Archive for December, 2003

Lee Bontecou

Wednesday, December 31st, 2003

Yesterday, we drove up to LA to go to the Getty Art Museum and the UCLA Hammer Museum. In terms of the exhibitions, the Lee Bontecou exhibit at the Hammer was amazing.

I had never heard of Bontecou until my friend told me about the exhibit. She rose to prominence in the 60’s, and after […]

History of Russian Martial Arts

Monday, December 29th, 2003

Interesting article on the history of Russian Martial Arts, and the traditions behind Systema.

Patriot II

Monday, December 29th, 2003

Dave Winer:
Betsy Devine: “On December 13, President George W. Bush signed a big chunk of Patriot II into law — but the ‘major media’ were focused on Saddam’s spider hole.”
Betsy, something to think about — did any of the Democratic Presidential candidates alert us?
Good point, Dave. Do any of them really care?

Wikipedia needs our help

Sunday, December 28th, 2003

Wikipedia, the awesome, free, online encyclopedia, filled with tens of thousands well-written and extremely informative articles needs our help. Their servers crashed, and they need $20K to get back up and running.
Donate today - $20 bucks, whatever you can, to let them continue to grow.

Life after Ceausescu

Sunday, December 28th, 2003

I still remember the day when Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu were drug out into the streets and shot - marking the end of the Communist regime in Romania. This article on National Review talks about what has changed, and what has not in the years since.