2005-10-27
Moonshiner's TurnSurprisingly, evasive driving techniques are not at all well covered by the all-knowing Internet. Books about them definitely are well covered, but actual electronic resources are rare. There is this e-text though. Hairpin turns, running off of roads, ramming, and modifications. Worth perusing.
06:23
2005-10-25
Moved to TearsI do not cry often. My soul will take all manner of abuse, disappointment, or shame without spilling over. Deeply, achingly beautiful art, though it is the finest thing I know, yields very little in the way of a visible response. Even the combined refinement and passion of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech, though it calls forth the greatest admiration I have, did not break me down. But for some reason, tonight, Jimi Hendrix's "The Star Spangled Banner" brought tears to my eyes.
03:34
2005-10-24
Fear and Loathing in Wikipedia-LandMichael White elucidates a lot of my concerns about Wikipedia: junk contributions, idiocy and illiteracy, webwide cloning, and lots and lots of plagiarism. I love Wikipedia because it's like hanging with the nerd crowd in high school: Wide-ranging information, freewheeling discussion. Unfortunately, it's still like being in high school: Minimal citations, marginal literacy, frequent eruptions of posers and thugs, and rotten food. Er, I mean prose style. Rotten prose style.
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