I’ve stumbled upon some fascinating stuff about the original barbelites via a mention in Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum: “Barbelite texts like “On the Origin of the World” and “Hypostasis of the Archons” presented the “Tree of Knowledge” in a positive light as a mechanism for human liberation via free inquiry, curiousity and questioning.” [more].
I really love this kind of stuff. Stuff like Yahoo!’s Buzz section, stuff that let’s you know what is going on around the internet – what people are interested in, what people are searching for. Today’s exciting addition to the team is the Google Press Center’s Zeitgeist page. If you know of any more sites like this, please let me know. I find them fascinating.
Most interesting news of the day on said site? Abercrombie and Fitch is one of the most rapidly declining search terms of recent weeks. I wonder why… And more people search Google in German than any other language except English. That’s more than Spanish, French, Chinese or Japanese…
Mark‘s new hobby – signing onto AIM, saying hi and then ignoring everyone for hours while he stares at the ceiling. Plus he smells kind of rank.
I’m not linking to this. You didn’t see me link to it. Ok? It’s like a secret or something. Don’t link to it either: Michael.
The website for people who went to my school is an absolute piece of crap. More importantly it just doesn’t work on a Mac… I give you: Old Norvicensians’ Club.
Last night’s tremendous thunderstorm really feels like it has cleaned out the air. Everything this morning is much fresher and more pleasant. I would, however, like some sun back if at all possible. This doesn’t stop me, however, feeling exhausted by the amount of stuff that I have had to get through this week. I’ve had interviews, meetings, mock-ups to build, reviews to write, and I still have two substantial things that must be done before I go up to Norfolk this afternoon to help my family buy my brother a computer.
Disappointed much? “Channel 4 has pulled a one-off special of its highly controversial Brass Eye series which is believed to have centred on the media’s treatment of paedophiles.”
It is, as they say, enough to make you spit: BBC News.