March 2009
14 posts
3 tags
“We do not live in an economy, we live in a Ponzi scheme.”
– Let it Die: Douglas Rushkoff on the economy.
Roger Ebert: How to read a movie →
Famous american film critic Roger Ebert writes about his experiences in learning to ‘read’ a movie. Some (in Europe mainly) might mistake Ebert for a populist critic, but here’s a guy who actually enjoys going to the movies, not bothering himself with the ‘cultural supermacist’ stances dear to the kind of film critics that zero-star Slumdog Millionaire just because...
Zine Library →
I used to think fanzines were the apex of cool. Then the weblog killed the fanzine - and Web 2.0 killed the weblog.
Some people still publish zines, though. And you can download PDFs.
Short of the Week →
Some interesting short films here.
February 2009
19 posts
“Ilunga means “a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first...”
– It appears this Tshiluba Congolose word is the world’s hardest to translate. I can definitely relate to the meaning, so I find it a bit surprising no other language has a word for this. 