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caseopaya and horngirl mentioned it (falls over)! For my part, I have fun installing Ultrascan today; the short post belittles the effort expended. And this is why some of us look like gold - some very naughty PC repair shops (hat-tip reddragdiva. Finally, in the "WTF?" department, Volomedia awarded the patent for podcasting.
Preparations are underway for the Indonesia journey starting next week. Arrive in Bali on Tuesday afternoon, will probably stay in Sanur then make our way to Ubud then across to eastern and central Java; Surabaya, Semerang and Yogyakarta before turning back. Very much wish to spend some time working on a anthropological comparison between Borobudur, Prambanan and animist worship of Merapi. I'd dearly love to visit Borneo and Sulawesi, but I rather suspect that will be difficult within the two-week window.
Two major social events to report on; one was the visit ofmr_figgy, all the way from the land of the red maple leaf. The other, equally red, was seeing Anitra Nelson's play Servant of the Revolution, which explored the rarely commented relationship between the Karl Marx, Helene Demuth and Frederich Engels. With a modest set and much of the performance based around the tension and debates between the latter two characters and the never-ending debate between the real and ideal.
caseopaya and horngirl mentioned it (falls over)! For my part, I have fun installing Ultrascan today; the short post belittles the effort expended. And this is why some of us look like gold - some very naughty PC repair shops (hat-tip reddragdiva. Finally, in the "WTF?" department, Volomedia awarded the patent for podcasting.Preparations are underway for the Indonesia journey starting next week. Arrive in Bali on Tuesday afternoon, will probably stay in Sanur then make our way to Ubud then across to eastern and central Java; Surabaya, Semerang and Yogyakarta before turning back. Very much wish to spend some time working on a anthropological comparison between Borobudur, Prambanan and animist worship of Merapi. I'd dearly love to visit Borneo and Sulawesi, but I rather suspect that will be difficult within the two-week window.
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mr_figgy, all the way from the land of the red maple leaf. The other, equally red, was seeing Anitra Nelson's play Servant of the Revolution, which explored the rarely commented relationship between the Karl Marx, Helene Demuth and Frederich Engels. With a modest set and much of the performance based around the tension and debates between the latter two characters and the never-ending debate between the real and ideal.![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2009-07-31 04:55 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-07-31 06:53 am (UTC)cheers and have fun!
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Date: 2009-07-31 07:16 am (UTC)The operating logic of terrorist organisations of this ilk is to create the feeling and psychology of a frontline war. By recognising the limits of their ability, their main power is disarmed.
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Date: 2009-07-31 12:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-31 10:45 pm (UTC)In a moment of optimism, our manager sent notification of the day to all staff... Didn't do anything of course.
It's a bizarre profession. Everyone ignores you've got everything working smoothly, and everyone wants a pound of your flesh if when they're not.