Month: February 2014
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Book review: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles My rating: 3 of 5 stars Think thirties – with the linger touch of the roaring twenties -, think mystery, think romance, think New York in grey with the Empire State building looming in the background, think high life, think jazz, think autumn in New York, think smoky bar […]
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Book review: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller My rating: 2 of 5 stars Some weeks ago I found that I sleep better when I read something, but I did not have any books of my own anymore. I used to have a collection of mostly science-fiction and fantasy books, a size able part of which was handed down […]
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Traces of Second Life: MBK( Masterbastler Kreise.)
After I had visited the exhibition of Instincta van Helsinki at the MBK gallery, I wandered out of the gallery on to the nearby sim. I had expected it to be just one sim with perhaps a few shops, maybe a dancing perhaps another gallery or some houses. A general sim from sl. Instead I […]
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Art by Second Life: Instincta van Helsinki
Seems that of late I visit art places. Since I eventually meet other artists, they give me links to their art. I am not sure where this heading, but I sort of like to fiddle around with pictures so I use those visits as a bit of an excuse to do exactly that. At first […]
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When gravity becomes beautiful
In reply to: Towards more aesthetic forms of cryptography by B. Skoric Whenever one wades into the stream of a discussion surrounding an article one is called upon to add value to the premise that caused said article into existence. If not, a wise man would say; silence is golden.This seems to point to the observation […]
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Chronicles of another world: the poledancer
She was like that.. Her art was not in the way she snaked her body around the pole. Those movements were animations made by others and then automated through scripts. It cost her no effort at all. Her art was picking – or getting picked by – the right companion, the subsequent conversation and the possible […]
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Henry and Kristl spaced out on The Road(2009)
“Bleak, bleaker, bleakest. Is there a word that would top bleakest?” “Sunshine,” Henry said. “Sunshine?” Kristl’s jaw dropped and she gave Henry a look of incredulity. “Yes. It certainly would top bleakest.” “I am somehow missing…” “After the rain comes sunshine. Every dark cloud has silver lining. Come winter, come summer. So despair will inevitably […]
Merit Coba 
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