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Entries from May 2009

Sotomayor & the Ricci Case

May 27th, 2009 · No Comments

With  Barack Obama’s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the supreme court there is going to be a lot of focus on the case of Ricci, et al. v. DeStefano. This is not only because the Ricci case is particularly controversial (even though it is) but because the Ricci case parallels the case against Sotomayor herself. 
The Ricci case in [...]

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Tags: philosophy · polititcs

The Rope Ladder

May 25th, 2009 · No Comments

The carnival had a rope ladder, you would pay money and then try and climb this swivelly ladder and if you got to the bell you would win a big chintzy stuffed animal. I think it was a bear dressed like a pirate. I don’t really remember, I don’t trust myself with this detail.
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Tags: Uncategorized

A Very Short Animation

May 25th, 2009 · No Comments

This is something that I’m working on. As you can see I’m not very far into it at all since I’m using a seriously labor intensive animation process. Who knows whether I’ll stay interested long enough to get anywhere with this.

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Tags: art

Why I Like Twitter

May 25th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Twitter is sort of stupid. The character limit is really restrictive and bars all but the most banal information from being disseminated. The community is has an off-putting self-promotional streak where there’s this implied quid pro quo of follow me and I’ll follow you tit for tat. The trending topics are almost always stupid and [...]

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Tags: comedy · tech