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awake? or a sheep? teaser
Submitted by Atari Homma on Thu, 2006-09-07 17:25.all your sheep are belong to us. please to meet:*
*we are testing revver because we think we might like them. they use ads but share revenue; they also use creative commons licenses, and their terms of use don't suck.
Ajkuna - background on my secret name
Submitted by Henri on Thu, 2006-08-31 18:09.Ajkuna is the matriarch that spawned Albanian Epos. "...The heroes of Albanian epos are the sons of Ajkuna. Quite unlike the cycle of ballads, where “a wise old man”, advising a sacrifice of the bride over the bridge, reminds one of the patriarch, in Albanian epos there is no patriarch. For the first time, the father in the epos appears in the figure of Muj, as contrasted to Omer (or “seven Omers”). In one of the songs, Omer has to release “father and uncle” from the king’s prison. The rhapsodist entitled the song "Omer from Muj" and this is the only case where a shade of a patriarch appears. Ajkuna plays the central figure and authoritative role. Muj and Halil do not have a father in formal terms; they are sons of the same mother running the house and they take their power from the deities. After Omer, there are no more heroes. Their power and glory is not inherited..." (geocities.com/albaland).
HOWTO speak 19th century
Submitted by Atari Homma on Wed, 2006-08-30 10:10.Or, how überbabes talked when drinking Darwinian whiskey. From the boingboing friendlies:
Eric Furguson combed the 1830 book Private Yankee Doodle to develop a glossary of early 19th century vocabulary. He picked out the words that are no longer in common usage, "words that have disappeared, words that have changed meanings, and a few that haven't changed but could be mistakenly thought too modern to use." I'm glad he included the word "gripe" because I have a new baby boy and we've had to administer the miracle of a few times. From How To Speak 19th Century.
something i'd like to do - scan nun brains for um, god spots
Submitted by Big Boy on Wed, 2006-08-30 09:48.From http://www.boingboing.net/
Neuroscientists report that there is no "god spot" in the brain where mystical experiences are centered. Université de Montréal researchers conducted fMRI brain scans on fifteen nuns as they recalled previous mystical experiences. As they recalled their moments with God, brain regions involved in self-consciousness, emotion, and body representation lit up. The results of the study were published in Neuroscience Letters. From a press release:
“The main goal of the study was to identify the neural correlates of a mystical experience,” explained Beauregard. “This does not diminish the meaning and value of such an experience, and neither does it confirm or disconfirm the existence of God.
MySpace clamps down on users through new tech limits
Submitted by ladyuberbabe on Mon, 2006-07-24 14:07.from boing boing:
MySpace clamps down on users through new tech limits
Siva Vaidhyanathan says, "MySpace is slowly installing technological restrictions that will undermine its value as a social networking site. Well bowled, Rupert! My brilliant doctoral student Alice Marwick, who studies social networking and identity online, wrote this..."So: stuff like Slide.com, RockYou.com, and YouTube’s Flash video wrappers will no longer be able to link back to the sites if the user is using Flash 9. Generally adoption for Flash isn’t that quick — but since all users with Flash 8 currently have broken MySpace video/audio players, you can expect that to have somewhat of an effect on the adoption rate (i.e.: skyrocket).
MySpace can say all they want about wanting to protect users, but really this is about them protecting their advertising dollars. The barnacle-like secondary market sites will have to find increasingly creative techniques to launch Flash-based content within the site if they want it to spread virally.