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amypalko is a 31 year old woman from Stirling, Scotland, UK
Hi Everyone! My name is Amy and I'm a 29 year old, married mother of three, who is in the final year of a phd researching the work of Stephen King. In fact, it's amazing that I have any time at all to surf the net!
Rated • 1 review • internet, technology, philosophy, society, media • hyperorg.com
Long article from David Weinberger on web interaction & consciousness. From the page: "The Web hasn't been hyped enough. It is changing our culture's basic concepts, our metaphysics"
Rated • 1 review • internet, philosophy, society, wikipedia, web, science • harvard.edu
Berkman Center fellow, author, and blogger David Weinberger hosts a discussion about "The Authority of Wikipedia" as part of his occasional Web of Ideas series. From David, "An article gains authority just by appearing in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Does it gain authority just by being in Wikipedia? What (if anything) makes a Wikipedia article worthy of belief? How are the sources, criteria and locus of authority changing in the age of the Web?"
Rated • 1 review • culture, history, philosophy, anatomy, medicine • bbc.co.uk
From the page: "Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is looking at how bodies have been imagined and transformed both culturally and medically. " An audio slideshow on how the human body has been interpreted over the years.
Rated • 1 review • drawing, art, creativity, inspiration, interview • gapingvoid.com
From the page: "Hazel Dooney is a young and VERY successful Australian Artist. From the blurb on her website:
In December, 2007, Hazel Dooney was the only female artist under 30 with works included in the prestigious auction, Modern and Contemporary Australian Art, held at Christie's in London. In what was a record-setting sale, with major works by Brett Whitely, Arthur Streeton, Frederick McCubbin, Sydney Nolan, Arthur Boyd, Fred Williams and Tracey Moffat, two modest early works by Dooney fetched over $AU23,000 each.
You get the idea. We follow each other on Twitter, we exchange the occasional email. I'm a big fan. There are A LOT of artists online, but very few as smart, interesting, talented, successful or as driven as Hazel, so I thought a "Ten Questions" session would be in order. She kindly agreed to answer."
Rated • 1 review • religion, society, prayer • bbc.co.uk
What a wonderfully written piece about one boy's experience of prayer and what lay behind Eve's fig leaf. Brilliant!
Rated • 1 review • writing, creativity, life, inspirational • confidentwriting.com
The transposition of a life lived in contemporary times to the fairy tale world of Once Upon A Time. Not only beautifully written and extremely poignant, but also shares links to a great many wonderful blogs in an imaginative, thought-filled way. I don't expect to read a post that has affected me quite as much as this one has in a very long time.
Rated • 1 review • self improvement, life, personal, inspiration • lifehack.org
Powerful article about the creation of subjective realities through the stories we tell ourselves.
Rated • 1 review • self improvement, life, career, inspiration, passion • jonathanfields.com
From the page: "There's been a lot of focus on follower counts, friend counts, subscriber counts, viewer counts and readers as of late. And, those are important metrics the from the standpoint of expanding your impact on the world and potentially, your income.
But, sometimes I wonder if we're spending too much time on the wrong metric"
Rated • 1 review • literature, poetry, art, creativity, inspiration • readthismagazine.co.uk
From the page: "What is a zine anyway, I hear you cry? Well, the word zine was created as a short, slang term for a fanzine, but quickly became the term that covers any very small, independent magazine. According to Wikipedia,the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier in practice the significant majority are produced in editions of less than 100, and profit is not the primary intent of publication. Right, so why, as a poet, should you buy these things?! "
Rated • 2 reviews • art history, culture, history, arts, pre raphelite • bbc.co.uk
Fabulous resource for learning more about Pre-Raphelite art - Includes commentary for each work by the Tate Pre-Raphelite curator. Well worth a listen and an explore!
