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The Further Adventures of Herd Mentality

Friday, April 23, 2004

I still worry that the CIA’s gonna get their hands on all this data someday. Or advertisers.

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En La Esquina

Thursday, April 22, 2004

Tonight confirmed one of my hunches about the usual shouting at the station. Tonight it was back to normal: ardently but not angry shouting from a bunch of middle-aged Latino men in working-class dress, throwing hands in the air and smacking at articles in folded newspapers. I paused at the elbow of one of the men. De que estamos hablando en est’esquina? I asked. Politica. Cada noche, politica.

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My Sister Rocks!

Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Oh f*** it, she’s so much cooler than you are i can’t stand it.

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Detritus: A little meme spread; definite nostalgia

Sunday, April 18, 2004

I think our next joint project should be creating a temporary Xephreniaq museum with artifacts and installations. We should do a gallery opening with fancy wine and cheese and invite people who need to know us better.

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Dear Sylvie,

Sunday, March 28, 2004

“Eggpants” is for you.

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Before You Send Me That Forward

Thursday, March 18, 2004

check www.snopes.com

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Who Am I Reading With?: Genres And Audiences: Or, The Sudden Unwanted Appearance Of Colons In My Blog

Thursday, March 4, 2004

Came up with an idea today to go back and address an issue of Internet literacy I obsessed over earlier but didn’t know how to describe. Some work has been done on children’s understanding of genre and intended audience of television shows. In general, kids are pretty sophisticated in their understanding of genres. They are also good at identifying target audiences, as in “this is for kids” and “this is for adults.” But what about their understanding of themselves as a community of watchers?

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Today’s serendipity

Wednesday, March 3, 2004

Burakumin and Pipe Dream.

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Tapa tai!

Friday, February 27, 2004

“Don’t think of this as a black show. Don’t write ‘Blackety Black Santa In The Ghetto’ type of shit.” He told me, “Take your Conan quirky stuff and do the exact same thing here, because nobody in black comedy is doing that. Black audiences are being fed the same gangsta horseshit comedy, show after show.” — Chris Rock on Pootie Tang, as reported by Louis CK

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Our Princess Is In The Ivory Tower

Thursday, February 26, 2004

is what they would have titled the article, if the newspaper-reading audience of the US was even mininally 133t. but it’s not.

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