Archive for December, 2005

Desires and differences

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

Expectations Out of Sync: “Wandering around UB and chance up [sic] disciples playing football in a temple complex. They invite me into the warmth for a reason - to mine the memory of my phone of all its value. Half a dozen files transferred from my device - particularly interested in obtaining photos of women […]

Urban play

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

“The Project for Urban Intimacy offers projects that transgress and counter the rationality and efficiency that infect our cities. Many of these projects seek to alter your daily encounters: moving them past the brief, efficient, and cordial towards the poetic, delayed, or absurd.”
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Mongolian telephones

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

Check out this phone kiosk in Ulan Bataar :

I think the animal cover and ciggies are nice touches, and are those “American” candies?
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Reality is a matter of perspective

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

no, too self moblog: “Found in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham - an alternate plane of reality that only aligns with ours from one particular coordinate.”

Postdoc on the Praries

Saturday, December 10th, 2005

Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowships at University of AlbertaQualified candidates who do not currently hold a postdoc or faculty position are encouraged to apply before Dec. 16 2005 to the Department of Sociology in any of the Department’s three areas of strength: Theory/Culture, Criminology and Social Structure/Policy. The University is a major […]

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