Archive for mid-afternoon



Amateurism, Individualism, and Collectivism


h1 Posted 1 year, 10 months ago around lunchtime by oso

Videos of Chubby Kids
A storm has been a’brewin’. It’s about the wisdom of crowds, or according to Jason Lanier, the lack thereof. I won’t be so simpleminded as to say that “one side favors group thinking” while the other “does not.” But both all sides of the debate realize that the distributed nature of the [...]

Bombs away in Bombay (formerly Mumbai)


h1 Posted 1 year, 10 months ago terribly early in the morning by moreno

For those of you who do not know, my name is Moreno and I am of Indian descent. I only care about tragedies when they affect Indians. 9/11 - didn’t really care as the Indian death toll was relatively low. Tsunamis of 2004 - although many of the affected were Hindus, for the most part [...]

Floating on the Silence that Surrounds Us


h1 Posted 1 year, 10 months ago in the wee hours by oso

This post is overly descriptive and flowered with sentimentality and exaggeration. Unless you’re a sucker for insignificant logorrhea, I suggest you skip it. Next post will hopefully be useful, interesting, and explain why I was in Brazil in the first place.

It’s 11:15 a.m. and I’m in an air-conditioned mall. I know, right? Rio de Janeiro [...]