Save a Renaissance science fiction painting and church
Seen here, detail of an incredibly strange Renaissance painting inside the Church of San Pietro located in Montalcino, Italy. Painted by the artist Bonaventura Salimbeni (1567-1613), the artwork, titled “Glorification of the Eucharist,” looks like the cover of a science fiction novel. Indeed, it’s been nicknamed “Sputnik”...
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Tom Allen: Getting by with a little help from his friends
Since coming to the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Tom Allen, D-ME, has repeatedly voted against a constitutional amendment that would outlaw desecration of the United States’ flag.Now that he’s running for the United States Senate, he’s getting noticed for it. He should really check who are his friends on MySpace as we all do.
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NB: I think that a constitutional amendment on flag burning is a complete waste of legislative time and that it would probably not pass judicial scrutiny. However, the rest of the piece makes some valid points.
As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher’s Council hold a vote every week on what they consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around… per the Watcher’s instructions, I am submitting one of my own posts for consideration in the upcoming nominations process.
Here is the most recent winning council post, here is the most recent winning non-council post, here is the list of results for the latest vote, and here is the initial posting of all the nominees that were voted on.
Eight Financial Reasons You Should Use Mac OS
Now more than ever before, the Mac OS is the most cost effective operating system of all.
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Via: DK
No commentsElton John: The Internet is Killing Music
Not even bothering to mention what really is killing music in the UK - the “two in a bar rule” and the difficulty for live performers finding places to play – Elton John wades into an ill-concieved attack and suggests that “the Internet should be shut down for 5 years”
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Gee nice to see he is not greedy or anything. Elton probably has looked at his sales and realised that not as many people are buying the shite he peddles. Good to see a performer who has enjoyed such freedom is all aspects of his life want to deny people the choice of what music they want to listen to in their time. Its especially galling to read this sort of shite from the pampered poof that is Sir Elton.
1 commentIf It’s On The Internet, It Must Be True
Sensing a market opportunity, Net Nanny, makers of Net Nanny filtering software, announced this week it will introduce NetNarrow, an English-only product that automatically filters out content that appears to be international. Specifically, the software looks for world datelines and keywords indicative of irrelevant foreign stories, including “Shiite,” “post-Apartheid,” and “Bob Geldof.”Survey-taker Craig Barker of Brooklyn, New York, said he will be among the first to get NetNarrow. “On the Web, there are so many ways to get news from so many different places, I could really get some fresh insights into what’s going on in other countries if I wanted to,” he said.. “But I don’t want to.”
“You’d think these Internet people would know that,” Barker added. “I mean, that’s why the Internet is called America Online, right? It’s supposed to be about America.”
You have to wonder about the reading comprehension of people who read an article on a (now-defunct) site conspicuously named SatireWire.com and jump to conclusions. Hence, this explanation added to the piece:
Editor’s Note: It seems that after reading this entirely fictional story, some investors/customers of Net Nanny believed the company actually was going to produce NetNarrow software. As a result, Net Nanny asked SatireWire to please assure people that this is not the case. No, really.No comments
