Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters 151 – Peace Masks and Mop Calligraphy
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:17 pm
Myong Hee Kim and the Peace Mask Project
On the last day of Podcamp, Ninja interviews Adam Silver and he shares his artistic and cultural passions with her as they walk to the Boston T (subway) stop. A former teacher and school principal, Adam retired and opened The Asian Cultural Center in Battleboro, Vermont which also is the home of the CX Silver Gallery.
Links:
Xi Cai and the Infinity Within Series
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Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters 150 – The Next Hot Social Networking Tool
Sunday, August 17, 2008 7:32 pm
Born in October 2007, released in alpha to the public only this summer, Seesmic is another social networking tool. It is unlike YouTube or podcasting in the sense that it interactive and considered by the creators and participants to be more intimate than any of twitter, facebook, or chat. With Seesmic, you can visually converse with your cyberfriends and colleagues. How is it different or the same from Webcam conversations or another new videoconferencing tool, OovOO? Well we’ll have to see what it has to offer in the coming months. In the meantime, I spent about forty-five minutes with Tiil, an artist and Seesmic zealot during Podcamp Boston in July to get his enthusiastic testimonial about Seesmic.
Wiki page for Seesmic: http://wiki.seesmic.com/Main_Page
Tiil’s website : http://www.tiil.us
Tiil’s hair cut : http://www.tiil.us/seesmic/hair-cut
Seesmic blog : http://seesmic.typepad.com/en/
Seemic owner’s blog : http://www.loiclemeur.com/
OOvOO : http://www.oovoo.org/
Famous Hollywood celebrities mentioned: Steven Speilberg, Harrison Ford. Famous New Media celebrities mentioned : Chris Brogan, Freida the retired art teacher who was involved in new media in the 80s. Other video messaging tools mentioned : OovOO. Famous Investors mentioned: Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis (who sold Skype to Ebay).
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Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters 149 – Big Rig Jigs at Burning Man
Saturday, August 9, 2008 9:57 pm
Join me for lunch with Michelle and Jeff during Podcamp Boston. They talk about why they love Burning Man so much. By the time you hear this, they may be on their way in their Airstream to enjoy this August desert festival.
Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWGx0PhDGlU – Crude Awakening at Burning Man
http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2007/08/crude-awakening.html
Big Rig Jig, a sculpture conceived and designed by Mike Ross, is built from two repurposed 18-wheeler tanker trucks.
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A Bus Full of Heros – Rest In Peace Tim McLean
Monday, August 4, 2008 1:46 pm
There seems to be a lot of criticism leveled against the passengers of the Greybound bus traveling en route from Brandon, Manitoba to Winnipeg last Wednesday night during which a man was brutally murdered and his body defiled. The criticism seems to be that they did not do enough; did not try hard enough to stop Li. I cannot imagine in my wildest dreams, or perhaps nightmares, how I would have reacted had I been one of the passengers. But I do know one thing: Garnet Caton, the bus driver, and the truck driver who stopped to help them, are heroes. Caton, it seems, acted according to what his instinct dictated in the moment. He and likely several others did what they could only do as a reaction – get off the bus and ensure the safety of all the remaining passengers, including themselves. Then once off the bus, and when the truck driver stopped to help them, a regrouping and reassessment seemed to have been done. Caton, the bus driver, and the truck driver reboarded the bus. By this time, Li was already in the process of decapitating the victim. What else could Caton’s party then do? It was too late for Tim, a horror beyond tragic. The three had to exit and ensure the safety of everyone else, until the RCMP arrived, by securing the door.
There is a tendency to compare this situation with other events where a more positive result may have occured, but even as one blogger says,
“…the way that people will behave in these situations is, well, situational. The choices that are possible depend on where you are and what is happening. There’s no overall story of civilization to be told here. In both cases, the victims and witnesses did the best they could in the circumstances in which they found themselves. They all acted remarkably bravely; but the differences in the situations permitted them a different set of split-second decisions. It’s really, I think, as simple as that.”
It would not surprise me if Caton is consumed with guilt that he could have done more and that his thoughts are filled right now with “What ifs” and “If onlys”. The circumstances and development of this situation, dictated the ethics assocated with this one: Do what can be done to ensure the safety of the rest.
There is not one of us, who, when imagining this event, can say for sure what we would have done in any of those passengers’ places.
Over the coming weeks, Caton may be inclined to share more of what he saw, heard, and did – if he can.
Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters 148 – Portland Pride, Politics and Perfume
Sunday, August 3, 2008 11:14 pm
Faneuil Hall Boston
Kentie unplugged in Boston. On the eve of Podcamp Boston, Kentie, Ninja and Special K have dinner and talk about almost everything.
Famous Restaurants Mentioned: Cheers. Famous Bookstores Mentioned: Powells. Politicians mentioned: Howard Dean, Mitt Romney, Hilary, Barak, Al Gore, John Kerry, George Bush. Issues mentioned: Gun Control, Gay Marriage, Universal Health Care, The disadvantages of home schooling, Freedom. Recreational Activities Mentioned: Opera. Hysterical Non-fiction: American Facists by Chris Hedges.
Songs Played : Family Guy * The Spirit of Massachussetts (Courtesy Episode 126 Mondo Diablo)
Podcasts listened to by Kentie:
· Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters
· NY Times Book Review Podcast
· Sha-Pink
· Strength Nation with Jason White
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