31 dezembro 2007

Verde 2008


Times Square Ball Goes Green: The Times Square New Year's Eve ball is celebrating its centennial by going green.

The star of the world-famous holiday extravaganza was revamped this year with 9,576 energy-efficient bulbs that use about the same amount of electricity as 10 toasters.

You!

The BEAST 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2007
9. You

Charges: You believe in freedom of speech, until someone says something that offends you. You suddenly give a damn about border integrity, because the automated voice system at your pharmacy asked you to press 9 for Spanish. You cling to every scrap of bullshit you can find to support your ludicrous belief system, and reject all empirical evidence to the contrary. You know the difference between patriotism and nationalism -- it's nationalism when foreigners do it. You hate anyone who seems smarter than you. You care more about zygotes than actual people. You love to blame people for their misfortunes, even if it means screwing yourself over. You still think Republicans favor limited government. Your knowledge of politics and government are dwarfed by your concern for Britney Spears' children. You think buying Chinese goods stimulates our economy. You think you're going to get universal health care. You tolerate the phrase "enhanced interrogation techniques." You think the government is actually trying to improve education. You think watching CNN makes you smarter. You think two parties is enough. You can't spell. You think $9 trillion in debt is manageable. You believe in an afterlife for the sole reason that you don't want to die. You think lowering taxes raises revenue. You think the economy's doing well. You're an idiot.

Exhibit A: You couldn't get enough Anna Nicole Smith coverage.

Sentence: A gradual decline into abject poverty as you continue to vote against your own self-interest. Death by an easily treated disorder that your health insurance doesn't cover. You deserve it, chump.

30 dezembro 2007

Ainda a blogosfera

Pacheco Pereira fala da blogosfera e sucedem-se as reacções.
É o costume e não dou para o peditório.
Só tenho um pequeno comentário sobre a sua frase "Desde o início da popularização da blogosfera o chamado "metabloguismo" era considerado um desvio da genuinidade do discurso em linha, mas, sem reflexão crítica sobre o próprio meio, sobre o meio em Portugal, que introduza critérios de qualidade e exigência que os blogues são lestos a exigir a outros mas não a aplicar a si próprios, os blogues serão apenas mais uma câmara de ressonância da pobreza da nossa vida cívica."

Pacheco Pereira pode não se lembrar - provavelmente porque estava na altura a instalar-se na tal blogosfera - mas um dos blogues que tentou analisar o "metabloguismo" teve como responsável o João Nogueira e foi muito acarinhado pela "blogosfera" da época. Que o exemplo que não era "desvio" não tenha sido seguido no tempo por outros e com o mesmo sucesso, é outra questão.

29 dezembro 2007

28 dezembro 2007

Músicas

Top 10 Great Unknown Artists of 2007

Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto

Do Alentejo para a China

Fotografias de 2007


2007: The Year in Photos: A selection of great images from Vanity Fair.

Carte drôlatique d’Europe pour 1870


First the Cartoon, then the War: Europe in 1870: Spain is a rotund senorita, smoking the day away while lying on her back and thus nearly crushing the small Portuguese soldier under her.

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