The Urban Archipelago |
Can't say I agree one hundred percent, but I like some of the points raised. Fun reading.The Urban ArchipelagoIt's the Cities, StupidBy The Editors of The StrangerJohnny RyanThere are two maps on this...
Posted by Paul on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:30:00 PST |
Scroogled "What If Google Was Evil?" |
ScroogledBy Cory Doctorow "Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him." Cardinal Richelieu"We don't know enough about you." Google CEO Eri...
Posted by Paul on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:37:00 PST |
"Good advertising is whatever works for this audience today, good design is eternal." |
Separated by a common languageby Richard HuntingtonMy first love is design.I got into advertising by accident. I was all set to become an industrial designer, when irresistable lure of Geography took ...
Posted by Paul on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:40:00 PST |
Excerpt II |
Only rarely did he notice his own existence, when for example lack of breath - the revenge of a heavy body - forced him to halt with open mouth on a staircase, or when he had toothache, or when at a l...
Posted by Paul on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:32:00 PST |
Excerpt I |
Klein-Rogge is remembered most of all for is role as Dr. Mabuse. You were meant to think of Hugo Stinnes, the tireless operator behind the scenes of apparent Inflation, apparent history: gambler, fina...
Posted by Paul on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:55:00 PST |
The Library of Babel |
The Library of Babelby Jorge Luis BorgesBy this art you may contemplate the variations of the 23 letters...The Anatomy of Melancholy, part 2, sect. II, mem. IVThe universe (which others call the Libra...
Posted by Paul on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 10:27:00 PST |
In The Penal Colony |
Franz KafkaIn the Penal Colony (1919)This translation, which has been prepared by Ian Johnston of Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, is in the public domain and may be used by anyone,...
Posted by Paul on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 06:07:00 PST |
A Hunger Artist |
Franz KafkaA Hunger Artist(1924)This translation, which has been prepared by Ian Johnston of Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, is in the public domain and may be used by anyone, in wh...
Posted by Paul on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:29:00 PST |
