I was up late last night unable to watch TV, reading in bed. I was reading, "The Web Means the End of Forgetting," by Jeffrey Rosen, about how what we post on the internet marks our identities indelibly, and it ran against my grain of thinking. Rosen brings up good points about how we all… Continue reading Where I Was Going
Month: July 2010
Crushing Loneliness
I phoned my sister post work Saturday night. We discussed relationships, personal and professional. She says I am caught in the maw of love. Her recommendation was to read Chapter 14: Epilogue: Crushing Loneliness in Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software, a biography by Sam Williams. From which I share the… Continue reading Crushing Loneliness
No Hay Banda!
Bondar: No hay banda! There is no band! Il n'est pas de orquestra! This is all... a tape-recording. No hay banda! And yet we hear a band. If we want to hear a clarinette... listen... Un trombon "à coulisse". Un trombon "con sordina". Sient le son du trombon in sourdine. Hear le son... and mute… Continue reading No Hay Banda!


