Jayarava - Bricolage

I'm calling my Project/Object "bricolage" these days - working with whatever happens to be at hand. Still working on my conceptual continuity...

 

Friday, April 30, 2004

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Iraqi abuse photos spark shock

What the hell were they thinking!? I guess this is what happens when you send a bunch of trained killers to bring peace to a country! Iraqi abuse photos spark shock... BBC
Hatred can never be conquered by hatred, hatred can only ever be conquerer by Love.

YETI SPORTS by chris hilgert powered by edelweiss medienwerkst.at

Don't bother clicking this link.... Yeti Sports seems to have collapsed under the wright of their own success - site is completely unavailable today! YETI

New Zealand News - NZ - Crooked website sells NZ passports

Get'em while they last... Crooked website sells NZ passportsNZ Herald

Thursday, April 29, 2004

YETI SPORTS by chris hilgert powered by edelweiss medienwerkst.at

The new Yeti Sports game has been released. It's called Albatross Overload, but Internet Connection Overload is probably closer to the truth - the site has ground to a halt as geeks everywhere clamour to get on the score board. As usual the high scores are outrageously high already. Still AO is cool! YETI

The Wounded Prophet

This essay is one that I found both fascinating and useful. Being fairly mental myself it gave me an entirely new perspective on the whole issue. Plus she becomes a Buddhist so there was interest there as well. The Wounded Prophet

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV and Radio | Doctor Who actor wants 'emotion'

Meet the new Dr Who... BBC
Kukai in the news... exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum. BNN

TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM Events

Tokyo National Museum site re their Kukai and Mt Koya exhibition. TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM Events

Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Australia's best beach named

I want this man's job... Guardian
An Australian academic has just completed 17 years of painstaking work - finding the country's perfect beach.

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | NZ's famous sheep gets TV haircut

NZ's famous sheep gets TV haircut. BBC
The BBC continues it's comprehensive and unbiased coverage of animal news from NZ.

Scientific American: The Enchanted Glass

The Enchanted Glass : experimental psychologists show why the facts in science never just speak for themselves. Scientific American
"We have a cognitive bias to see ourselves in a more positive light than others see us."

New Scientist

Women marry men who look like their dad. New Scientist

Tuesday, April 27, 2004

Western Buddhist Review - Volume 4

My article on suicide from a Buddhist perspective has finally been published! There are several other interesting articles in this issue of the Western Buddhist Review. Western Buddhist Review - Volume 4

Turning the Pages

Very cool app from the British Library. Browse through some of the world's oldest and most beautiful books on line. Turning the Pages
Includes the earliest known printed book.

Monday, April 26, 2004

Google Labs

Want to know what Google are working on? Try Google Labs

Dharmapala Thangka Centre - School of Thangka Painting - Kathmandu / Nepal

Excellent thangka website - lots of images, and some "how to" info as well. Dharmapala Thangka Centre
I'm currently painting a Mahavairocana image as he appears in the Garbhadhatu Mandala

Exquisite Corpse

A game that we used to play at school - but it went by a different name I think... Exquisite Corpse
I'm sure it would be possible to organise web versions of this...

MahaBlahBlah

I've been taking a break... mental health days.

Wednesday, April 14, 2004

GNS:Volcanoes

The Taupo volcano. GNS:Volcanoes

Auckland Regional Council - The Volcanoes of Auckland

The Volcanoes of Auckland. (Feeling homesick) ARC

Wired News: Onion Taken Seriously, Film at 11

Chinese newspaper plagarises the Onion, but doesn't realise that it is satire... Wired

Tuesday, April 13, 2004

George Says...

Create your own George Bush cartoon. George Says...

Yahoo! News - Pigs Trot to Fame in the Great Escape

Pigs Trot to Fame in the Great Escape. Reuters via Yahoo

Thursday, April 08, 2004

BBC NEWS | Business | Google's Gmail sparks privacy row

Google's Gmail sparks privacy row. BBC

Topix.net Weblog: The Secret Source of Google's Power

Googles next big thing will be Gmail. This is an interesting brainfart about what's under the hood. The Secret Source of Google's Power. Topix.net Weblog

MAIN

Another weird one from Sanna... She should have her own website! Broom boarding

Wednesday, April 07, 2004

IKEA | home | children's furniture & accessories | children's highchairs, tables & chairs | FARTFULL work bench

FARTFULL work bench - on special at IKEA USA. My Swedish friend Sanna tells me the Swedes have a name for everything... I can only imagine what this must be for!

Bifurcated Rivets : eclectica for epopts - Volume 54 of Lindsay Marshall's weblog

BBC NEWS | Health | Woman gives herself a Caesarean

Woman gives herself a Caesarean. Ouch! BBC

Tuesday, April 06, 2004

Teaching Creativity

I'm thinking about running a workshop on creativity at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre - this site has some interesting ideas on it... Teaching Creativity

Monday, April 05, 2004

Human Givens : psychology journals online, psychotherapy books, tapes etc.

Human Givens website.

Amazon.co.uk: Books: Human Givens: A New Approach to Emotional Health and Clear Thinking

Reading Human Givens at the moment. They aren't the greatest writers of all time but they have some bitchen ideas! I've put some of it into practice and find it works.

Thursday, April 01, 2004

arcite's day

This blog links to my blog - and I don't even know them! Thanks, whoever you are. arcite's day