Alexey Titarenko: a crowd of ghosts - Russian photographer Alexey Titarenko's work uses long-exposure to create a haunting mood, reflecting Russia from after the fall of Communism to present; a time of change. 'People blur into grey shadow figures in a ghost-like crowd, with perhaps a solitary hand or shoe standing still in time.' Seen @ gmtPlus9 more inside

BlogShares is a fantasy stock market for weblogs. Players get to invest a fictional $500, and blogs are valued by inbound links. Little weird. A certain filter of our mutual acquaintence is valued at $46.83 per share; and the current top blog is PersianBlog, valued at $29,329.62 per share (and there's 1051000 of them). In other words, more inside

ACLU + Rock ....+ avante garde composers, playwrites, foksingers, rappers, and token liberal actors.... Paul Simon, Lou Reed, Phillip Glass, Mos Def, Robin Williams, Sean Penn, Tony Kushner, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Edie Brickell, Lila Downs, Me'shell Ndegocello, Sarah Jones, and Nanci Griffith are assembling in New York City for the ACLU.

Kill Bill V. I in Ascii
"We could not have a fight instead of having one." Spoilers!

Biologists as Victims of Communism. An interesting piece about T.D. Lysenko.

News Limited and Political Power There's an election going on, and it's not his or his. But could it belong to this bloke? Disclaimer: found here more inside

Curious George: Allofmp3.com - Is this legal and/or ethical where you live? more inside

Curious George: Where does the deficit come from? I see that the U.S. has a $3.9 trillion debt, and in 2003 had the highest deficit in recorded history ($375 billion). What keeps Bush/Congress from, say, creating a $425 quadrillion defense budget? Can we theoretically just keep racking up a debt that goes on forever? And how does this affect the average Joe Sixpack?

We're all just diamonds in the rough. And for a "reasonable" fee, you can make it come true. Don't like people? That's okay, they'll handle pets too. (via memepool)

M. You : Actor. Now starring in "The Fickle Fingers of Fame, Fate and Automated Term Recognition Software." more inside

Habits and Will, by John Dewey.

Happy Labor Day, ya'll! more inside

The Wooster Collective: A Celebration of Street Art. Warning: may cause your visual cortex to implode with joy.

You know you want one

Build a time machine ."Scientists tell us it's technically possible. Here's a how-to guide for the ambitious tinkerer." I'd like to dedicate this post to Dreadnought (who in no way resembles Sylvester McCoy, I should stress - more Peter Davison). more inside

October is next month right?

Tout Puissant Konono N These are musicians who left the bush to settle in the capital and who, in order to go on keep fulfilling their social role and make themselves heard by the ancestors (and, more concretely, by their fellow citizens) despite the high level of urban noise, have had to resort to DIY amplification of their instruments, and to megaphones (conical speakers). This makeshift electrification has provoked a radical mutation of their sound, as it has introduced distorsions which they have integrated to their style. (Quicktime Link included)

Maps of the Muslim World. Linkage from Milad's new blog focussing on Politics, Language and Cultures of the Arab World.

Examples of Engrish from Japan and around the world Bizzare product names, Indecipherable instructions, weird signs and lots of related items from well meaning would-be foreign born english language experts. Personally I would gladly use a toilet paper called Sit and Smile

Infocom Text Adventures Online
'Murrican Monkeys got Monday off. Waste your time with these classics. Leather Goddesses of Phobos, ya'll!