Cheers for the comments so far. The thing is I don't need a domain at the moment, and looking at some of the prices listed I could get 5 years of fastmail for the same as one year of webhosting. Thanks for the fastmail support, good to hear.
jccalhoun - that's it exactly, right now gmail is okay (privacy converns aside) but there's nothing to stop google changing how it works in the future, just as hotmail have done. At least if I pay for a service this is less likely to happen. Anything else apart from fastmail I should be considering?
Especially when they realise the only "alternative" DJ left on Radio 1 is the godawful Zane Lowe.
The fact that John Peel has died and the likes of Zane Lowe are still breathing shows there isn't any justice in the world.
A sometimes usful John Peel resource for legal Mp3's of tracks played on his show is Radio Plus although it's not updated that regularly.
Couldn't agree more, he was a huge influence on my musical taste as well. It was the thrill of never knowing what you were going to hear next on his radio show.
When I get home tonight I'm putting on my Festive Fifty tapes, followed by his Fabric Compilation.
That'll teach me for not searching the archives first, and I ended up steppin' on a monkeybashi fpp. Shizzle.
(In my defence I just went through the link on the NYT article, and was so amused by posts such as:
Silver Jews The Steve Malkmus post gots me thinking 'bout David Berman - songwriter, poet n' shit. 'n sometimes (or former) bandmate, know what I'm sayin'? Says Malkmus
of da SJ's 1998 release American Water
Rocket, from the top of your link:
the neutrality of this article is disputed
The talk page for the dispute gives an idea of greater complexities involved in the ideology of Islamism than you are prepared to give it:
Clearly the belief that Islam should be a governing system is one held by non-violent Muslims as well as violent ones, just as this is true of Christians and Marxists. Islamism, at is most basic form, is a claim about ends, violence is a choice of means.
You've got the timeline reversed, TGL - it is how people act that determines whether they are monsters, not the other way around. Like respect, monsterhood is earned, not randomly applied
I couldn't disagree with you more Fes, the hostage takers were not born 'monsters', they didn't just wake up one morning and decide to do this. The Chechen conflict is a vicious one with atrocities against civilians commited by both sides. (See thesepages from human rights watch which give some details of human rights abuses by Russian forces).
Atrocities by either side simply breed further atrocities, and dehumanising your enemy is simply a way of making it easier to commit atrocities against them.
But instead of it, they tried to invade Dagestan, another part of Russian Federation.
From this BBC report:
In August 1999, Chechen fighters crossed into the neighbouring Russian Republic of Dagestan to support a declaration by an Islamic body based there of an independent Islamic state in parts of Dagestan and Chechnya.
and from hereOn 7 August 1999, an estimated 1,200 armed men
We are hurtling ... into an information vacuum that spells death from our own ignorance
This Guardian story seems to make a case (to me at least) for understanding the causes of the Belsen crisis. Ruslan Ausev (who has previously stated he believes in a political solution in Chechnya) was able to negotiate the release of some hostages before events took the tragic turn they did.
Negotiations and political settlements require understanding. If people are regarded and treated as 'monsters' then we shouldn't be surprised if they begin to act that way.
Further thanks for the advice and to Ms. Huber (not sure of your handle) for the gmail invite.
Beeza, there's a lot of useful looking links in 'Everything you wanted to know about blogging but were afraid to ask' that I'll go through in the next few days and yeah, part of the reason is to do some writing and research type stuff, I'm not thinking 'journal', more a fanzine type approach. (I'm also going to attempt nanowrimo this year to see if I can hit a deadline - something I had problems with at uni - and help me decide whether to do an M.A.)
Argh's tips plan means I'll be able to retire on advertising revenue from the wedgeblog so I'm set for life, I'm surprised you're passing on gilt edged advice like that for free rather than keeping them for yourself. ;)
Wedge - does blogging kill kittens though?
Brainwidth - many thanks for the invite, and your useful comments, which were exactly the kind of thing I was hoping for.
fuyurgare - sorry about my excessive use of the b-word, but 'online journal' seems too restrictive and at least b**g gives an idea of the breadth of styles.
LiveJournal looks interesting, but I want to avoid spending money on this for the moment, and I don't know anyone with an Livejournal. Wordpress might be worth considering in the future.
Really the idea behind it was a way of introducing interesting links / content to a group of my friends/family who don't necessarily go looking for stuff on the internet but would be interested in certain sites, I don't anticipate a loyal audience and a book deal or anything.
I saw Tokyo Drifter many years ago on television and never entirely forgotten it. A sort of pop art yakuza film. I'd highly recommend it, and I'll be ordering that criterion DVD as soon as I can.
