Notes From The Edge of the Universe
January 2011
“Expect the worst and you won’t be disappointed.”
—
Helen Macinnes (via carondelet)
my mantra
“If two speeches and a social-media site was all we needed to spread democracy, why did we invade Iraq? Why didn’t we just, I don’t know, poke them?”
— Jon Stewart, host of “The Daily Show,” wades into the debate about what some people see as undue credit being given to Twitter, Facebook and social media amid the uprisings in the Middle East. (See Technology as tools: on Twitter and Tunisia…) Nobody seems to know exactly who coined the term “Twitter revolution” but people are just outraged over it. From a popularly circulated — retweeted, of course — blog post by Ulises A. Mejias, an assistant professor at the State University of New York, College at Oswego, titled “The Twitter Revolution Must Die”: “What we call things, the names we use to identify them, has incredible symbolic power, and I, for one, refuse to associate corporate brands with struggles for human dignity.” Clay Shirky and Malcolm Gladwell disagree about whether social media makes protests possible. Matthew Ingram at GigaOm writes: “In the end, it’s not about Twitter or Facebook: it’s about the power of real-time networked communication.” Meanwhile, the BBC today talks about how dial-up modems, fax machines and ham radio are playing a role in communications in Egypt after the government ordered an Internet shutdown. Cookies for everyone! (via carondelet)
“The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”
—George Carlin (via quote-book)
Preoccupational Hazard
and now i can’t disguise
the writing on your eyes
it’s not from something that i took
it’s just another page in the book
how can you not see?
it’s just too easy
it takes some effort you will find
to try and remain blind
i like to think it’s because it mattered
but i think it’s just a preoccupational hazard
keep it in the box
no matter how long, the truth still talks
wear it on my chest
the unknown motivation i’ve come to detest
how can you not see?
it’s just too easy
it takes some effort you will find
to try and remain blind
i like to think it’s because it mattered
but i think it’s just a preoccupational hazard
if you don’t have your mind you still have a machine
something to tell you the walls were green
and yea you know you’ll end up feeling sore
when you wrap your hands in love and war
“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost.” —J.R.R. Tolkien (via quote-book)
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost.” —J.R.R. Tolkien (via quote-book)
“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.”
—Lewis Carroll (via quote-book)
yess we must chill soon!
yay!!!!!
not too much! just with sarah playing guitar while she posts degrading things all over my tumblr!
haha nice! i wanna chill too!
Don't Speak
No Doubt
No Doubt - Don’t Speak
Just letting you know I love that you reblog/like all my beatles & zooey posts (: haha twins.
yes! haha! great minds think alike! we rock!
“There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.”
—Oscar Levant (via quote-book)
Oh my god we drunk called you, don't tell anyone stupid things I probably said to you!
im glad you called!!! i wasnt exactly sober either so its cool! call me again some time!
