Friday, 3 September, 2004

Content propagation In the interest of the fullness of truth I ought to mention that my friend Robert was able to demonstrate that you can look the aphex twins up in the (online) encyclopeadia Britannica. It was worth it; though, to see the aghast look on his face when I pointed out the "edit this page" tab at the top of all Wikipedia articles, which he had never noticed before. It's all true any sod can wander in out of the gutter and add or edit content in Wikipedia, Well, once they register and read the FAQ. For a moment the fire of faith that lights the internet flickered and near went out. Speaking of fires I've been writing very slow the past couple of weeks. I believe there may be soot building up inside my head again. And yet from the single and rather small candle I keep going in there too. You wouldn't think, but... When news cycles pick up and events crowd in on each other I tend to think slower. There were many times in college what with five classes all talking about different things when I would cease to think all together. For weeks, even months at a time. I try to keep things simple now, but newspapers are like candy, the internet like extra fizzy RC cola. There are still times when I find I can walk faster than my thoughts and so leave them behind before they are caught by words and fall to the ground, like so many acorns. 11:52:56 PM    comment [];trackback [];

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