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This Land is Mine by Nina Paley & More

by Pier Marton | Dec 30, 2012 | History, Humor, Jewish, Middle-East, Software, Wars, Women

by her… All Creative Work is Derivative Sita Sings the Blues (based on The Ramayana) EFF Celebrates 20th Anniversary Credit is Due (The Attribution Song) Nina Paley’s website The Electronic Frontier Foundation Question Copyright Click to email a link to a friend...

One Free Month of Skype Premium with Unlimited Worldwide Calling

by Pier Marton | Dec 16, 2012 | Deals, Software, Travel

There’s no cutoff date to grab the promotion but the fine print says that the offer is available “while supplies last” (whatever that means) and you have to login within the first 27 days of activating the promotion. Skype Premium is normally $9.99 a month. It allows...

Apple’s 2012 List of Best iOS Apps

by Pier Marton | Dec 15, 2012 | iOS, Software

HERE are the apps. Explore: (for iPhone) PaperKarma, Fuzel, Languages, iTranslate, Chefs Feed… (for iPad) Paper by FiftyThree, The Room, Creatures of Light, DocuSign Ink… Not my most used nor valued apps at this point – that list may make it some day if/when I find...

Tip: Machine Speak Up!

by Pier Marton | Dec 11, 2012 | iOS, Software, Sound

This is not about Siri nor about HAL, etc… Do you want to have your computer read you a text or a webpage? Not completely automated but getting closer: In OS X, open a text item (Safari & Chrome work, not Firefox) and select/highlight it. Then “Control Click” that...

Saving iWork/Pages/Keynote to iCloud

by Pier Marton | Aug 19, 2012 | iOS, Software

MacMost Video Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

ALL TALK

by Pier Marton | Apr 26, 2012 | Future Tech, Ideas, Media, Politics, Software, Spectacle, Tech, Theater, Video, Women

The Human Voice, as Game Changer by Natasha Singer in the New York Times Technology section (with Sherry Turkle giving her perspective). Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare...

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BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus