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bring the ruckus

Originally written 05.07.2002.

got my invitation to the ruckus society tech toolbox action camp. despite the gi-joe sounding name, the agenda seems pretty cool and features topics related to digital direct action including electronic organizing, independent media, secure collaboration, and tactical communications/electronic intelligence.

interview

Originally written 05.07.2002.

had an interview with george scriban regarding an internship at the eff for the summer. i’d be managing the backend and developing content for their anti-dmca blog. the interview went pretty well, though it was odd doing it over irc, and after talking to george, the position seems really cool. i would get to do some research, run my mouth off, and hack on the back end if i had the time. rad.

panic room

Originally written 05.07.2002.

go see panic room. it’s the best movie i’ve seen in ages. a great genre piece, the perfect thriller. plotwise, there’s not much more than what’s in the trailers, but the execution was perfect. directed by the same guy who did fight club, it uses some of the same visual effects with great success. furthermore, the acting, particularly that of jodie foster and forest whitaker was spot-on. as a whole, after watching the film, i was totally satisfied. nothing was superfluous, nothing fealt unfinished. the film created mood and context in moments where lesser pieces of the thriller genre would have plodded along clumsily. finally, the thing that makes the film really great is that it gains additional potency by playing on societal fears. in a world where we are reassesing our collective security, a movie about the erosion of security hits hard.

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kakistocracy

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wrote a big, long e-mail out to osu’s student body president last week in response to his broadcast e-mail condeming the “off-campus-disturbances” (drunken rioting and destruction of fellow students’ and community members’ property) where i cited some of the factors in sperber’s beer and circus. in the e-mail he explicitly elicited comments, so i thought i’d indulge him. got an e-mail back yesterday with the response “I agree with your comments, it is a huge problem.” glad to see that the student governement puts so much thought into adressing the concerns of the student body. bastards.

project – 05.07.2002

Originally written 05.07.2002.