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March 11, 2006
Under construction: Dubai, Shanghai, and this blog
Sometimes, when I am exposed to a cluster of related ideas or topics, I fall between the cracks and end up in a new world, in which I am held captive by my own obsessive curiosity. True to form, in between reading about economic development, Dubai Ports World and China, and fell into the skyscraper subculture. I'm looking forward to writing about that here, and maybe even at Open Source.
Other bits and pieces:
- I'm pursuing usage rights for pictures that may help illustrate another post about Empire, entitled "Our Turnus?" that will discuss the event that I feel has shown my generation the disconnect between America's infallible and glorious ideals, and the policies that it enacts with zealous abandon.
- Review my earlier post on Empire, now with comments by Marinos Pourgouris and Benjamin Stevens.
- I'm researching for a blog feature about international hip-hop for an upcoming OS show. I've been reading essays, like Planet Rock, by Robert Chrisgau in the Village Voice, and International Hip-Hop, on Global Village Idiot. I'm working up the courage to cold call MCs who tour the world to get their take on what they've seen and heard.
- Finally, I'm still not sure how I feel about this site's layout. I'm hoping to make comments visible on the front page, and I'd really like to figure out how the columns and alignment work. Please leave any aesthetic or structural advice, and please propose other ideas for discussion.
Posted by Henry Shepherd at March 11, 2006 06:27 PM
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