[monochrom] Social Networking Sites and the Surveillance Society

Social Networking Sites and the Surveillance Society. A Critical Case Study of the Usage of studiVZ, Facebook, and MySpace by Students in Salzburg in the Context of Electronic Surveillance By Christian Fuchs. Link (PDF) [via

[monochrom] Pension Fritzl (ab 23.2. in Hubsis Anatomietheater )

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, werte Redaktion, auf Grund des großen nationalen und internationalen Presseinteresses und der teils missverständlichen bis entglittenen Berichterstattung zur geplanten Theaterproduktion PENSION FRITZL (Premiere: 23.2.09 / 3raum-anatomietheater Wien) lädt Hubsi Kr

[monochrom] How does it feel to be “aggressively interrogated”?

On the Waterboard How does it feel to be “aggressively interrogated”? Christopher Hitchens found out for himself, submitting to a brutal waterboarding session in an effort to understand the human cost of America’s use of harsh tactics at Guantánamo and elsewhere. Vanity Fair has the footage.

[monochrom] The Goon Bible Project - Book of Job

Link (via melinder) -- Posted By johannes to monochrom at 1/19/2009 09:35:00 AM

[monochrom] Some Points About Pointing

Raymond Tallis shows that the gesture is not so obvious. My pointing something out to you is a request for joint visual attention to the same object. It is based on a highly explicit general sense of the kind of creature you are: unlike other creatures, (most) humans have an unequivocal sense

[monochrom] Why we can't stop birds downing aircraft

The aircraft that splashed into the Hudson River is unlikely to be the last plane to be downed by a birdstrike, says Paul Marks. Link -- Posted By johannes to

[monochrom] Assassins of the Mind

When Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa on novelist Salman Rushdie for The Satanic Verses, it was the opening shot in a war on cultural freedom. Two decades later, the violence continues, and Muslim fundamentalists have gained a new advantage: media self-censorship.

[monochrom] Vocabulary of Smell?

So why is it that the words we use to describe smells are the names of actual things with particular odors (rose, ammonia, hay, sulphur), while we have abstract words for color (red, green, light, dark) and touch (rough, smooth, hard, soft)?