Forgot to mention what triggered the previous post. I rowed a PB on the ergo today of 6m 35s for 2km (drag setting 10). Previous PB was 6:38. If you didn’t know, indoor rowing (as it is called) is a competitive sport, and my time would’ve got me into the Australian rankings (66). lol… What […]
Monthly Archives: October 2006
Powered By Daydreams
The title of this post is inspired by those stickers on the side of race cars (and nowadays computers) that say things like “Powered by Ford” (or “Powered by Intel”) or something. It derives from a phenomenon I have noticed when at the gym. Sinthome notes a similar phenomenon in his post on visceral reactions. […]
Media Events Conference!
Ien Ang just circulated a CFP for this conference on the CCR email list! Wow, should I be happy about this or sad? lol! Really if I want to do research on media events then I can’t really miss this conference can I? CRAP! From the complete CFP found on the conference website: In addition, […]
GITS: SAC Solid State Society
As I have noted previously, Ghost in the Shell is my favourite anime and gradually becoming my favourite pop-culture text of all time. The a third film has just been broadcast on Japanese television: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Solid State Society. The whole thing is available on youtube if you look, although […]
Event Resource
I just posted a longer version of this to the Event, Badiou email list, suggesting that it would be advantageous to develop a working bibliography of literature on the ‘event’. It would be a functional tool. The idea was floated a while ago, when the list changed from spoons Lyotard list, but I think it […]