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Someone at AP didn't do their research. Consider: Atlanta rappers take crunk to the pulpit "We represent harder than any other person," he said. "We are born-again, sanctified, delivered in Jesus' name. Some people have a problem with the way...

This morning, I picked up Jeremy, my erstwhile assistant who had been backpacking around Delhi for the last 2 weeks, at Shinjuku station. As soon as we boarded the Yamanote train, heading for our connection at Shibuya, a Berlitz commercial...

Over on flickr, the context remixer for photos.. As a set. On a map. (or rather, the actual set/map cross-context mix view ;) In a calendar....

I've got some catching up to do here (no guarantees I will though) but this is just to say: I'm in Tokyo, at the JoiLab. Amen. Delhi Bangalore Singapore Bangkok I've seen a lot I need to process. It was...

From The Hindu, December 20th, 2006: "Soft drinks banned within premises of educational institutions, hostels" The State Government has issued a fresh ban against the sale and distribution of all soft drinks, including Coca-Cola and Pepsi, within the premises of...

As I write this, back where I come from it is Tuesday 6:21am. Exactly 7 days ago at this moment I was waking up to start this trip. Now I am some 6 kilometers above rural southern India, on my...

I am running to the airport for a flight to Bangalore. Will write a post on the flight and post it later tonight. Hang tight. In the meantime: my flickr stream and my two sets, one and two....

Arrived at Narita, staying overnigth at "SkyPort Hotel". Slept most of the flight, thanks to sleeping pill and winning the seat lottery and scoring a full 4 seat row to myself. Yes, I was THAT bastard this time. ;) Tomorrow...

Leaving now. Fingers crossed. I leave with my post-conference, in-India plans a total shambles....

twit (twĭt) tr.v., twit·ted, twit·ting, twits. To taunt, ridicule, or tease, especially for embarrassing mistakes or faults. See synonyms at ridicule. n. The act or an instance of twitting. A reproach, gibe, or taunt.Slang. A foolishly annoying person. twitter twit'ter...

Forgot, way back when, to point out one of the nice and playful linguistic corollaries in the whole Web 2.0 / Esclavage 2.0 (Slavery 2.0) metaphor rant. In french, the master of a domain (DNS?), the guy who essentially and...

Calling my mobile carrier just now to modify my services brought to the forefront some interesting considerations. My main purpose was to disable call messaging (voice mail): I haven't checked my voice mailbox, I am not exaggerating, in a year....