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Here's a new book of photographs of Nebraska. "...this book captures all that is Nebraska-the people, places and events that make this state our home." I think this is a limited printing by a publisher in Lincoln.

I'm moving this site over to a new server. Things could get wacky around here. send email here.

Speaking of desensitization and movies, I saw American Beauty this weekend. It's a thought provoking film. I highly recommend it.

I agree with Meg's view of heartless language in journalism to describe violent events. ("...blew her away.") I think it's a shortcut for lazy journalists, and a way for them to distance themselves (and their readers) from the horror.

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Today's M*P*III: Even Better Than The Real Thing by U2.

A quick search for "simulacra coca-cola" on google turned up this paper and several others. I think the real meaning of their slogan lies within.

Suddenly I believe Coca-Cola to be a mass illusion. The real soft drink is Mountain Dew. (You can taste it.)

I just noticed the slogan on cans of Coke. It says, "so real you can taste it!" What does this mean?

This weblog is so real you can read it!

Salon: "In the hierarchy of contemporary business cool, there are big companies (uncool), little companies on the bleeding edge of technology (cool), successful companies (cool), companies whose stock has taken a nosedive (uncool), start-ups on the verge of going public (very cool) and finally, at the pinnacle, the sine qua non of Silicon Valley cool, the "raw start-up" -- the start-up that's still working on its final business plan, the start-up that is just about to get its first millions from professional investors, the start-up that has a three-room office with four desks in each room."

I'd like to see an MP3 site that has older non-music audio. (eg. Martin Luther King speeches, radio programs, Alexander Graham Bell recordings, Steve Martin records, etc.) Akin to the American Memory project.

MP3Lit is a site for spoken word MP3's. [via saturn]