Currently in Earphones: The whacked out techno of the first video...
Seriously, what the fuck?
(Also, Fuck Yeah!)
Edit: Yeah, the first video does make some good points, I still give a bit WTF to the Engrish, among other things.
Also, concerning the second video, I'm simply happy that folk are hopping mad and not gonna take it anymore, not specifically that I laud Anonymous up one side and down the other. Case in point, I very much like this Robert Todd Carroll-like fellow: Epic Win, but yoar doin it wrong
Enough, more later.
- James
Monday, January 28, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Another part of my childhood mutates
Currently in Earphones: Two Journeys by Tim O'Brien
So I had heard rumblings that a number of dinos had been reclassified as, indeed, being feathered creatures. It didn't hit home until today, when I was perusing Wikipedia and found the pages on our favorite raptors all of a sudden had new pictures. It was jarring only in that I'd known these guys from my dinosaur books of old for so long as scaly, grim lizards.
The bird/dino connection has been around for a while, and makes perfect sense. Archaeopteryx has stood as a testament to that since when I was a wee one. Despite it's faulty portrayal of Velociraptors, Jurassic Park made sure to point out how similar the Dromaeosauridae are to birds. Now I'm not sure what new discovery prompted the feathered shift that seems to have just occurred, if the cultural image was considered too ingrained or the new one too jarring. Whatever the reason, I wonder how the Walking with Dinosaurs aggregate (touted as damn-well researched series, which I quite agree with) will cope, given that they've now started their Live tour around the US with decidedly old-school dinos.
I don't feel robbed or anything, just slightly off kilter. Eventually I'll get used to it, but it certainly feels quite the shift, even though this is information about a species long since extinct. That's cultural relevance for you, I guess.
Enough, More Later.
- James
So I had heard rumblings that a number of dinos had been reclassified as, indeed, being feathered creatures. It didn't hit home until today, when I was perusing Wikipedia and found the pages on our favorite raptors all of a sudden had new pictures. It was jarring only in that I'd known these guys from my dinosaur books of old for so long as scaly, grim lizards.
The bird/dino connection has been around for a while, and makes perfect sense. Archaeopteryx has stood as a testament to that since when I was a wee one. Despite it's faulty portrayal of Velociraptors, Jurassic Park made sure to point out how similar the Dromaeosauridae are to birds. Now I'm not sure what new discovery prompted the feathered shift that seems to have just occurred, if the cultural image was considered too ingrained or the new one too jarring. Whatever the reason, I wonder how the Walking with Dinosaurs aggregate (touted as damn-well researched series, which I quite agree with) will cope, given that they've now started their Live tour around the US with decidedly old-school dinos.
I don't feel robbed or anything, just slightly off kilter. Eventually I'll get used to it, but it certainly feels quite the shift, even though this is information about a species long since extinct. That's cultural relevance for you, I guess.
Enough, More Later.
- James
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Belated Happy New Year and all that Jazz....
Currently in Earphones: American and British Folk Songs sung by the Westminster Choir
So winter break is drawing to a close, and what a break it was! The events in no particular order...
- I started to gather supplies to create a few bookshelves for my room in the Bay, and I'm currently waiting for the weather to dry out before I actually put them together.
- My lovely girlfriend came up to visit and we spent a number of days sightseeing.
- Christmas saw a good amount of loot. Damn I got a lot of CD's!
- I went and saw Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience. My inner six year old was rejuvenated.
- My last grandparent died and my dad flew across the country to be with my aunt. The small glimmer of fun was that I helped him pick out a traveling laptop. That's life for you, I guess.
- I got a lovely pile of new books to read for pleasure, and more are on the way. This will come in handy because...
- I learn that the power is out in Davis due to these crazy storms we've been having. I'm actually somewhat titillated at the thought of using candles, but I bet it'll get old quick. At least it'll only be for a few days.
- I have gotten crazy hooked on The Wire. BEST DAMN SHOW EVER.
Yeah, that about covers it. Back to Davis and dear Academia soon.
Enough, More Later.
- James
So winter break is drawing to a close, and what a break it was! The events in no particular order...
- I started to gather supplies to create a few bookshelves for my room in the Bay, and I'm currently waiting for the weather to dry out before I actually put them together.
- My lovely girlfriend came up to visit and we spent a number of days sightseeing.
- Christmas saw a good amount of loot. Damn I got a lot of CD's!
- I went and saw Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience. My inner six year old was rejuvenated.
- My last grandparent died and my dad flew across the country to be with my aunt. The small glimmer of fun was that I helped him pick out a traveling laptop. That's life for you, I guess.
- I got a lovely pile of new books to read for pleasure, and more are on the way. This will come in handy because...
- I learn that the power is out in Davis due to these crazy storms we've been having. I'm actually somewhat titillated at the thought of using candles, but I bet it'll get old quick. At least it'll only be for a few days.
- I have gotten crazy hooked on The Wire. BEST DAMN SHOW EVER.
Yeah, that about covers it. Back to Davis and dear Academia soon.
Enough, More Later.
- James
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