Check out the lovely new cover for Pinoy Poetics. (Thanks Eileen!)
Author: Timothy Yu
So it seems the new Blogger interface just really doesn’t like Netscape. (Well, in fact, Blogger software in general doesn’t like Macs, which I don’t get.) Working in Internet Explorer is a little better. But part of what’s been so appealing about Blogger to me (and, I imagine, to a lot of people) is that it’s been relatively low-tech and…
My verdict: this new Blogger interface really stinks.
I’m surprised that in the coverage of prisoner abuse in Iraq I haven’t heard any discussion of the infamous Zimbardo prison experiment, in which students assigned to play the role of prison guards became so abusive and violent toward their “prisoners” that the experiment had to be aborted.
We’re flipping channels the other night and come across a news channel discussing abuse of Iraqi prisoners with the headline: “Who’s to Blame?” To me, the answer seems obvious: “Bush.” But Robin points out that while Bush might be responsible for all manner of things, maybe we can’t hold him directly responsible for the conditions inside one Iraqi prison. At…
Nor are poets excepted from the Chicago distinction of “retro” vs. “metro.” Q: You always seem so not Chicago, with this I mean you are not a beefy sports fan type how do you reconcile Chicago aesthetics with your work? A: People often think I’m from the east coast. I guess it’s because I’m in touch with my feminine side.…
Keep hearing “Hugh Jackman” as “Huge Ackmen.”
I got an email from Jason Chin, the “retrosexual” pictured on the second page of Sunday’s Trib story (not the trendy Asian guy pictured on the story’s first page). (Chin’s quoted as saying: “All of my friends dress like bums…We dress up when we need to, kind of like firemen around a firehouse waiting for the bell to go off…I…
Air America Radio seems to be off the air in Chicago for the time being. My first inkling that there was a problem came a couple of weeks ago when I flipped on the radio to 950 AM and heard what sounded like Cantonese talk radio coming out of the speaker. Apparently a financial dispute led the station’s owner to…
Cassie on waiting for the bus in Rochester.