Author: mike

Went to see Baraka last night with some friends and it was so lush: a new 70mm transfer print. So much detail it’s overwhelming. Digital projection really does suck slightly compared with 35mm, and...

I just found out Earth has a second moon, called Cruithne. There may be a third, but most people think it’s space junk. And according to this paper, there are two more asteroids in...

So Mandela is not as naive as it seems in other reports. In this Newsweek interview he speaks pretty plainly. Bush et al don’t like the UN because they perceive it to be run...

So I found this wonderful little page that will trawl through all the awful teenie blatherings on Diaryland, select a few keywords you specify, then generate its own customized blather. Try it and see.

When I was coming up, with what was a dangerous world, we knew exactly who the they were. It was us versus them, and it was clear who the them were. Today we’re not...

Interesting story here about a dissident Taliban politician who apparently, hearing about the imminent September 11th attacks, conveyed a warning to the US consul general in Pakistan. Apparently, he was disregarded because of “warning...

So me and Lisa had to go to a wedding Saturday, which was nicely done — Christian ceremony then a trad Korean tea ceremony. But what was a bit frightening was that the two...

I’m usually loathe to indulge in all that blog-linking-to-blog stuff that goes on, because it feels to much like mutual masturbation, only not as much fun, but this little snippet is supreme rollicking conspiracy...

So now, as well as pursuing the War On Terror, the US Justice Department will seek criminal prosecutions on anyone who shares copyrighted material with others, even with members of their own families. This...

Every time I think that King Bush has finally demonstrated a baseline level of stupidity, along comes some other news snippet. According to this one, Bush was avoiding Nelson Mandela, refusing to take his...