I thought, as I rode away from St George’s, bag heavy with three new arrivals (two expected and one find of …
Reading: Owen Lattimore – Inner Asian Frontiers of China
owen lattimore – inner asian frontiers of china
parsipress? pressifal?
More? More! Continuing on from when Castellucci was a criminal … Words and Pictures!. I was planning on making an …
the sound of the people gives me hope
There has not been enough of this in my lifetime. It’s almost 4am, I should be going to sleep but …
The last free people on the planet
I started reading Neuroanthropology a couple of years ago at least, and it has been one of the first blogs …
castellucci is a criminal
After the fourth performance, an emotionally tough night for us, we stand outside the stage door. A woman in beret, …
blacker…
China Miéville’s rejectamentalist manifesto has been one of my favourite daily-ish reads since I stumbled into it after wondering where …
“Reading: … ” Book of the Year (Non-Fiction): Jonathan Safran Foer – Eating Animals
jonathan safran foer – eating animals
Joe
He was born in South Africa, in Johannesburg, in 1934; May 5th — but even about this I only have …
Reading: China Miéville – The City & the City
chine miéville – the city & the city
reading: charles stross – the trade of queens
reading: charles stross – the trade of queens
Reading: Liane Simmel – Tanzmedizin in der Praxis: Anatomie, Prävention, Trainingstipps
Liane Simmel – Tanzmedizin in der Praxis
Reading: Gerald Siegmund – William Forsythe: Denken in Bewegung
Gerald Siegmund – William Forsythe: Denken in Bewegung
reading: jonathan burrows – a choreographer’s handbook
jonathan burrows – a choreographer’s handbook
Reading: Christopher I Beckwith – The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia
christopher i. beckwith – the tibetan empire in central asia
Reading: Charles Stross – The Fuller Memorandum
charles stross – the fuller memorandum
Reading: James A. Millward – Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang
james a. millward – eurasian crossroads
on science and ethics
Many of you who read my blog or know me personally know I am a bit of a lush for …
reading: frank dikotter – the age of openness: china before mao
frank dikotter – the age of openness: china before mao
reading: charles stross – the revolution business
charles stross – the revolution business
readin: david hinton: chuang tzu – the inner chapters
david hinton: chuang tzu – the inner chapters
reading: hanna arendt – eichmann in jerusalem
reading: hanna arendt – eichmann in jerusalem
wordpress security (in many small steps)
(This is for people who like reading code, cross-posted at thingswithbits.info) Earlier this year supernaut got hacked. Many other of …
bechdel’s law
A couple of days ago I was reading Thus Spake Zuska, one of the many science blogs I consume most …
reading: Leslie T. Chang – Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
Leslie T. Chang – Factory Girls
reading: hanna arendt – eichmann and the holocaust
reading: hanna arendt – eichmann and the holocaust
Shifting Daniel Jaber into WordPress
Daniel Jaber is the second choreographer and dancer I’ve done a website for. Coming from Dasniya Sommer, I was intent …
ick bin sechs jahre alt (und na logo habe ich vergessen)
Ja, naturlich, immer ein weniger mehr und immer bisschen spät. Habe Ich heute mit Katrin geplaudert, und dann mir ging …
reading: iain m. banks – consider phlebas (second time)
iain m. banks – consider phlebas
reading: g. whitney azoy – buzkashi – game and power in afghanistan
g. whitney azoy – buzkashi
reading: christopher i. beckwith – empires of the silk road
christopher i. beckwith – empires of the silk road
reading: iranophobia – the logic of an israeli obsession – haggai ram
iranophobia – haggai ram
Reading: Feng Jicai – Voices from the Whirlwind
feng jicai – voices from the whirlwind
Reading: Katherine Pratt Ewing – Stolen Honor – Stigmatizing Muslim Men in Berlin
katherine pratt ewing – stolen honor
i’d dance on your grave but i’ll piss on it instead
It’s not often I’m taken with glee to read of the death of someone. During the years I’ve blogged, many …
supernaut wordpress
Six months ago, deliriously annoyed with Movable Type, and deeply envious of all those people using WordPress. I install WP, …
solstice
Taoism struggles against the cultural preference for the “light.” The Tao Te Ching, especially, champions the low, the dark. Darkness …
Reading… a 2nd anniversary
My reading the last year has not been of either the volume, nor the breadth of the previous, in no …
hilary
“…and when terror strikes just take a deep breath and remember that life is just one long learning experience. Nothing, …
som faves
Ivo says, ” you know I was very suspicious about its qualities and I will still be…”. Though not in …
from ecto 3 to wordpress 2.8
uuhhh… When I started finding odd stuff in my Movable Type install for supernaut I knew the end was near. …
dasniyasommer.de
Because it’s… I’m watching WordPress install under the tessellated layers of windows open. I can see command lines march upwards, …
Reading: Alexandra Richie – Faust’s Metropolis – A History of Berlin
alexandra richie – faust’s metropolis
Reading: Zhao Ziyang – Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang
zhao ziyang – prisoner of the state
im keller, 6ter stock… später in der buchhandlung und auch gewitterhagelsturm
A strange adventure with Daniel accompanying me and Matti translating on occasion. Kreuzberg near my old home, Dieffenbachstr, time too …
Reading: Barry Cunliffe – Europe Between the Oceans 9000 BC – AD 1000
europe between the oceans – barry cunliffe
daniel is reading…
judith butler – undoing gender susan sontag – styles of radical will deleuze and guattari – a thousand plateaus
berlin frühlingszeit vielfalten
Someone said, “Oh your photos are very good, you must have a DSLR, no?” No. My camera three years ago …
ick bin fünf jahre alt (und ein wenig mehr)
mmm… ja, so… leider, ich habe nochmal vergaß. Meine erste Blog Geburtstag in Berlin! Det find’ ick schau. Das war …
a book is living
My sofa has a variously shaded crocheted lilac blanket I like to lie on, or curl up under, wrap around …
reading: jorge luis borges – collected fictions
jorge luis borges – collected fictions
blog stuff
I shouldn’t be on my laptop today; I am bad. Working around 12 and sometimes up to 16 hours a …
cookie monster
I don’t like cookies so much. The persistent browser types, with expiry dates of 2031 that cause a trail of …
biblio-smut
When I have my pirate castle I shall also have a library like this. I’m not sure which, maybe all …
Things…
I started talking about Things by saying, For a very long time my way of organising bits and pieces was, …
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
And so I discovered Annamarie Schwarzenbach, who to a certain kind of Berlinerin is probably quite famous, yet in English …
mailtags & …
For a very long time my way of organising bits and pieces was, for short things in a hurry creating …
it degrades rather gracefully…
I noticed recently it’s been almost two years since I did this site design. That I’m not so bored with …
reading: wildwood – a journey through trees – roger deakin
wildwood – a journey through trees – roger deakin
reading: jeanette winterson – lighthousekeeping
jeanette winterson – lighthousekeeping
landwehrkanal
Along the Landwehrkanal on my bicycle going west, some blue sky and sun today, though cold. I kept riding till …
finishing
This week I made a decision I’ve been thinking about on and off for years, and always delayed because somehow …