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Herzog’s Grizzly Man
Saw Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man this evening. At several points Herzog directly voices his opinion that Nature is fundamentally chaotic and brutal, and contrasts this with Treadwell’s romantic, anthropomorphic and sentimental take on the huge Grizzly bears of Alaska.
Washington Post
Summer hols booked. Or anyway, flight to Washington (DC) and car hire for road trip to Memphis. We’re looking at running down the Alleghenies for some white water rafting, something Helen first persuaded me to do in 2001 (shortly before 9/11), on the Ocoee River, part of the the Atlanta Olympics course, in Tennessee. We rafted again in Spain in 2002, when we stayed in the Parador de Vielha; I bounced out of the dinghy that time.
BBC Content and the Creative Commons
I’d read that Lawrence Lessig had been talking to the BBC about ways of opening up their content along the lines suggested and pioneered by the Creative Commons. Now, as the BBC unrolls its latest beautifully filmed natural world prog, Planet Earth, it seems they’re allowing people to patch together their own videos using content and music from the series.
Estonia
Well that was interesting. More to come later but, briefly - Estonia, history of foreign control by Germany, Denmark, etc. Gains independence at end of WWI with help of British fleet, enjoys a couple of decades of freedom, then is occupied by the USSR, then Nazi Germany, then the USSR again.
Freedom attained after the singing revolution and a 600km, 2-million person human chain stretching across Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.
Submission and Enlightenment
- Hitchens on cartoons and the State Department
- Drinking from Home on police priorities
- Theo van Gogh, slaughtered, Ayaan Hirsi Ali under protection
EEK
Travelling beyond the Eurozone make me a little edgy these days. It’s all so comfortable, popping over the Channel. No need to order currency in advance, banks everywhere, everyone accepting the Euro.
Imaginary politics
Peter Black, AM, approvingly cites Mary Riddell’s piece in the Observer. They’re both bonkers.