Thus I have little need to taunt you about the arid desert of your bone-dry groin, you hydrophobic oddball.
with the weather the way it is at the moment (pouring with rain and hot, or just hot) I can assure you there's nothing bone dry about my groin (or indeed the rest of me).
*perspires some more*
I thought you only got your account yesterday quidnunc, surely not enough time to develop an informed opinion on gmail.
I agree with scartol, I can't see what all the fuss is about (although maybe if you have an account the 'pants wetting' makes sense). From what I've read it just sounds like webmail with lots of storage.
Got to agree with Skrik that there's too much sci fi.
An author who I would definitely include is VictorPelevin.
I'm thinking of 'Babylon' in particular; the part where the main character is on hallucinogenic drugs actually made me feel queasy and off centre while, and indeed after, reading it.
The problem with 'fair use' is that the company holding the copyright might take you to court to prove 'fair use'. The costs of this will most likely discourage you from attempting to claim 'fair use'.
Go to this page and have a read of Lawrence Lessig's book 'Free Culture' (legal to download in case anyone was worried). Find out how corporations are doing their best to destroy the public domain (and the practice of 'fair use'), and indefinite copyright is unconstitutional, (and in a better world everything from at least the first half of the 20th century would be public domain by now).
Destroying the public domain is a morality issue, Mp3blogs are a minor legal issue. I see nothing immoral about them, especially after reading this book.
In fact the only problem I have with them is that they've actually made my spending on music increase (which I didn't think was possible).
Actaully flameproof, I'm in the uk, so that wouldn't be a problem. Prices look pretty good for web hosting as well. Will bear it in mind.
posted by the Gentleman Loser 19 years ago
Cheers for the comments so far. The thing is I don't need a domain at the moment, and looking at some of the prices listed I could get 5 years of fastmail for the same as one year of webhosting. Thanks for the fastmail support, good to hear. jccalhoun - that's it exactly, right now gmail is okay (privacy converns aside) but there's nothing to stop google changing how it works in the future, just as hotmail have done. At least if I pay for a service this is less likely to happen. Anything else apart from fastmail I should be considering?
posted by the Gentleman Loser 19 years ago
Hmmm, sorry didn't realise the 'title' text repeats in the test of the post.
posted by the Gentleman Loser 19 years ago
In "RIP John Peel"
Especially when they realise the only "alternative" DJ left on Radio 1 is the godawful Zane Lowe. The fact that John Peel has died and the likes of Zane Lowe are still breathing shows there isn't any justice in the world. A sometimes usful John Peel resource for legal Mp3's of tracks played on his show is Radio Plus although it's not updated that regularly.
posted by the Gentleman Loser 19 years ago
Couldn't agree more, he was a huge influence on my musical taste as well. It was the thrill of never knowing what you were going to hear next on his radio show. When I get home tonight I'm putting on my Festive Fifty tapes, followed by his Fabric Compilation.
posted by the Gentleman Loser 19 years ago
In "Curious, George: Psst - wanna Gmail?"
4 left here
posted by the Gentleman Loser 20 years ago
In "Strafe's guide to streetspeak"
That'll teach me for not searching the archives first, and I ended up steppin' on a monkeybashi fpp. Shizzle. (In my defence I just went through the link on the NYT article, and was so amused by posts such as: Silver Jews The Steve Malkmus post gots me thinking 'bout David Berman - songwriter, poet n' shit. 'n sometimes (or former) bandmate, know what I'm sayin'? Says Malkmus of da SJ's 1998 release American Water
posted by the Gentleman Loser 20 years ago
PF, did you mean it to go here?
posted by the Gentleman Loser 20 years ago
In "The Likudization of the world"
Rocket, from the top of your link: the neutrality of this article is disputed The talk page for the dispute gives an idea of greater complexities involved in the ideology of Islamism than you are prepared to give it: Clearly the belief that Islam should be a governing system is one held by non-violent Muslims as well as violent ones, just as this is true of Christians and Marxists. Islamism, at is most basic form, is a claim about ends, violence is a choice of means.
