Exceive

Horatio at Dodecahedron pointed it out: we expect Muslims to denounce their terrorists, we should do the same.

It is slighly hard for me to do so, but only because it is so obvious and I am afraid that to expand on “this is just plain wrong” might dilute the message.

Eric Rudolph is a murderer, a terrorist. He does not serve Christ no matter what he thinks. Duh. Peace and justice are not served by murder.

There is nothing more for me to say.

Serious technology is not all that interesting lately. It gets the job done, same job as yesterday, maybe a little faster, maybe a little more reliable, maybe cheaper. More ways to tie yourself to work.

But some people are still exploring. Still having fun with it. Still making it interesting.

ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show

I didn’t realize the Log Cabin was so influential in the Republican party.

There is something wild and raw about illegal art produced under totalitarian rule. It is art somebody took risks for, not the hothouse-flower risks of exploring private emotions, real risks of fines, prison, torture or death.

This is not nice art that was encouraged, this is the art that happens no matter what those in power want. Power attacks this kind of art and fails and sometimes is defeated outright, sometimes only in spirit. It is like a flower that grows in a crack in a slab of concrete. Sometimes power can hold it back for a while or crush it for a while, but power always fails in the end. The art that can’t be stopped is the human spirit, and it always wins on some level. Always.

This was produced under Ceacescu.

SITO Artchive: ‘No dictotor can shut up the Moon…’ by Dan Iordache

The Internet is important because it provides new ways for people to communicate. Some, like email, fit pretty will into the linear model. But there are other communications that become possible.

This, for example. It simulates a big refridgerator with magnet letters on it that a whole bunch of people move around trying to make words. Unfortunately, the people playing on it tend to be crude and artless, but the possibility is there.