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Burningbird Web

Hosting does not matter because the internets is free

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Hosting Matters as a virtual host sucks little wormy, sour green apples. I’ve had nothing but trouble all week with my server (Clio). I keep hearing about slashdot, or this or that, but what it all boils down to, is there are over 500 virtual sites hosted on my machine […]

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Art

Digital Genres conference

I wanted to point out what could be a potentially interesting conference in Chicago, May 30-31: Digital Genres Conference. According to Alex Golub, the focus of the conference is: In 1924 Gilbert Seldes’ The 7 Lively Arts made one of the earliest and most powerful arguments that popular genres of entertainment such as jazz and cinema […]

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Diversity Political

Uncompromising Individualism

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. This essay is long, and includes terms that are racially offensive, but also representative of the time in which they were used. Much of my earliest reading was through books I pilfered from my brother’s shelves when he was out playing with his friends. It was through my brother that […]

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Photography Places Political

Beautiful protest: Bridges of bricks

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I have a passion for architecture, a passion very well satisfied by St. Louis, with its distinctive neighborhoods, and unique mix of styles. Against the backdrop of the futurist, sleek Arch is the whimsy of the Victorian walking parks such as Tower Grove. The sweeping, lush gardens of the South […]

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outdoors

Nice walk

Weather was perfect today, close to 70. The hike was strenuous, but manageable. It was good to finish a hike without falling, tripping, or otherwise stumbling over my own feet. Of course, it helped to have my hiking boots and walking stick. However, really tired and have a nasty headache. All my writing will have […]