The formal interview […]
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A plug for Gustave Moreau
March 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Art, France, Photos
I’ve been pretty busy running around Paris, so I haven’t been writing as much as maybe I should. Tomorrow I’m flying to Madrid, so I can probably write some on the plane, but I would like throw in a quick plug here for the Musée National Gustave-Moreau. A friend suggested I check this out. It’s […]
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