posted by the Gentleman Loser 20 years ago
You've got the timeline reversed, TGL - it is how people act that determines whether they are monsters, not the other way around. Like respect, monsterhood is earned, not randomly applied I couldn't disagree with you more Fes, the hostage takers were not born 'monsters', they didn't just wake up one morning and decide to do this. The Chechen conflict is a vicious one with atrocities against civilians commited by both sides. (See these pages from human rights watch which give some details of human rights abuses by Russian forces). Atrocities by either side simply breed further atrocities, and dehumanising your enemy is simply a way of making it easier to commit atrocities against them. But instead of it, they tried to invade Dagestan, another part of Russian Federation. From this BBC report: In August 1999, Chechen fighters crossed into the neighbouring Russian Republic of Dagestan to support a declaration by an Islamic body based there of an independent Islamic state in parts of Dagestan and Chechnya. and from here On 7 August 1999, an estimated 1,200 armed men
posted by the Gentleman Loser 20 years ago
We are hurtling ... into an information vacuum that spells death from our own ignorance This Guardian story seems to make a case (to me at least) for understanding the causes of the Belsen crisis. Ruslan Ausev (who has previously stated he believes in a political solution in Chechnya) was able to negotiate the release of some hostages before events took the tragic turn they did. Negotiations and political settlements require understanding. If people are regarded and treated as 'monsters' then we shouldn't be surprised if they begin to act that way.
posted by the Gentleman Loser 20 years ago
In ""
Further thanks for the advice and to Ms. Huber (not sure of your handle) for the gmail invite. Beeza, there's a lot of useful looking links in 'Everything you wanted to know about blogging but were afraid to ask' that I'll go through in the next few days and yeah, part of the reason is to do some writing and research type stuff, I'm not thinking 'journal', more a fanzine type approach. (I'm also going to attempt nanowrimo this year to see if I can hit a deadline - something I had problems with at uni - and help me decide whether to do an M.A.) Argh's tips plan means I'll be able to retire on advertising revenue from the wedgeblog so I'm set for life, I'm surprised you're passing on gilt edged advice like that for free rather than keeping them for yourself. ;) Wedge - does blogging kill kittens though?
posted by the Gentleman Loser 20 years ago
Brainwidth - many thanks for the invite, and your useful comments, which were exactly the kind of thing I was hoping for. fuyurgare - sorry about my excessive use of the b-word, but 'online journal' seems too restrictive and at least b**g gives an idea of the breadth of styles. LiveJournal looks interesting, but I want to avoid spending money on this for the moment, and I don't know anyone with an Livejournal. Wordpress might be worth considering in the future. Really the idea behind it was a way of introducing interesting links / content to a group of my friends/family who don't necessarily go looking for stuff on the internet but would be interested in certain sites, I don't anticipate a loyal audience and a book deal or anything.
posted by the Gentleman Loser 20 years ago
In "Japanese, Nihilistic, Genre-Pic Autuer"
I saw Tokyo Drifter many years ago on television and never entirely forgotten it. A sort of pop art yakuza film. I'd highly recommend it, and I'll be ordering that criterion DVD as soon as I can.
posted by the Gentleman Loser 20 years ago
In "The Spam Gourmet."
Thus I have little need to taunt you about the arid desert of your bone-dry groin, you hydrophobic oddball. with the weather the way it is at the moment (pouring with rain and hot, or just hot) I can assure you there's nothing bone dry about my groin (or indeed the rest of me). *perspires some more*
posted by the Gentleman Loser 20 years ago
I thought you only got your account yesterday quidnunc, surely not enough time to develop an informed opinion on gmail. I agree with scartol, I can't see what all the fuss is about (although maybe if you have an account the 'pants wetting' makes sense). From what I've read it just sounds like webmail with lots of storage.
posted by the Gentleman Loser 20 years ago
In "Indelicately titled "Books that will induce a mindf**k""
Got to agree with Skrik that there's too much sci fi. An author who I would definitely include is Victor Pelevin. I'm thinking of 'Babylon' in particular; the part where the main character is on hallucinogenic drugs actually made me feel queasy and off centre while, and indeed after, reading it.
posted by the Gentleman Loser 20 years ago
In "Free MP3's"
The problem with 'fair use' is that the company holding the copyright might take you to court to prove 'fair use'. The costs of this will most likely discourage you from attempting to claim 'fair use'.
posted by the Gentleman Loser 20 years ago
Go to this page and have a read of Lawrence Lessig's book 'Free Culture' (legal to download in case anyone was worried). Find out how corporations are doing their best to destroy the public domain (and the practice of 'fair use'), and indefinite copyright is unconstitutional, (and in a better world everything from at least the first half of the 20th century would be public domain by now). Destroying the public domain is a morality issue, Mp3blogs are a minor legal issue. I see nothing immoral about them, especially after reading this book. In fact the only problem I have with them is that they've actually made my spending on music increase (which I didn't think was possible).
posted by the Gentleman Loser 20 years ago
In "Links to new Gmail applications"
And I can see why. In a good way or bad way? (is it ever going to open, or are invites going to be the sole method of signing up?)
posted by the Gentleman Loser 20 years ago
(limited to the most recent 20 comments)