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2011 vai ser óptimo. Melhor do que muito bom.

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I´m a monster

A very nice trailer from "I'm a monster", a project by Adrian Garcia, Alfredo Torres et Victor Maldonado, from independent animation studio Headless  (Barcelona).

A little dose of technological optimism

By 2015, your mobile phone will project a 3-D image of anyone who calls and your laptop will be powered by kinetic energy. Also, computer programs will tell you when and where traffic jams will take place, sensors in cars and phones will generate environmental information, and cities will be powered by the heat thrown off by computer servers . These amazing predictions are coming from IBM, the world’s largest provider of computer services, that surveys its 3,000 researchers annually to find five ideas expected to take root in the next five years.  “In an era when pessimism is the new black, a little dose of technological optimism is not a bad thing” A must read article from Bloomberg .

To us a child is born, to us a son is given

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The Nativity, Piero della Francesca (1470-5), National Gallery, London

Looking down...today, I discovered... art world!

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Looking down #2 , António Olaio 2009  [ Galeria Filomena Soares ]

Captain Beefheart dies aged 69

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Don Van Vliet, aka 'Captain Beefheart', died yesterday, December 17th. He would have completed 70 years old next January, 15. BBC Don Van Vliet,  "Untitled, No.22", 1994; Michael Werner Gallery

Rir ou chorar? "Alunos portugueses foram os que mais progrediram" @publico

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Posted via email from Zoid's reading the Wide Web

#Listening to Parker, Guy, Lytton + Peter Evans on Clean Feed

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Always a novelty the trio Parker/Guy/Lytton here together with trumpeter Peter Evans. Need time to assimilate this tremendous edition by Clean Feed . It's a journey... and I am travelling, ... have to return here soon... Scenes in the House of Music : Evan Parker (tenor sax); Peter Evans (trumpet); Barry Guy (bass); Paul Lytton (drums) Clean Feed, 2010

As Wikileaks becomes increasingly isolated on the Web...## imwikileaks

Isolated on the web? WHat????"" As Wikileaks becomes increasingly isolated on the Web, Twitter’s response will become increasingly significant. via blogs.ft.com Posted via email from Zoid's reading the Wide Web

A new world order: PJ Harvey new album is coming

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Two samples from the forthcoming PJ Harvey's album, Let England Shake, to be released February next year. The video shows Mrs. Polly Jean last April, performing in front of UK's (then) prime minister Gordon Brown. An example to all public TV stations across the world. Let Democracy Shake ! Latest tracks by pjharvey

Joyeux anniversaire, Monsieur Godard !

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Yesterday was Jean-Luc Godard's 80th birthday. Monsieur Godard was born on December 3, 1930. To celebrate Godard's anniversary, design studio Atelier Carvalho Bernau has created the Jean-Luc typeface, free to download from their website . Joyeux anniversaire, Monsieur Godard !

Feira do Livro - Fotografia

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" Uma oportunidade para os interessados em fotografia, livros, edições, revistas e objectos... alguns exemplares raros e outros muito recentes. Alguns dos editores estarão com descontos de 20%." 10 a 12 de Dezembro 2010 Sexta-feira 18H00 às 24H00 Sábado e Domingo das 16H00 às 23H00 Fábrica Braço de Prata Rua da Fábrica de Material de Guerra, n.º1 2º Piso - Sala Wittgenstein LISBOA Associação Portuguesa de Photographia