http://milkmiruku.com Things and stuff Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:56:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A message on behalf of Nightwatch; We are currently looking for Stewards and Torchbearers for the procession at Beltane... Stewards are the guardians and storytellers of the procession in Beltane. We help to keep the spectators away from the performers so that the performance can run smoothly. As the only performers allowed ... http://milkmiruku.com/?p=593 Hah, this is interesting. Not only has Labour come out in favour of mutualism, but the Tories have more recently announced their radicalism by supporting the idea of mutuals and co-ops in the public sector. The cynic in me says that both parties are doing it to shed responsibility, but the ... http://milkmiruku.com/?p=591 Saw this the other day with Fluffy and Mies. Enjoyed, although I usually like doing my own focus pulling in 3D contexts. Some links with spoilers, natch, follow. boingboing.net: What storytelling risks could Avatar have taken?, Pocohontar "All I have is the 114 page scriptment that Cameron wrote after Titanic, a scriptment known ... http://milkmiruku.com/?p=586 Around three weeks ago this story appeared on geek/gamer news sites; "Leaked Modern Warfare 2 Footage Shocks - Game play from the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which appears to cast players in the role of a terrorist, has caused a maelstrom on the Internet." I didn't bother looking into ... http://milkmiruku.com/?p=584 "Here's a 20-minute, must-see lecture on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement -- the secret copyright treaty currently being negotiated, which stands to fatally wound all user-generated content sites from mailing lists to YouTube; which stands to criminalize kids for noncommercial file-sharing; which stands to put your internet connection in jeopardy if ... http://milkmiruku.com/?p=582 After a few ciders during a viewing of the hour long 'A Universe From Nothing' by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009 on the curiosities of cosmology at a Richard Dawking Foundation event, I return to the the glorious creations of John Boswell (aka melodysheep on YouTube), who edited, vocoded and accompanied ... http://milkmiruku.com/?p=579 A few brief notes. Disclaimer: My views are not that of Beltane Fire Society, thank you! Google News search gives; Beltane good way to mark the coming of winter days Sacrificing clarity for an awful pun with the headline there. Some unfortunately incorrect statements which handily come in order of 'wut?'; "stilt-walkers dressed as ... http://milkmiruku.com/?p=569 ?? Dialogues: The Omega Workshop Saturday, 10 October 2009 at 18:00 - Sunday, 25 October 2009 at 17:00 Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Patriothall (Wasps), Hamilton Place This year?s Dialogues presents, new work by Emily Fogarty and Ewan Sinclair produced under the title ?Omega Workshop?. Appropriating the name from the Bloomsbury Group?s design enterprise, both ... http://milkmiruku.com/?p=567 For my reference and those interested; Why Your Antispam Idea Won't Work Why Your Saving Journalism Idea Won't Work Why Your Slashdot Comment Won't Work And an older USENET POSTING objection form letter. Anyone have any more? http://milkmiruku.com/?p=563 I can now forgive They Might Be Giants for their earlier misleading comments. http://milkmiruku.com/?p=560