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Thank you, Vatican.

June 1st, 2009 0 comment(s) 

During a brief bout of pointless browsing, going through random digg articles, reading useless comments and looking at pictures of cats, I came across this gem:

Apparently, back in November, the Vatican officially forgave John Lennon for his “We’re more popular than Jesus now” remark to a British newspaper back in 1966!

The thoughts that went through my mind:

1. thank you Vatican, it’s such a relief that the millions of Lennon fans can now go on living without the fear of going to hell for admiring a genius’ oeuvre.

2. Lennon himself is probably finally resting in peace.

3. “Imagine” vs. an invisible being: Guess which of the two never fails to give me goose bumps.

4. “Give peace a chance” vs. your pro-AIDS, anti-condoms attitude: guess which of the two makes me believe a little more in humanity.

Cheers.

The social dynamics of standing ovations at TED. We clap because you do. (June 1st, 2009, 0)
Numbers everyone interested in Scalability should know (June 1st, 2009, 0)
A very cool set of photos of people at work (via kottke.org) (June 1st, 2009, 0)
If I ever manage to finish my dissertation, I will definitely do my best to license it under Creative Commons. Danah Boyd did. (June 1st, 2009, 0)

Monday Madness

June 1st, 2009 0 comment(s) 

Strawberries and strawberry jam on the same plate is just as existentially confusing as chickens and eggs.


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