Browsing, disorder and ordered chaos

Cory Doctorow over on BoingBoing has this link to Dave Weinberger’s new book, Everything is Miscellaneous. This book intrigues me in its chaos thesis of the web and how our lives are being re-ordered by the new atoms - bits. It also fits in with my interest in Neal Stephenson and the conversations that Daniel Waterhouse has [...]

Red Riding Hood kicks out - Call Me When You’re Sober video by Evanscence discussed as fairy tale

“Call Me When You’re Sober” Video Shoot
(Photo: Karl Larsen)

Links to video on Evanescence site

A while ago, when I first got digital, I caught one of the many MTV channels and saw the video for Evanescence’s Call Me When You’re Sober which came off the Open Door cd which was on at around [...]

Zen quests in Space - The Fountain on DVD

I’ve been waiting to watch The Fountain on DVD as it is one of those films that deserves watching again and again.
Once again, Darren Aronofsky has delivered an extremely thoughful film which is so elegant in its simplicity yet complex underneath. I’m not entirely sure how one approaches it: is it quest fantasy? [...]