Taken from one of my favourite films, Contact. Puts so much into perspective and is a fantastic introduction to a truley brilliant film.
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Feel Small? Think Again 30May08
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Computationalism 20May08
Now really is social networking o’clock so here’s one big update about all the stuff I’ve done online (anything to avoid work). Firstly this morning I decided to finally take a picture of the dishwasher note Michael wrote up and submit it to Passive Aggressive Notes, I doubt it’ll end up on the site since I’m sure hundreds are submitted daily but still, that kept me amused for about ten minutes.It’s rare that my geekdom will stretch out into the depths of Language but given the recent revision on Wittgenstein I’m finding more of an appreciation for some of the words that crop up in my course. With that in mind I stumbled across Computationalism which racks up a slightly unimpressive 24 points in scrabble. So I decided to sign up for a site I’d heard about a few weeks ago on Pop Siren called Wordie.
For those who don’t know Wordie is essentially a social networking site based around the love for language. Here you can comment on words and phrases as well as share words you feel describe you best, it’s a great idea. They bill themselves as flickr without the images which is a great comparison to draw as both have amazingly friendly communities.
You can check out my profile where I posted Computationalism which, if you’re wondering, refers to the view that the human mind is basically a processing system of information. It’s also more commonly referred to as the ‘Computational Theory of Mind’. It’s quite a bleak theory but definitely a kick ass word!
In more social networking news I added a new twitter widget on the blog which you can check out to the right. I experimented with a few but opted for the basic twitter for wordpress plugin and just stripped down the unneccessary information to just the latest message. University is going okay, getting through all of this work which is taking longer than anticipated thanks to the many clerical errors that have been occuring. It’s pretty terrible how slack the departments get during the summer term.
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Justice 13May08
This past weekend Maidstone played host to Radio 1’s Big Weekend, the world’s biggest free music festival. The moment I heard Chris Moyles announce the location I immediately knew, no matter what, that I would be going. Why? Because of Justice. Though they weren’t confirmed at the time a little hunch told me that they would be there, Annie Mac and Zane Lowe’s championship of them on their shows just said a little too much.So I was lucky enough to get hold of tickets legitimately, avoiding ebay and the ridiculous prices of £400+ per ticket, an issue I’ll avoid for the time being as I don’t want to make yet another irate blog about evil ticket touts. What I will say though is that of all the gigs I have been to, the various Muse gigs, Less Than Jake, Radiohead, etc. Justice blew me away. So much so that I would say it was the best gig of my life.
Just half hour is all we go from the French duo, unfortunately they didn’t play their second set on the outdoor stage due to some controversy in France regarding their new video for Stress (again something which I’ll avoid for now) which was hugely disappointing, but I’ve still come away more in love with the band than ever before and raring to go and see them again at the nearest opportunity. I mean it was sheer genius on stage switching between a live and DJ set and yet appearing so at ease with the concept. I’m still on a high from the experience and it will take a pretty epic gig to eclipse this one. Perhaps a full set next time?