Month: August 2004
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Fuck The Planet
One reason why I really like Eminem is his poetic way of telling the world to fuckoff. I am also amused because I am trying to imagine some angered peoples reaction: « What?! He dared speaking like that? »
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Eminem and Dr Dre denied dinner at Orlando restaurant
World Entertainment News Network Posted August 20 2004 Hip-hop superstar Eminem was reportedly denied dinner at a Florida restaurant, because he was “rude and obnoxious”:
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Lingerie blog
A women’s knickers blog. RTE’s Gerry Ryan would have a field day.
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Georgia starts S Ossetia pullout
Georgia has begun withdrawing troops from the conflict zone in South Ossetia a day after it claimed to have captured key strategic positions in the area. It is handing over control to a joint peacekeeping force composed of Russian, Ossetian and Georgian soldiers. Events move fast.
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Post September 11th 2001 Journalism
An Oasis points to an interesting piece of media analysis. I also came across this good media weblog today.
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How good are Ireland's schools?
Dick O’Brien and William Sjostrom have been duking it out on the free vs fee debate in regard to Ireland’s schools. Is William not relying on an entirely anecdotal example? I am not sure that one story such as that would put me off public schools, well in fact it wouldn’t. I went through the…
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Global warming to devastate Europe first
According to a new study: European winters will disappear by 2080 and extreme weather will become more common unless global warming across the continent is slowed, warns a major new report. Europe is warming more quickly than the rest of the world with potentially devastating consequences, including more frequent heatwaves, flooding, rising sea levels and…
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How 'bout some editing?
Over at Irish Eagle some bad fact checking is reported, in the Independent no less. Conor Cruise O’Brien noted: The present Governor of California George Kazantsakis, was elected in 2002 with the active support of President Bush, who campaigned for him in the State, and toured the State with the new Governor immediately after his…
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Grokster Wins in Appeals Court
An important decision has been reached. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that Grokster (along with other vendors of decentralized P2P systems) is not liable for the copyright infringement of its users. Today’s decision upholds a lower court decision, which had been appealed by a group of music and movie companies. The Court…
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Language may shape human thought
New Scientist reporting a curious study: Hunter-gatherers from the Pirahã tribe, whose language only contains words for the numbers one and two, were unable to reliably tell the difference between four objects placed in a row and five in the same configuration, revealed the study. Experts agree that the startling result provides the strongest support…