What seems to be absurdity and is not, is better than the ignorance of the man who thinks it is absurd.
- The Way of the Sufi, p.78
It’s that time again. Let’s kick off this Tuesday Afternoon with the most fucked up news story I’ve read in months:
A 73-year-old Austrian man has confessed to imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children, police have said.
There’s a rumor floating around, that the North American Union might soon get a new name:
according to the NewsWithViews.com source within the CSIS, officials at the Fraser Institute proposed the name “North American Union,” or NAU, be discarded and replaced with “North American Standards and Regulatory Area,” or NASRA.
Even more headlines:
Speaking of Alternate Reality Games:
Here’s the music video for the song:
Speaking of music, this SaaS caught my eye:
As did these headlines:
Back to Pop culture in general… Alterati style:
Economic shut-down’s effects on Gen-Y = oh noes, won’t be able to buy pants that boast a built-in bluetooth enabled keyboard.
Speaking about mobile devices, according to mig33:
“The next wave of Internet growth is mobile. The number of mobile devices worldwide has exceeded three billion, and the next billion subscribers will have their first Internet experience using a mobile phone.”
Honestly I have doubts about reporting where web applications themselves serve as the source of a quote in an article… perhaps Mig33 is a sentient brand?
Social Networking is getting an insane amount of buzz these days:
Speaking of game spaces, Shira Chess has started a new Alterati column on gaming.
Michael Szul looks at Marketing ‘Green’ over at Key64.Net, and also at Key64.Net is James Curcio’s latest focus, several chapters from The Immanence of Myth.
And the book The Pirate’s Dilemma hits the torrents… incidentally, I reviewed The Pirate’s Dilemma when it first came out, but had nothing to do with putting up that torrent.
If you’re looking for a more generic review, don’t miss Lurky McLurkLurk’s review of a book.
That’s it for this Tuesday Afternoon, if you haven’t done so yet and you’re a GSpot listener, feel free to fill out our survey about the podcast.
Look for the bulletin at myspace.com/alterati next week!
PS: Check out the book Edward Wilson and I co-authored, The Art of Memetics, and let us know what you think. I’ve put together a hardback edition while we’re waiting on the first edition’s release. This is more expensive than the edition offered elsewhere, because it costs more to make, but I suspect the hardback is going to hold up nicely. I haven’t even gotten my edition yet though, so keep that in mind, I’m purely basing my assumption about how the book looks on faith. Here’s the link. — If you order one, I’d love to know how long it takes for you to receive a copy.
